so wat do you guys think of glamour modeling?

LegacyUser

Hi as the title suggests... I am about to start part time glamour modeling soon in cork and would be interested to hear your views on it? is it seedy or just for fun sice I couldnt post in the ladies lounge had to try it here

Otis Driftwood

Like anything,it comes down to personal choice.If you feel comfortable doing it and arent doing anything you dont feel safe with then why not.Obviously something like this isnt for everyone.I guess one thing to bear in mind is that we live in a digital age so any photos taken will likely exist in some form forever.How would you feel if they resurfaced in 20 or 30 years?It may be a quick fix financially now but there is the possibility it could come back to haunt you in the future.

Other than that just be careful and best of luck.

smcgiff

Topless women are no longer such a big taboo. It's a bit mad that a topless man would not get a second look, but a topless woman is considered risqué.

Posting as unregistered is a bit worrying though. If you're not willing to post under an anonymous user name on boards.ie are you really ready to be a glamour model?

Cork is such a small place and so everyone will know you're a glamour model and your male friends, especially old class mates, will see you topless. How does this make you feel?

If you are psychologically strong enough there would be no problem. My understanding though is that it's not exactly the best paid job in the world.

DA365

It's all about how comfortable you are with yourself in doing this.

The fact that you're asking about it on here would suggest that there may be a tiny bit of doubt in your mind about the whole thing.

In my experience, we decide what we're going to do when faced with a big decision within the first 15 minutes, we just spend the rest of the time afterwards trying to talk ourselves out of it.

If it's what you want to do, go for it. Don't waste energy looking for a way out of something that you're leaning towards doing anyway. Trust your instincts - we only live once.

One last thing, if you are doing it - do it for yourself, nobody else.

Bottle_of_Smoke

Are glamour models the ones who go topless in mens magazines?

I think there's something altogether pathetic about them. What is really weird is I know girls who want to be them and not just for the money.

Otis Driftwood

A big part is,IMO,the "wag" culture that has been splashed across the British tabloids for the last 5 or 6 years.Attractive women with no talents gets her boobs out then snags a millionaire footballer.Young women are bombarded by this and its obviously an attractive proposition for alot of them.

BTW,Im not implying the OP is in this bracket,its more of an overall opinion.

LegacyUser

no no this is purely about money nothing else and all the same my body is my pride and joy. also to be honest I kinda have a bucket list and this is on it

Otis Driftwood

Good for you so,best of luck with it.

smcgiff

abouttodoglamour wrote: »

no no this is purely about money nothing else and all the same my body is my pride and joy. also to be honest I kinda have a bucket list and this is on it

Seconded - if this is something you desire to do, then why would you not?

Would be interested in hearing why this is on your bucket list though.

Is it the thought of having a lot of men (presumably some women) aroused by your picture or being considered attractive enough to be published or... ?

PCPhoto

do you intend doing some other modelling work ? or strictly just glamour for a while.

I work as a photographer - and some of my friends shoot fashion and have photoshoots with models on a regular basis (Photocalls etc)

Anyway - be careful when getting into Glamour Photography - the impression I get from other photographers is that glamour photographers tend to be a bit sleezy - and try to bed some of the models...promising them that he/she (the photographer) will get them more work if they ......(ahem) ... do what the photographer wants.

like other posters have said - its all down to mentally accepting the fact that some kid (maybe someone you know) could be getting his jollies off to a pic of you, your friends, family, neighbours and people you work with will see the pics of you.... do your research before signing anything - and get contracts checked and double checked... there are people in the business who will try to take advantage (like every business).

if you are comfortable with it - and have the body .... and want to do it ...go for it !! (but be careful)

Giselle

PCPhoto wrote: »

like other posters have said - its all down to mentally accepting the fact that some kid (maybe someone you know) could be getting his jollies off to a pic of you, your friends, family, neighbours and people you work with will see the pics of you... (but be careful)

I'd be more worried about your future kids and their friends and classmates.

Wouldn't be an easy thing to deal with, and as has been mentioned before, those pics, once published, are going to be around FOREVER.

28064212

OP, the way to decide is to check would you be happy to take those shots and hand them out to everyone you know and will know in the future? Family, friends, work colleagues, prospective employers, boyfriends, husbands? If you are happy with that and confident that this is something you want, then go for it. But if you're relying on people not finding out, you're asking for trouble

eviltwin

Just do your homework before you do something that could come back to haunt you. Some one told me that the photographer will own the rights to the pictures so you have to be sure your image isn't going to end up on a porn site somewhere.

Maybe try and talk to someone else whose been there already and see what they think, I notice you mentioned it was for money but you have to ask yourself is the financial gain worth the possible downfalls.

But as the other posters say if its what you want then go for it. You shouldn't let other people's opinions on it sway you if you really want to do it.

Mrmoe

If you are doing it just as a source of income and you do not think that it will become an issue in another future career path then definitely go a head with it. Careers like glamor modelling will be come less and less controversial in this country as the years go by. The most important thing is what you think about it. You will always come across detractors. Best of luck whatever you choose.:)

CDfm

Glamour is nude but not sexually explicit -it used to be called soft porn.

If its for you fine - but how would you feel if it showed up in a readers wives or girlfriends website.

I have no problem with it but its not something I would like my partner or daughter to do.

I am not a prude and I know its a double standard but these things are lots better when its someone elses partner or daughter.

Snowie

Giselle wrote: »

I'd be more worried about your future kids and their friends and classmates.

Wouldn't be an easy thing to deal with, and as has been mentioned before, those pics, once published, are going to be around FOREVER.

Just a point here

Jorden
Linda Lasardie
Sam fox

What makes the op any different?
All have kids. All appeared topless.
Also, if i ever went out with a glamour model and i got married and stuff which is never going to happen but I would happily have naked pics of her on the walls of the house we lived in i want my kids to know its ok, to look at a lady and say nice seductive pic, or i really like the idea behind that photo


Also what worse a photo of a naked 20 year old woman or a 20 year old umpa lumpa who wearing more makeup then half the women in the club and fake eyelashs and hair, as well as a short skirt, no underwear on giving a hole club an eyeball?

personally im going with the umpa lumpa

Its silly to say ohh think of your kids, that's the attitude that makes kids sit there and smirk on the beach when they see a naked woman.

28064212

Snow-Monkey wrote: »

Just a point here

Jorden
Linda Lasardie
Sam fox

What makes the op any different?
All have kids. All appeared topless.
Also, if i ever went out with a glamour model and i got married and stuff which is never going to happen but I would happily have naked pics of her on the walls of the house we lived in i want my kids to know its ok, to look at a lady and say nice seductive pic, or i really like the idea behind that photo

So you'd be happy if your father had naked pictures of your mother on the walls of your house when you were growing up? I'm all for mature sexual education, but no child wants to look at his mother that way, and it has a huge chance of screwing up their sexual development.

Also, you really think those are good role models? Jordan's one of the most dysfunctional people on the planet. I don't know much about the other two, but do you think their kids are happy with their mother's work?

Snowie

28064212 wrote: »

So you'd be happy if your father had naked pictures of your mother on the walls of your house when you were growing up? I'm all for mature sexual education, but no child wants to look at his mother that way, and it has a huge chance of screwing up their sexual development.

Also, you really think those are good role models? Jordan's one of the most dysfunctional people on the planet. I don't know much about the other two, but do you think their kids are happy with their mother's work?

heres my reasons if my mum did naked shots and i wasnt born at the time, i prefer to have known from an early age that yep my mum was a pretty lady then havibng some kid come over to my desk and show me naked pics of my mum... That would piss me off more that I was'nt kept in the loop.. and Ive seen pictures of my dads work as phogorapher taking pics of my mum nakedish... Its another naked person!

I grew up in house where there where naked women on the walls all art and all well done.

I was using jorden as an example but then again i notice that you pick up on the worst I also mentioned linda lasardi and, same fox yet you automaticlay jump in that im useing jorden as an example how so ?

Couldnt be a case of attack the worst part of my posts could it ? :rolleyes:

28064212

Snow-Monkey wrote: »

heres my reasons if my mum did naked shots and i wasnt born at the time, i prefer to have known from an early age that yep my mum was a pretty lady then havibng some kid come over to my desk and show me naked pics of my mum... That would piss me off more that I was'nt kept in the loop..

You forgot the third option, which is what the OP is asking: not having naked shots done at all. And you didn't answer that question: would you prefer to have naked shots of your mother on the walls of your house that your friends would also see, or would you prefer she hadn't done them at all?

Snow-Monkey wrote: »

I grew up in house where there where naked women on the walls all art and all well done.

Which isn't the same as having soft-core porn shots of yourself/your mother hanging up around your own house.

Snow-Monkey wrote: »

I was using jorden as an example but then again i notice that you pick up on the worst I also mentioned linda lasardi and, same fox yet you automaticlay jump in that im useing jorden as an example how so ?

Couldnt be a case of attack the worst part of my posts could it ? :rolleyes:

Eh... I take it you didn't read this part of the paragraph where I specifically addressed the other two? - "I don't know much about the other two, but do you think their kids are happy with their mother's work?"

Snowie

28064212 wrote: »

You forgot the third option, which is what the OP is asking: not having naked shots done at all. And you didn't answer that question: would you prefer to have naked shots of your mother on the walls of your house that your friends would also see, or would you prefer she hadn't done them at all?

well those who were allowed up stairs would see them , theyd look but sure what are they going to do? there more uncomfortable about it then me ive walked past the pictures when i was 12 probably every day its just another picture.

Which isn't the same as having soft-core porn shots of yourself/your mother hanging up around your own house.

but eh mmmmm to some catholic church goers who were in or house once or twice My father was the spawn of satan or some sh1t because of a few naked woman pictures

Eh... I take it you didn't read this part of the paragraph where I specifically addressed the other two? - "I don't know much about the other two, but do you think their kids are happy with their mother's work?"

I can't say I noticed...

MJOR

I am a woman and if it's on your bucket list do it. My only reservation is as a Cork woman myself be prepared for the bitchiness that will follow. You know how small the county is, but if your bod is your pride and joy go for it

CDfm

+ 1 MJOR

What struck me is the cojones of a guy's putting adverts up for girls to come over for a photo shoot for their own private use.

Like its not like its art and what would a private stash be for.

There is something very pervy about it.

Sorry if this sounds like I am bringing down the tone a bit but with the amount of internet porn out there its either for personal use or to sell - so thats really what you are looking at is compared to how other "glamour models" pose.

EDIT - nudity is not the issue here but really photos that have a sexual theme and that is a difference.

The story of Cherie Blair and the "Striding Nude, Blue Dress"

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-421698/Revealed-Cheries-nude-portrait-Tony-tried-ban.html

Giselle

Snow-Monkey wrote: »

Its silly to say ohh think of your kids, that's the attitude that makes kids sit there and smirk on the beach when they see a naked woman.

How cool would you have been with it in say, 3rd year, if your classmates had printed off nude shots of your mother and passed them round? And gone into detail with the use they'd get?

How will the OP's dad feel if those pictures are passed around in his job? Or if some sleaze approaches her in public and makes the usual remarks, but this time from memory?

Its one thing saying go ahead, and if she really wants to then she should. But she has to weigh up all the possible fallout against the benefit to make an informed decision.

CDfm

Giselle wrote: »

How cool would you have been with it in say, 3rd year, if your classmates had printed off nude shots of your mother and passed them round? And gone into detail with the use they'd get?

It pretty much was a different era that Snowey was talking about and the pictures were upstairs at home and not on the internet.

Its like art and artists are different -in the same way acting and actors are different.

What is normal is relative and when I was growing up we had a neighbour who was a designer and artist and of course the nudes at his house were of his wife and they had kids we played with. Another neighbour wrote Mills and Boon books and was a spinster.

I think what you are talking about is this kind of thing.

<H1>'Sexy' PE teacher facing discipline after thong pictures








Published Date: 01 April 2009





A PE teacher was today facing possible disciplinary action after appearing in a range of "completely inappropriate" poses on a modelling website.
Natasha Gray, who was voted the UK's sexiest teacher on a television show in 2002, was shown in one photograph wearing a thong while lying on her front on a bed.

Ben Slade, headteacher of Manor Community College in Cambridge, said the photographs of the head of PE should not have been published.

"They were completely inappropriate for somebody who is a teacher," he said. "They were absolutely not pornographic but do you want to see your teacher in that way? Probably not."




http://news.scotsman.com/uk/39Sexy39-PE-teacher-facing-discipline.5128166.jp

Snowie

Giselle wrote: »

How cool would you have been with it in say, 3rd year, if your classmates had printed off nude shots of your mother and passed them round? And gone into detail with the use they'd get?

How will the OP's dad feel if those pictures are passed around in his job? Or if some sleaze approaches her in public and makes the usual remarks, but this time from memory?

Its one thing saying go ahead, and if she really wants to then she should. But she has to weigh up all the possible fallout against the benefit to make an informed decision.

But they didn't..

People daughters pose page 3, playboy, pent house how does that make them any different? It doesn't. Or how would it be any different if she worked as a stripper? its silly to go oh what about my family its the biggest draw back of irish culture pleasing the family meeting there expectations not their own...

While I agree, with what your saying I have to say if people want to do things they should

CDfm

Snow-Monkey wrote: »

While I agree, with what your saying I have to say if people want to do things they should

Anyway snowey - do people advertise for glamour models and whats the low down.

You are the only person on boards I know with the chuzpah and delicacy to explain it. :pac:

Snowie

CDfm wrote: »

Anyway snowey - do people advertise for glamour models and whats the low down.

You are the only person on boards I know with the chuzpah and delicacy to explain it. :pac:

i dont know much about other then genrally they use, modeling agenceys etc some girls have websites..

My personal opinion of glamour is one of meh.... Its to much.... Id rather look at a woman with clothes on and use my imagination. sexy doesnt need to be naked.... Unfortunatly the light on and burning brightly for the mass's :rolleyes:

man dont even dare flatter me :pac:

CDfm

Snowey man - it is a compliment but its also true

mariaf24

I'm a female so not even sure am i allowed post here? :eek:

Anyway, i know this might not sound important now but do you plan on having children in the future? I really think you need to take that into consideration. Can you imagine raising/disciplining a daughter when topless/nude photos of you exist? Also it would leave your kids open to bullying and embarrassment. How would you feel if your own mother were a glamour model?

You also need to think of future emplyment prospects. One quick google of your name would probably show any photos that exist.

If it's 100% what you want and you are aware of the consequences, go for it, it's your body and your life

BumbleB

I'd be more embarrassed if my mum sang on a real dodgy number one dressed as santa s little helper and fishnets.

Its not as well paid as people think about 30 euros an hour for topless and for appearing at shows etc . I think you should think long and hard as to whether its worth it . If you are pretty enough why not try normal modeling ?

Ireland is a very small market once you get naked there are so many companies who wont use you for anything else. Also there is lots of young girls who want to do this i really think you would be hard pushed to make a living from it , and like other posters have said those photos will be around for a long time .

I know a girl who does it in the uk she has appeared in nuts and the sport etc etc she makes ok money but her main source of income is her real job as a hairdresser.

OldGoat

Do it and damn the begrudgers.

Of all the models I've met (and that is a large number) exactly NONE have any regrets about doing a shoot.
A lot of people here are saying that you might regret it if you do. I think you'll regret it if you don't. You've thought about this long enough to have it on your list.
Take on board the usual provisos, know the photographer, be comfortable, understand what should and should not be publishable or private.

Grab life by the horns and live it.

Herbal Deity

They call it "glamour" modelling, but really, is there anything glamourous about fap material?

It's be a different story if you just wanted a private set of photographs to feel sexy, but you've stated that this is just for the money, meaning that these photos will probably be in the public domain.

At the end of the day it's just what you're comfortable with though. I have trouble understanding why this would be an ambition of anyone, but that's just me.

CDfm

OldGoat wrote: »

Grab life by the horns and live it.

Freudian slip there OG

OldGoat

You should know me better then that by now CDFM - my slips are anything but Freudian. It's the Goat in me.

Snowie

CDfm wrote: »

Snowey man - it is a compliment but its also true

why thank you good sir

/tips coffee mug

mood

As other have said you have to take your parents, family and potential children into consideration.

IMO not a lot of men would consider a glamour model / former glamour model to be much more than a potential sh*g to brag about in the pub.

Is the extra cash really worth it? Are you really that broke?

OldGoat

mood wrote: »

IMO not a lot of men would consider a glamour model / former glamour model to be much more than a potential sh*g to brag about in the pub.

Have to disagree with that. I think that's a blinkered view. It's judging someone by what they do rather then who they are.

Would these men also consider shagging a celeb actress just for bragging rights? Or perhaps a semi-famous singer? Or someone who once made an appearance on Fair City? Or a barrister? Think of the kudos a bragger will get if he shags a ban gardi.
Braggers will brag anyway.

The op will bed whoever she wants to bed irrespective of what photographs she has or has not posed for. Just because she has posed will not make her cannon-fodder for every braggart in the locality.

Eve_Dublin

Snow-Monkey wrote: »

its silly to go oh what about my family its the biggest draw back of irish culture pleasing the family meeting there expectations not their own...

Fantastic comment and really struck a cord with me and probably with a lot of people in here. I absolutely agree. It's your life and the decisions you make are your own. The very people who will judge you are the same ones who'd happily oggle the page 3 of The Sun on a daily basis. My head is wreaked at the double standards in Irish society. We can't live our lives as adults pretending to our families that we're someone we're not. There's way too much of that in Irish society. If this is something you've thought about and you want to do, then thats your choice. You're hurting nobody.

alanEire89

its great!!! best of luck with it