This Butt's For You

Seems only natural, after writing that lady lumps piece, I should move my attention downwards to the gluteus maximus.

Appropriately, this is another part of the female model's anatomy that deserves special attention. Especially when the model is posed in ways that thrust her hindquarters to the forefront of the viewers' attention as a key element of the image.

Once again, much of the same lighting advice I noted for lady lumps holds true for the butt. If you're going to have her push that thing out there, if you're using gimmicks to call attention to it, it's often worth providing highlights to showcase its beauty and allure.

Many connoisseurs du derriere, that is and if you don't speak French, your images' viewers who are buttock-beauty enthusiasts, will greatly appreciate the extra time you take when you not only distinctively light those bottom regions but capture them in pose and composition that emphasizes the backside's lines and shape.

Having the model thrust her fanny out with a forced arch of her back is certainly provocative from a sexual point-of-view. It says what it says and most people understand what it's saying. When doing so, it's easy to cross the line from glamour and tease to something more, uhh... lurid. A whole bunch of elements, besides the butt-thrusting, can contribute to the potentiality for overdoing the lewd-ish aspects of such images: expression, wardrobe, props, the degree and force of the butt-thrust and how bent-over you pose the model. Personally, I prefer a bit of restraint, i.e., some subtlety. Sometimes, less is more if you get what I'm saying.

The model featured at the top of this post, with her butt pushed out somewhat suggestively and the Stanley Tools wind machine creating the gimmick of blowing her skirt up, is Missy. MUA was Charlene. The image was captured with a Canon 20D with an 85mm prime mounted on board. ISO 100, f/5.6 @125th, converted to monochrome in Photoshop CS using the Channel Mixer method.

Here's another shot of Missy, sans derriere, only cuz I think she's so darn pretty. Once again, the Stanley Tools wind machine is hard at work. And, yeah, I like green backgrounds.