Male Models Hold Photo shoots on roofs of Miami Beach hotels 

By Shawn Petrovich of Totally Ripped of Los Angeles, which specializes in photography and video of fitness models.

Owners of the The Kent Hotel let a photographer hold a photo session with three Ohio State University students on the roof of their hotel.

Here is CJ, Chris and Pat.

Rooftops offer a unique view of the skyline that a photographer cannot get on street level.

Roofs also offer privacy. No bystanders are present to make models nervous or complain about equipment being in their way. A hotel may be located in a busy area hustling and bustling with thousands of vacationers, but a roof offers total privacy.

Privacy helped with this shoot because the photographer was only shooting the front of Pat, who was asked to wear a thong. If the shoot were held on the beach below, bystanders would have seen Pat's bare butt.

The manager of the Deco Walk hotel also let a photographer shoot a model on his hotel's roof.

Josh had to pose while surrounded by an abandoned put-put golf course that was rotting on the roof. The photographer simply aimed his camera lens to not show the golf greens. This is an example of how you can crop something so it is not seen in a photo.

The palm leaves you see behind Josh are at the top of trees 3 stories tall. Most South Beach hotels are often only 3 to 5 stories tall.

Here is Josh posing on the Deco Walk Hotel's spire. Josh had to climb a rickety ladder to get to the hotel's spire.

Holding a shoot on a hotel's roof is very convenient because the crew does not need to carry photo equipment long distances. Staff must carry 150 pounds of equipment when holding a shoot on location. But for shoots on a hotels' roof, the crew can simply step out of their hotel room and walk up the stairs to their shooting location!

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