NoPicsPlease.com

The whole concept of NoPicsPlease.com is created by Stephan Meijer. More information can be found at MeijerStephan.com .

One of my creative sides just had to come out one way or another.

I do like music a lot but I wasn’t good at producing. I do love good art but I don’t have the right skills to produce a masterpiece like Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers”.

A few years ago I started photographing nature and architecture and I got a lot of positive feedback. Next to that I also started taking pictures at the parties I went to.

After a few years, being interested in photography, I noticed that there are a lot of people taking photographs without any passion and the right “touch” to get the best pictures out of a subject. That’s when I started thinking of some different projects with models. What are the subjects and settings I liked the most and how would I perpetuate that single moment.

The next step was to formalize those big ideas into a plan and getting a better camera. Luckily enough I was almost graduating so the camera was no problem since it was a nice gift to get but how to formalize those big ideas… that is when I roughly described what I wanted to do and gathered the results is the first version of a plan:

Photography

Goal:
Sharing the results of my hobby with the rest of the World.
Possibility of going commercial in the future.

Subjects:

Subject	Description	Practical Example
Models	- Women and men photographed according to a project. - Information about models will stay private and will only be available through NoPicsPlease.com and, of course, with the approval of the model. - Photos are only published with the consent of the model. - Photos with the same subject/project will be showed together to fulfill the idea of the projects.
Scenery	- Landscapes, beautiful skies - Possibly in combination with some architecture
Architecture	- Buildings
Favorites	- Personal selection of photos
Guests	- Photos shot by others

Projects (belonging to the subject Models):

Name	Description	Example
Sands of Time	- Back of a woman from shoulder to hip, preferably with tight cloathing or just skin - The results will stand out when showed together
Emotional Warhol	- 4 portraitphotos with different emotions - Sharp colours or Black/White
Between the Sheets	- (Black/White) photo with the model between (white) sheets
Comfort Zone	- Photo with the model on his/her most favorite spot (to relax)
Facial Silhouet	- Side-view of the face - Dark background - Sharp light from the back
Face-off	- Close-up of (natural) face - No make-up

Seeing into the Future	- Close up of the eyes
Most Beautiful Friend	- Together with the most handsome/ best friend of the model
Posh-me	- Dress to impress
Creative models	- Brainwaves of the model - Subject & Location chosen by the model