Password Protected Section?

There was actually quite a bit of discussion on this when we started.  What was decided is that in order to keep the forum as accessible as possible, the boards would be open to guests.  The business board is an exception because it was felt that we needed a place to talk about business issues that wouldn't show up in Google but the only requirement to see that particular board is that you're logged in.  If you log out you'll see a business board, but the only thread in it is something along the lines of "we have a business board that you'll see when you log in". 

It's possible to setup a board that's only accessible to certain members.  Similar idea to the pro critique board where only members of the Pro Critique Panel can respond to posts.  My concern with doing that though is that a lot of really good conversations would be hidden from the bulk of our membership.  Plus there would have to be some way to "apply" to be able to view that board and determine whether the member should be able to get into the club so to speak. 

Susie, that's how my next shoot is going to be, too. She even mentioned how she wants to do Victoria's Secret posing.

I think it could be sort of a reward type board. After x number of posts, you get the password. It would encourage posting, and we would know if the person is truly interested in the board before they're allowed in.

I don't know about Marian, but I am not doing nudity.  I will be doing shots that use implied nudity, but I am not going to post those.  Of course we could always censor the shot in photoshop before posting if we really want critique on it.

Ryan, I don't care one way or another because I can see all your points.  We certainly want and need new members and don't want to exclude anyone that wants to learn.  I don't even know how much I will have to post anyway, because I feel that even posting on a private board would require my clients to sign a model release and I am not requiring that for something sensitive like what I am doing.

One thing to consider is that even if the model or client is fully covered some images have an intimate nature that they may not want shown around the web and others may not want to see them.  Regardless of what is decided about a private board this brought up a good subject about what is appropriate and how we should treat sensitive images.  Perhaps we should adopt a policy that if anyone in the image is posing or dressed in a way that others might find offensive we should flag the post in the subject line.  I don't think this board really sees a lot of those types of images, but it would be helpful to have guidelines about how to post them.

Marian, off the topic (sort of) you should check out Maxim magazine if you are looking for posing ideas that are along the lines of VS.  You can go to their website and find a lot of good stuff.