Field notes

How we shoot erotic photos

The wall looks casual. The rules are not. If you want funky sex pics instead of catalogue nudes, steal this and ignore the rest of the internet.

One light, then stop

Window or on-camera flash. Not both. Mixed light turns skin green and tells everyone you panicked. Morning window for quiet frames. Direct flash for Polaroid nights. If the catchlight is a perfect ring, you already lost the amateur brief.

Leave the room in the picture

A sexy picture without a room is a crop. Keep the carpet, the ugly lamp, the rooftop railing. Those are the details that make amateur sex pics feel shot instead of generated.

Caption like a person

Name, city, what the light was doing. Not “sensual goddess in luxury space.” If you cannot say the caption out loud, rewrite it.

When the still should become a cam

Some nights the still is enough. Some nights you want the girl to still be there. That is why the sticky bar exists. ErotikLive is the live product. We do not pretend a JPG is a broadcast.

When a venue is in the shot

Cite it. Gold listings on ErotikMaps get their own photos and their own link. Look at Gold rooms for the current set. We do not borrow a Gold banner to decorate an anonymous collage.