Photographers: Your tips for communicating with models
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- ecorrell0
can we see your fashion work?
- vaxorcist0
thanks... that phrase was one of my mentors, not mine.... he said it while helping me pitch a project I later got....
- Hombre_Lobo0
nice phrase vaxorcist
"for some nervous people, quality is the absence of non-quality signals.... "Reminds me of an old boss, who was incredibly smart and it was hard to really gauge what he was thinking. I came to the conclusion with him it what he wasn't saying more than what he was saying.
- interesting... best CD I ever worked for was like that.... kept me guessing & working hardvaxorcist
- vaxorcist0
for some nervous people, quality is the absence of non-quality signals.... so you get judged by your worst, not your best.... if there are any "random" images on your flickr that don't show you at your best, think about the possiblity that that's what some people will judge you by.... especially if they're already a bit nervous....
- Right, they never see my Flickr account at all.evanburke
- don't want to make you paranoid.... nervous people find things to worry about...vaxorcist
- good point vaxorcistHombre_Lobo
- evanburke0
bjladams: Yes, as I stated earlier, I have a fashion portfolio that i show them.
My flickr account is just snapshots and I haven't updated it in close to a year. :)
- bjladams0
do you have any work to show them that lets them know it wont be creepy- something without the bugs and flowers
- vaxorcist0
be completely honest.... experienced models can smell stories easily
- evanburke0
Should I flatter them? Lay on the compliments really thick?
Should I be aloof and dismissive? Pretend their are other models competing for the casting call, and that they need to compete?
Or should I just keep being professional, honest, and straightforward?
- vaxorcist0
seriously... for a non-pro model test shoot, book 1 or 2 additional models because you know 1 out of 4 won't show up.... or will in an odd mood,etc....
If I want to make sure people show up, I make it clear to them it's a serious shoot... everyone is called twice the day before... and We've got a MUA, a stylist, and they will both remember the names of models who don't show up.... it's a small world once you're in it...
- JSK0
now I am curious to see your work.
- JSK0
Ok so you dont look creepy so I dont know what the deal is except that 90% of models are flaky.
Its not you, its them.
- Tungsten0
Your future clients will just buy stock anyway...... Waaaaaaaaa!!!!
(wipes tears with a taco bell napkin)I cry because I'm becoming irrelevant too. This industry is fucked.
- ThePublics0
well, you've no chance at becoming a pro fashion photog in the middle of nowhere. Sell all your shit and move to a city, sell drugs if you have to pay rent. Work in porn, do sleazy shit. Fashion is the sleaziest so acclimatize your self.
- You're also trying to break into a dying industry.... um, I mean keep at it !!!! hard work is all it takes!!! gulp.Tungsten
- < +1kArmandoEstrada
- The dying industry part...ArmandoEstrada
- evanburke0
Tungsten: No, my flickr account is just for personal snapshots. I have a portfolio of fashion photography that I show.
ThePublics: I am not a professional photographer, but I aspire to be one.
Also, it sucks when you live in the middle of nowhere like I do. It's hard to find decent talent around here. And I'm talking like a 300 mile radius.
- Tungsten0
Are you by any chance showing them your flickr account?
- also, by any chance are you not actually a photographer?ThePublics
- ThePublics0
2 models flaking out in a year is non-event.
- JSK0
can you post a pic of your self?