Kibo informs me that "otzi" stated that:

-It is said that you don't do business with friends and relatives. Well, the
same applies to photography, the serious stuff anyway. Your or any girl
friend tends to 'help out' rather than take it seriously. She's doing you a
favour so when you go beyond the snap phase and there is a degree of effort
required she will soon become bored unless of course she is as dedicated to
the photographic art as yourself. You will find this across the board.

This then leads into the other dilemma, with a girl friend at foot you will
find considerable opposition to the use of some other girl. It's a female
thing. Brother, you're in a jamb. About the only way to (safely) freely
photograph women is to be already doing this when you meet and the 'friend'
can either accept or reject you. To them it seems different, don't ask me,
it's a female thing.

It's about their perception of what your motivation is for doing
photography. If they think that you do it to get pictures of pretty
girls, they'll be hostile, if they think that shooting pretty girls is
part of what you do as a photographer, then they're unlikely to have a
problem with it - particularly if they see you doing a shoot &
conducting yourself in a very professional, 'hands off' manner.

(Just quietly, I've also found it helpful to discuss the model's flaws
with the GF after the shoot, ostensibly to explain the angles & lighting
techniques you used to ameliorate them. Try not to lay it on too thick
though, or she'll catch on to your game.

Of course to have the friend be party to the creative process in some way so
long as her baggage and ideologies don't conflict with yourself is the best
way to travel.

Yep, very true.

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