Virtue Photographer

So, Jerad, would you like to take my pictures? I’m trying to get into modeling… Before you assume or ask about my style, please read on.

I would love to take your portraits but here is the catch, I only shoot virtuous photography. I know that shooting to display the virtue of a woman rather then focusing on her underlying attributes will not get my work on the cover of the fashion magazines lining the front row of news stands. I am secure knowing that fact. In my opinion the difference between virtue and voyeurism is equal to the difference between your dignity and the two seconds of fame FHM magazine would get you.

God created nothing more beautiful and elegant then the woman. I believe in the sanctity and inviolability of the human body. Nothing is more stunning to me then a woman who can accessorize. You do not need to be naked or close to it to be beautiful.

As you are reading this, keep in mind that I am not a perfect person. My past does not exactly flow with what my beliefs are today. I have just as many stumbling blocks I have tripped over and yet to trip over as the next guy.

Are beautiful women attractive to me? Of course they are, I’m a guy, am I not? I would rather admire a woman who knows what clothes look good on her rather then what clothes she believes she could go with out. I do understand that for the most part it is our fault as men for being so shallow that a woman would have to display herself in such a way to be found quote, desirable.

I don’t care how much it pays or how famous it could get me, I will not take pictures displaying anything other then the subject’s beauty through virtue.

Please take the time to read this excerpt which outlines where a woman’s true power came from.

The supreme virtue of the virtuous woman was modesty, a form of sexual self-control, manifested not only in chastity but in decorous dress and manner, speech and deed, and in reticence in the display of her well- banked affections. A virtue, as it were, made for courtship, it served simultaneously as a source of attraction and a spur to manly ardor, a guard against a woman’s own desires, as well as a defense against unworthy suitors. A fine woman understood that giving her body (in earlier times, even her kiss) meant giving her heart, which was too precious to be bestowed on anyone who would not prove himself worthy, at the very least by pledging himself in marriage to be her defender and lover forever.

Once female modesty became a first casualty of the sexual revolution, even women eager for marriage lost their greatest power to hold and to discipline their prospective mates. For it is a woman’s refusal of sexual importunings, coupled with hints or promises of later gratification, that is generally a necessary condition of transforming a man’s lust into love. Women also lost the capacity to discover their own genuine longings and best interests. For only by holding herself in reserve does a woman gain the distance and self-command needed to discern what and whom she truly wants and to insist that the ardent suitor measure up. While there has always been sex without love, easy and early sexual satisfaction makes love and real intimacy less, not more, likely — for both men and women.

My response to the much anticipated criticism:

Whatever! That’s right, whatever, you will thank me for turning down the offer when you decide to get married and don’t have pictures in circulation that make your husband think about the fact that he is not the only man lusting over you.

My comments have never been and will never be moderated for anything other then language or spamming. DO NOT think that a comment bash session on this blog is going to effect me at all because I do not want to hear about your contradictory opinions.

And last the most anticipated of them all…

But Jerad, how can you say all of that when there are friends in your friends list that are not being very modest?

I have not added them personally, they have either added me or were added automatically through one of the friend subscription websites out there that my profile has been probably got submitted to. Why don’t I just delete them? I leave them there because there is power in numbers when it comes to page ranking in search engines.

Thank you for reading my blog, slash, rant, slash heart on this matter… If I decide to add more to this blog you can read it or get updates on my personal blog website located at http://j3rad.com

Jerad Hill Photography Modesto, CA

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