High School Senior Girls – what’s too sexy?

So how much skin is too much?  Is a seductive look crossing the line for a teenager?  Is it my responsibility as the photographer to not create these type of images?

My girlfriend saw my ad in her son’s high school yearbook.  She mentioned another photographer’s ad and demonstrated the cleavage in his ad (quite comical actually).  She was put off by this.  Clearly this appeals to the kids.  Most parents aren’t calling a photographer because of their sexy ad, right?  As I mentioned a few weeks ago these are not the photos from our generation, but all girls want to look like models right (even us women do, come on be honest)?

My gauge is always the outfit.  If the outfit is on the edgy side, I push to the edge a little.  We have already talked about what they’re looking for, what their personality is like, but sometimes the camera comes out and Bo Derek comes alive!  There are some images that make me blush when the dad sees them, but he doesn’t always object, believe it or not.

I heard a photographer once say if you cross sexy clothing with a sexy pose and sexy expression – you may cross the line…