Do women care or position themselves in photos based on their chest?

[mattkime]

>>Most small busted women are self conscious about it, as are most overly large busted women.

What would be the appropriate target cup size?

After all, this is the age of Photoshop.

[OWC Jamie]

You really don't think there's a black and white, right or wrong answer to that question, do you ?

[AAA]

The basic question is do women CARE?
It's either no, yes, or sometimes.

Then, from that, the question is pretty much a judgement on how NOT to crop/frame/take a photo (wrt chest area).

Seems simple enough.

[rgG]

Every woman is different, some will care, some won't. I haven't really thought about whether or not my breasts are in a picture I am usually more concerned that my eyes aren't closed or something like that. I would say that women at either extreme are more likely to care, if that is a guide. However, some of the women with larger breasts may feel self conscious while others want to show them off. You won't be able to have a hard and fast rule for all women, we are all very different.

You might get a clue to how to crop by how the woman is dressed. If she is obviously trying to show off her assets, then you better leave them in. If she is covered up and maybe older, then cropping would seem to be OK. Just try to focus on the best attributes of the woman, not just whether or not to show her breasts. Just my womanly opinion.

[dmann]

I am a woman (with a big rack FWIW) and agree that it is totally up to the individual. I know lots of women who flaunt it no matter what they have and others who hide it no matter what they have.

Like others have said, go with the photo that is most flattering. If it were me, I'd think I looked terrible not matter what so you can't win!

DM

[mikebw]

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[OWC Jamie]

[quote dmann] so you can't win!

DM
Bingo !


:-) :-) :-)

One must try, regardless.

[ho'ard]

[quote dmann]I am a woman (with a big rack FWIW) and agree that it is totally up to the individual. I know lots of women who flaunt it no matter what they have and others who hide it no matter what they have.

Like others have said, go with the photo that is most flattering. If it were me, I'd think I looked terrible not matter what so you can't win!

DM


I could have written this.



Well, almost.

[wurm]

I think MacMission should post that "beautiful scenic shot" and let us judge.

[threeprong]

Copy all the faces onto your version of the ideal woman body.

It's the only fair thing to do.



Seriously though, in my career as a creative director at a very large photo studio I've come across many awkward situations like this. GO for tasteful flattery as suggested.

Here's a quick story that is equally awkward.


During a photoshoot for florring, yes wooden flooring, I was asked to be the dude in the "How TO Install" pictures. SO they took several shots of me and they picked the images they wanted in each step of the how to install section.

One part of my duties there was to mark up images for retouching as needed. Now, keep in mind that we shot lots of stuff here, even stuff for ladies underwear/catalogs etc so you get used to pointing out flaws of any kind etc and it's no big deal. Well it turns out the image that they chose of me squatting to install the floor, had well, ummm "over-accentuated crotch details" so to speak. SO I was forced into the situation of having to decide whether or not to circle my own crotch in the photo and mark it up to "de-emphasize shadows" or to let it go into production as is. To add to this, the person I was handing this off to was a female co-worker that I sort of had a thing for but we always keep thing professional.

I ended up not marking it up for correction out of embarrassment. I mean , can you imagine handing a photo to a pretty coworker and saying, "can you get rid of this bulge in my crotch for me? Thanks!"

3p