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[witchdollie]

Sometimes I hate getting caught up with the people I care about.
Sometimes it is not a good thing.
Sometimes it makes me just want to say.. "Wow.. don't hold back. Just tell me how you REALLY feel."

But right now it just makes me want to bury any "feelings" I have at any given moment because I know that they can, and most likely will, be used

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[sweeny_todd]

I like your hair :-)

and I don't see how you did the 'wrong' thing in your photoshoot? wtf is 'professional' behaviour anyway? in this case your job was to make someone feel at ease so he could get the photos he wanted.

[witchdollie]

Thank you. :)

I honestly don't know. I'm guessing a "professional" would have given him a playboy magazine and 5 mins in the bathroom? I'm not sure what proper protocol is for this situation. At one point he even asked if I would feel comfortable with 'helping' him. Now.. if he wasn't a stranger, I would have totally played it up. But he was, so I wasn't sure what to do.

[sweeny_todd]

to me, masturbating a stranger is outside of what I would consider professional in a photoshoot. Although maybe there are different rules in erotic photoshoots? and also that is reflective of how I feel about touching strangers :-)

But I like the way you addressed it- part of a photographers job is to make people comfy! and it seems you did that admirably.

[meepalicious]

I would never talk shit about anyone and call them names behind their back after getting into a disagreement. Especially if I knew deep down how much they cared for me and that I was part of the reason they were hurting. But I guess that's just my personal (extremely high) standard that I make certain I live up to.
It's a real bummer that this is considered a high standard and not just being a decent person, these days.

I like your hair. That white is gonna look so cool.

[witchdollie]

I'm thinking in this case that it may even be a coping mechanism to deal with anger. Or perhaps I am just.. making excuses for the person so that I don't allow myself to get mad. I don't know.. :/

But to be honest, I have been told by my own husband that I should never expect people to live up to the standards I hold myself to. He says they are impossibly high and that if I continue to hold the people I consider my friends to them, I will always be disappointed. So now.. I only hold them to my standard of always being honest. But then again, there are times that I think even that is asking too much.

Thank you. I am really looking forward to it being white. And Long... I am really looking forward to it being long.

[ashgaelsonaria]

Well having suckers on hand could be useful.
I was banned from eating suckers (slow pokes particularly) at the guild of wargamers and roll players whine I was at Iowa State. The words "bite it or leave" were used.

[witchdollie]

I think having them would be extremely useful for me. I really wish I had a female photographer friend that has experience with this sort of thing. Insight would be so helpful.

[ashgaelsonaria]

I have only taken them of myself so sorry.

[witchdollie]

Yeah, I've taken them of myself too, a few years ago. Not quite the same thing. ~lol~ I know a few male fetish/erotic photographers but not female. Maybe I'm just a rare breed.