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I want to know who thinks it's a big deal whether models show their faces, who is indifferent and who thinks it's a big deal (and why).
In one of the threads earlier this week, there seemed to be a broad consensus that models who show their faces are better and more successful than their masquerading counterparts.
I for one could not care less. Seeing their bodies is a big plus, but I could really care less about the face. Others clearly feel differently.
I actually think (from an image security and conflict mitigation standpoint) it doesn't really make sense to show your face. Unless your in a position where the world knowing your a foot model could not have a negative impact in any other areas of your life that are fragile and important, or, perhaps, the money you were making as a model rendered what others thought irrelevant.
I use myself as an example. I have a relatively high powered career as a financial analyst. While more progressive today than historically, finance is still quite conservative. Being identified as a foot model/photographer (especially if the content were erotic/pornogrpahic) would destroy my career. Also, you just never know where life will take you. If I make the senior executive ranks one day, or decide to lead a community organization etc., I'd be fucked if people knew I was moonlighting as a foot fetish photographer, let alone being a model. Again, this would only be exasperated by my some of my material being erotic.
So in conclusion, I don't think it makes sense (in most cases) to show your face, unless, you pay your bills as a model/photographer. I advise my models not to show their faces. If my clip/image store were less profitable because of this decision, so be it. As long as the net cost to me remained zero, I would continue to operate because I enjoy the work.
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I think your analysis nailed it... the face is just icing for a foot-man. When I get a car, I look at the engine. I may get the power windows if it's an extra $200, but not $2000.
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saying you don't care about the face is like saying you don't care if your girl is Cousin It, as long as she has nice feet
if you have a "high powered" career that could be jeapordized why do it at all? why not just photograph these chicks for your own pleasure?
why would we see YOUR face?
you won't make anywhere near as much money with the "models" being faceless and you know this, so what exactly do you enjoy?
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definitely got to see the woman's face. i am all about the whole person concept personally and that include the flesh beyond the woman's foot also known as the woman LOL
i like her eyes and everything. i think one of the things that has often given us a bad name in general is that women think foot fetish guys are obsessed with feet and feet alone.
i think if we can focus on the whole woman concept more often, it promotes a better image for foot fetish in general.
and if we can ever get to this point where foot fetish has a better image, then we won't even have to worry about all this crazy hoopla over hiding faces cuz we are worried about being ostrasized by others.
it seems to be the whole shame factor in the first place that is snowballing us all into a shameful demographic as a whole. be proud of what you like and also be conscientious of the women who's feet we adore and let's try and view them as more than just a bodypart.
that's my thoughts on the whole matter. and as far as profiting goes between face vs non-face, i agree that face & feet will make more. but like i was alluding earlier, if we can promote a better impression of foot fetishists as a whole, then i think all profit margins of the different kinds of sites will go up simply because there are gonna be more viewers open to the sexual idea of feet. just plain and simple economics as I see it.
more face & feet equals better long term potential for all of us
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Well Mikey, I've found the easiest way to find models is to pay them. That can become very expensive, very quickly. Turning over the content online allows for finding models to finance itself. Also, secondary to the above stated reason, I do like sharing content with others and getting feedback.
Why do it at all, because frankly, the low probability that anybody will find out I'm The High Arch Analyst is low. However, the upside of being able to engage beautiful women with hot feet frequently is very valuable to me (but in a different way than making money). So in short, the reward is greater than the risk.
I agree there is more to a women than just feet. But when I'm looking for foot fetish content, I'm not looking for the whole package, I'm looking for sexy feet. Seeing the whole package, is therefore not necessary for me.
Regarding not seeing my face, you're right, you won't see my face. That was my initial point -- I believe in general, models AND photographers have a vested interest in maintaining their anonymity.
The claim that models and webmasters making more money because the models show their faces may or may not be true. I have no evidence to really make a determination. I would assume your position is correct (showing faces is more profitable). Nevertheless, that assumption is based on nothing other than a handful of opinions I've heard here, which is hardly enough to make a conclusive judgment.
Lastly, excuse me if my use of the term "high powered" when referring to my career came across as smug to you. That was not my intention.
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seeing the face is nice, but if that prevent a model from showing her beautiful feet, i would rather to have seen her feet than none at all.
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quote:Originally posted by Kwiksand1: I won't even look at the faceless foot sites.
Same here. I need to know what the owner of the feet looks like for me to truly appreciate them. That said, there are plenty of guys who are less discriminating, so if HAA wants to create a "faceless" site, more power to him.
quote:Originally posted by Tyler D.: definitely got to see the woman's face. i am all about the whole person concept personally and that include the flesh beyond the woman's foot also known as the woman LOL
i like her eyes and everything. i think one of the things that has often given us a bad name in general is that women think foot fetish guys are obsessed with feet and feet alone.
i think if we can focus on the whole woman concept more often, it promotes a better image for foot fetish in general.
and if we can ever get to this point where foot fetish has a better image, then we won't even have to worry about all this crazy hoopla over hiding faces cuz we are worried about being ostrasized by others.
it seems to be the whole shame factor in the first place that is snowballing us all into a shameful demographic as a whole. be proud of what you like and also be conscientious of the women who's feet we adore and let's try and view them as more than just a bodypart.
that's my thoughts on the whole matter. and as far as profiting goes between face vs non-face, i agree that face & feet will make more. but like i was alluding earlier, if we can promote a better impression of foot fetishists as a whole, then i think all profit margins of the different kinds of sites will go up simply because there are gonna be more viewers open to the sexual idea of feet. just plain and simple economics as I see it.
more face & feet equals better long term potential for all of us
agreed 100% especially the part about foot fetishists getting a bad name by being obsessed with feet
if a chick thinks your only interested in one body part, especially something like feet she will think you are a pervert
you know what they say about stereotypes, for the stereotype to exist there has to be a lot of truth to it
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Lastly, excuse me if my use of the term "high powered" when referring to my career came across as smug to you. That was not my intention.
i'm not calling you smug or anything
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Well, so far, at a glance, it looks like showing faces is a big deal.
If our sample here gets large enough, I'll run off some stats in Excel and see if we have a statistically significant conclusion either way.
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