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Im allergic to drama, so keep all that crap away from me. I don't want to hear about it and I don't care who hates who or who is sleeping with who. Talk all the crap you want about anyone u want away from me. Karma will take care of it all!

There are a few people who have helped me tons in this thing called life... A few of them are here on MM. There is one person in particular who guided me and gave me a foundation which I have slowly built on... Dan Norton... I will forever thank Dan, for the inspiration, all the lessons, true friendship and help! And lack of drama! He taught me a lot when I didn't know much and showed me a lot more than just how to take a picture.


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MODELS: I have always wondered! When you go to your favorite store and find that perfect pair of shoes or four pairs... Do u go to the register and ask if u can take them free? When you are driving and need gas to get to a casting or school or a bootycall, do u stop at the gas station and ask for free gas? When you go to starbucks, and get for your favorite drink, do you expect it free? ...just wondering!? *wink* *wink*. So, before u ask for a free shoot, (which i sometimes do) let me know... what do YOU have to offer? ;-) Being pretty is not enough, I'm lucky to have access to amazing girls at most of the agencies in whatever town I'm in.

LADIES: If you ask about a free shoot and I decide to shoot you, I will shoot a LOT of skin... If you are shy and/or are opposed to nudity, then it's not happening free. If agency girls and top models shoot nudes, why wouldn't mm girls? Any questions... ask. Of course if you are not 18 yet, this does not apply to you. This is for the US based girls, in Europe we don't have this problem.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot... why do mm -models- freak out when you tell them you want to meet them before shooting? I mean, in the real world with agency girls, there is a thing called a casting... or a go see, where I get to see those girls in person and those girls have been looked at in person and selected by the agencies already. Besides quite a few girls I have met here look NOTHING like their pictures!! Photoshop in the right hands does wonders, and I also need to make sure you are not psychotic.   So if u want me to shoot you, we are meeting in person prior to shooting, no exceptions! If this bugs you, there are tons of amazing photographers in this site, and a lot of them better than me... Go to them!

*Things that annoy me*

- Photoshop made polaroids.
- Fake tearsheets.
- Seeing pics with "great shot" only because the nipple/s or the kitty are visible.
- Spelling disasters. ( your, you're - where, were we're - they're, there, their )
- Photographers who are little bitches! And there is a lot of them!
- Stupidity and Ignorance.
- When models take things/people for granted.
- When people read your message and do not reply in a timely manner.
- Hand Bras... Warning tape... belt over the breasts... etc...
- Make up artists who charge a "kit" fee on tests. I don't charge them a studio fee, or lunch and drinks fee or gas fee. What is a kit fee!?!
- Models/MUA/Photographers requesting tags/comments! LAME...! I thought those were given if deserved on someone else's view, not requested.
- Models who say "no nudes" yet have topless or nudes shots in their port. That's just stupid! And it happens way too often.
- Agency Approved.. Photographers who need to validate themselves by posting pics that modeling agencies have used on a girl's book.... or brag they have shot a girl who happens to have an agency. *newsflash* shooting an agency girl or for an agency ( 99.9% of the time for free ) is NOT that big of a deal at all.  That's like bragging about getting your driver's license when u are 35.

more to come...

Last, but definitely not least.. For those of you who send those messages about how I put a smile on your face or leave pic comments and tags, thank YOU so very much... Much love and thank YOU!



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