Today’s Post by Blue Moon Staff
The word fetish comes from feitico, a Portuguese word that means “obsessive fascination.” In psychology, the technical term is paraphilia, which is described as an atypical sexual interest in an object, act, body part or sensation.
If the popularity of the 50 Shades of Grey books and movies are any indication, sexual fetishes are more common than the general public might otherwise think.
A recent study published in the Journal of Sex Research, finds that one in three people in the US have taken part in some kind of fetishistic behavior, at least once in their lives. What this all boils down to is that sexual fetishes may describe unconventional sexual behavior but they can be part of a normal, healthy sex life
A pantyhose fetish is a type of underwear fetish that is featured in today’s featured image.
People with a pantyhose fetish commonly become sexually aroused through wearing pantyhose, watching other people wear pantyhose or both. They may also become aroused by watching someone put on or remove pantyhose. According to an article on Quora, “Having a fetish for pantyhose/tights is a very common fetish indeed.”
How I made this portrait: Today’s image of Erin is from our tenth photo session together. Almost all of my sessions with Erin were made with Olympus and Panasonic mirrorless cameras and lenses. This particular session, like most of them, was shot for her portfolio. I photographed Erin in my 11×15 home studio using a Panasonic Lumix GH4 with a Lumix G Vario 14-45mm f/3.5-5.6 lens (at 45mm.) Lighting was from a single Paul C Buff DigiBee with a Plume Wafer softbox attached placed at camera right with a 32-inch Westcott reflector located at camera left. Exposure was 1/160 sec at f/6.3 and ISO 200. Background was a hand-painted Carbonite muslin background from Silverlake Photo, that alas is no longer available.
