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Bursting at the seamless

I want to write a few words about my favorite type of setting for photographing models.

It’s nothing.

Nothing at all.

A seamless background is simply a large roll of paper mounted on the set behind the model and pulled down to include the floor that the model is standing on. They’re available in different colors. Blue and red are often used by TSG, but we’ll use other colors and black, white and gray, too.

When I was in my early teens, I loved the work of photographer Peter Gowland. Gowland used a ton of seamless in his photos of beautiful swimsuit girls because he enjoyed simplicity and backgrounds that couldn’t distract the viewer from the reason he was taking the picture. The girl. I feel the same way. That’s what seamless is all about. The models really pop against a bare background! Seamless emphasizes a girl’s every inch because the mind zeroes in on her and her alone.

Add a couch or a chair later on in the shoot and she can do all kinds of advanced things to crank up the heat.

Seamless is also especially good for oily fun.

When shooting a possible magazine cover, seamless is traditionally the way to go.

Seamless can’t replace bedrooms, bathrooms, living rooms and other locations. Too much use and it loses impact. It doesn’t work with Naughty Neighbors girls. But I think at least one shoot of a busty model should be against seamless, especially the introduction pictorial. Many of my favorite sets were shot on seamless. Here are a few of them.