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Welcome to my page at Model Mayhem.

First, while everyone else on this site is apparently easy to work with, I am not, LOL.

It is insanely hard to schedule with me. Really. I am not a flake, so I will move mountains once I am committed, but I have mastered the word "maybe" and contingency planning. Since I hate having to cancel or worse, be late, and have so many logs in too many fires, I am very careful about making arrangements.

I like to work at the crack of dawn or the edge of night or mid-night. I generally drink enough coffee to give most lab rats cancer, which is how I accomplish this.

I often don't make up my mind on what to shoot until I meet you and often not until the shoot itself, but then I may also plan it out to the last detail and bring enough gear, props and outfits to set up a field studio.

I like shooting on location and generally not in studio settings. 

I will not give you copy of every shot I take while we shoot, not even the cool one of your shoes when I dropped the camera. Not even close to every shot I take. But I will give you a copy of every shot I find at least tolerable. Many better photographers than I have this policy, so I do not even debate it anymore.

I don't have to shoot for money and rarely do, and while I might introduce you to other photographers, shooting with me is not going to get you into any magazine except by the images themselves. I have no fashion industry or model agency contacts.

Second, I like working with versatile models who are not going to go bug-eyed and ask if I really said climb up the tree, step into the water, or wear a dinosaur costume, LOL.

I like working with all kinds of models, but especially ones that are good at conveying confidence through the lens whether while holding a 9mm, a blackberry, frying pans, or the outfit they just had on until it caught fire. 

I do take kinder, gentler shots, but prefer to get them from the same models I am getting the dynamic, aggressive, edgier shots from. I prefer working a lot each with a few models as opposed to a little each with many models.

If you like my work and are inclined to collaborate on some great images, get involved with one of my paying projects or create compelling images for your portfolio, that is great.

Please contact me here on MM or by e-mail at peytonking@hotmail.

- Peyton King