Wetlook World Forum

I get the general sentiment of the original post and I also understand the desire to see genuine wetlook in the sense of unscripted, unexpected, accidental.

For quite some time in my life I have been chasing that kind of wetlook as well, long before youtube & co. In fact I bought my first digital camera just to capture wetlook moments that would have otherwise gone by and would just leave a little everfading mark in my memory. For a time I would even say I was adicted to shooting candid photographs. I was on the lookout for new and interesting spots that were within a day of travel. I drove countless kilometers to various spots in central Europe for spots and events that promised to produce some sort of candid wetlook. In fact just now I am editing an old photoset from 2006 from Streetparade in Zurich - I plan to release it soon btw.

So here's my takeaway from that time in my life. You need hunters & collectors of wetlook in order to generate the candid material. In my case I was more interested in photography, but on the various wetlook spots you could every once in a while see other wetlook hunters ;-) I never got to know them personally for I was much too shy and insecure about my fetish, but I could immediately spot a wetlook filmer or photographer when I saw one ;-)

However times have changed. On the one hand I got into photography more and more and overcame my fear of askin women to pose for wetlooks shoots. IThis allowed me to produce exactly the kind of images I wanted to see. And also my life settled much more and my day job would not allow for daylong wetlook trips anymore. But that's me and my personal story.

What might be even more important is that in order to capture good candid wetlook you need to blend in with what is happeneing around you. In the 1990s and early 2000s people - at least in my perception - were not too aware and sensitive when a camera was pointed at them. Sure someone maybe took a picture of them, but pictures were still something private for most of the people, so they would not bother too much about someone else taking their picture. But the omnipresence of social media made everyone much more aware of what might happen with pictures taken without their consent. But even more importantly cell phones have become ubiquitous and basically everyone around you carries a 25 Megapixel high quality camera with them and can potentially capture you while doing your wetlook hunting. And with only a few swipes on the phone your image can be found on social media with people asking if someone knows the creep taking pictures of girls in fountains.

That's why I stopped taking candid pictures long ago, I still visited public events every once in a while where people knew there are cameras around and taking pictures is deemed to be normal.

But that may be one reason why - while more people would be able to capture high quality candid wetlook - ever fewer actually do so.