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Subject: Re:Did wetlook get commercialized like everything else? RIP Candids?

Date: Wed 02/10/13 04:01:18 GMT

Name: AnthonyX

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Even if candids capture a quality of spontaneity or "spirit" which can't be replicated in a production shoot, production content always has certain benefits over candids.

Leaving aside all the ethical (and possibly even legal) issues associated with candid photography...

The "candid" camera is rarely in the best position to capture the most interesting subjects/events in the scene. "Incidental"/"accidental" wetlook shot by a non-wetlooker is frequently frustrating to watch because the camera often pans unpredicatbly and wildly between subjects of interest to him/her, not to us. The shot often starts after the wetlook action is under way, leaving us to imagine what led to what we see, or it cuts off/cuts away before we get a decent "money" shot; it is rare that shots "linger" with decent framing and lighting on an appealing subject.

While I appreciate the spontaneity of a wedding/party pool jump, or harmless wet mishap, I am happy to forgo the candid "spirit" for the decent lighting, framing, pacing, and of course a suitably attractive and attired model one can expect from a quality production shoot.

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Did wetlook get commercialized like everything else? RIP Candids?

By Phoenix_Mike - Tue 01/10/13 11:45:11 GMT

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No offense intended to our fantastic wetlook producers, but something has changed in the recent years. Remember Rumpel and all the candid photos? Remember regular Russian posts of free photos, that generally existed untill 2011, less so in 2012 and even less this year? Even the Heat in St. Pete series has less and less photos with each year. Estonian sites, for instance, like the famous fotoalbum.ee (google on the forum to see in how many posts it was) have also dried up with the candid wetlook taken down and no new stuff posted.

I find this sad, as it's really hard to fake emotions. A spontaneous fully clothed dip in the water never really looks the same when done by a model on a pay site. And buying candid wetlook, which is also an option on some sites is just to darn expensive for most, as these tapes/clips while long usually contain lets say one seen for a persons taste. Mind you, I'm not complaining and not criticizing the models. Just wondering what happened to candid wetlook.

My thoughts were provoked by the "spoiled" posts in many topics lately - saying that we are spoiled. As a lover of candid and spontaneous wetlook I just have to disagree. The days of spoiled were like 2008 - 2010, when webshots and flickr posts were almost daily occurrences. But maybe some candid wetlook lovers still have good sources that haven't dried up? Any ideas? Except Youtube. This is still as good as ever, but surprisingly... not better then a few years back. The quality may be HD more often, but there is less spontaneity as with everything.

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