bowing her head
I've got a scary painting deadline to meet by the end of this week. It's my own fault - I've known about the deadline for a couple of months, but it's easy when there's so much else going on in my life to leave things to the last minute. I'm probably going to be up all night getting this finished in time, which means I won't be able to spend the night with Tom as we'd previously planned. Damn. I'd suggest that he punishes me, but my procrastination when it comes to painting is so deeply entrenched I'm honestly not sure spanking would help with it. :(
Of course, this morning, rather than getting on with my work like a good girl (or, indeed, a sensible adult who doesn't want to disappoint paying clients) I've been browsing EndArt. I only discovered this spanking art website half an hour ago and I could spend all day exploring it. I'll resist today, and just add it to my bookmarks until I've got this painting finished. But before I return to my easel, I wanted to post the link for any of you that haven't seen it already.
The 'schoolroom' section is, unsurprisingly, my favourite. I love the stylish girl brimming with poise and personality in Corduroy Burns. Two more of my favourites are Unwilling to Confess and The Tutor's Report Card, where the wretched body language of the blonde girls speaks volumes about their hopelessness and submission. Spanking photos always have the models holding their heads unnaturally high to let their facial expressions be visible. It's one of the hardest things I've had to learn to do on film shoots, as my natural response to real pain is to bow my head and hide my face in my hair. I can understand why facial expressions are important for the viewer, but I find these pics of girls hanging their heads really emotive.
Similar body language is featured in this picture, which I just emailled to Tom with the comment that it made me think of him:
The title of the piece, "More Than a Lapdance", might suggest that the girl's attitude is a raunchy one, and she's in for a surprise when she encounters that hairbrush. But that's not how I read this picture at all. To me, her posture seems vulnerable and submissive. She's sexy, but she's also absolutely his.
Well, that's my interpretation. I may possibly be biased :)
That is a good point about head positions. I do like to see facial expressions in a filmed scene but it is a natural reaction to let the head go down, especialy when your mind is going to that special place. This is a good illustration of the difference between playing and making a visual presentation.
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It's a tough one. I think there's scope for more variety than we usually see in films. I'm told to keep my head up at all times, even if there isn't a camera doing facials, and a lot of effort goes into position shots so that bum and face are visible simultaneously. I can definitely see why facial shots are necessary and allow the viewer to empathise with the spankee's responses. In fact, I wholly endorse and approve of facial shots.
ReplyDeleteI do think there's space for a bit of natural body language, though. It's nice when the people I'm filming for will let me give a wholly unself-conscious, unthinking body response on the last two strokes or something. When it gets to the more severe sessions at the end of the day it's good if you get the chance to relax into the pain a bit and not have to worry about your posture or whether your face is in shot!
But then, my natural body responses are pretty expressive, I think - I wriggle and kick and squeal anyway without having to ham it up for the cameras. So if I drop my head down low in response to a particularly hard stroke, you'll definitely be able to tell it's got to me - my whole body will be quivering and moving, my shoulders will tense and untense as I process the sensation.
It's interesting how what looks convincing on camera/stage is usually subtly different from what feels convincing. It's very rare that being totally unself-conscious as an actor or model will create convincing imagery.