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Many abbywinters.com customers appreciate seeing a model’s bare feet, with many of those identifying as foot fetishists. These customers get very frustrated when feet are excluded from view due to sloppy framing choices.
It is always fine to make a considered choice to intentionally exclude feet from frame, customers want to feel close to models and bringing the camera closer to isolate a body part is a big part of delivering that (and a big part of the abbywinters.com paradigm). However, whenever the camera moves closer to the model, consider that what is left outside of the frame is not “obviously” missing to the customer.
Framing an extremity just out of the shot can create an odd perspective – in the case of feet, artificially shortening the model. Working to extend the appearance of a model’s legs is flattering and appealing, shortening them is never desirable, even when working with a petite model who is shorter than 152 cm (5 feet).
Marleen S’s Solo shoot is a good case study for this topic. There is some great foot content in this shoot as part of the Layering of Clothing use (with the tights/panty hose) and the Long legs fetish but there are also several occasions where her feet have been needlessly framed out by the photographer – really frustrating for customers. Poor framing like this also reduces the overall shoot quality and as abbywinters.com makes a premium product this is an issue that can lead to a reduction in sales.
Poor framing examples
Successful framing examples
The framing concepts covering in this FAQ apply to all abbywinters.com shoot types.