Wetlook World Forum

I appreciate your thoughts, and what you describe so detailed confirms my understanding of what you mean with "story behind the picture".

We are both aware that there is no "mainstream" of wetlook preference.

I for myself very much like the "it is about to happen" aspect, which - as in final relaxation of the erotic tension - finishes latest when the model is standing soaked. I basically do not care for pictures of girls swimming in clothes, for they are wet already, and what agitates me most is already history.

Contrary, some folks do not care less for pictures of water running down the dry cloth in small streams, making the cloth only partially transparent - some are even fans of the underwater motive. One party wishes for cloth directly touching the shape of the body, others wish for clear visibility of underwear, which once more is a true turn-off in case one cares for my own opinion.

As our imagination is basically future-oriented in a chronological respect, the telling of a story as you describe would logically compose a set-up of the nicely dressed model holding e.g. a bottle with the clearly visible intention to soak herself. It sure may let my imagination go wild, but that picture does not yet show any wetlook at all...

I myself am often frustrated by websites offering again and again the same setup "the outdoor pool", same composition of the girl standing left side, wading, climbing or jumping in, some swimming or underwater, and leaving right hand side. Next week, we'll offer the same, but - oh - the difference is the model and the outfit. I presume you care as well about a more imaginative arrangement - the "story behind" as you call it.

Am I right?

The "undetected observer" (fly on the wall, as you call it) is in my opinion not necessary for good wetlook photography. Most men will react and enjoy a provocative setup of a girl soaking herself while flirting with the observer, which - during the shooting - is the camera.

Still it is very difficult for me as a photographer to fully understand the concept of wetlook. What is it that triggers the male / female agitation while getting wet clothed?

Photographer "Stormy Waters" for example concentrates on outdoor shots, mainly lake or river providing the wetness. I'd name his work "still art", for the pictures basically show the girls after having emerged from the water, but in a rather figuresque arrangement, nearly motionless. Enough time to absorb the beauty of the female body shape. Something I adore, same dominantly visible in my own pictures, with the difference that I work in a studio, as you correctly noted.

The love for soaked winter clothes will probably never hit me, as I do not understand that style. Most winter clothes being water repelling, with no option of see-through, they only may tickle the mind by remembrance of a moment when the observer got soaked in the same way and felt tactile sensations by it. In no way I personally will be aroused by a pretty girl wearing puffy thick winter clothes under a shower. But that might be some other subject...

So far...

FPn