HAIRSTYLISTS!: I need you... contact me!
IF YOU DON'T READ, WE DON'T SHOOT
so please just read my profile.
Hello all and welcome to my profile! I have signed on to this site to add diversity to my portfolio. Hopefully I can do the same for those with whom I collaborate.
--ME--
My ethnic background is Filipino, Spanish, English, Welsh, Italian. I have an extensive modeling background in print, catalogue, editorial, and television commercials.
Any PAID work will be considered.
(If it is demeaning, it will also be quickly dismissed.)
---TRADE---
(isn't it why most of us are on this site?)
As far as trade work is concerned, print trade depends on the concept and how much it can help me to build my book. High fashion and commercial lifestyle (non-beach/waterfall) prints will be given the highest priority.
Experienced, creative, and down-to earth photographers and makeup artists are a great incentive for me, and professionalism is fundamental.
While I will do my best to hold up to the ''no-flake rule," I would appreciate compliance with the "no-perv rule". I am here for creative reasons, not dating, relationships, friends, or otherwise so working together means working together and nothing more. If we work together don't hit on me, it hurts the shots and makes me uncomfortable.
If you are interested in trade, here are SOME QUESTIONS I might ask you:
1. Have you read my profile? If not, go back and read it... all the way to the end. Duh.
2. Are you a professional photographer?
3. What kind of camera do you have? Can you provide clear, high resolution pics that are edited? Do you edit well? Do you pay someone to edit well? Do you release RAW files? I hope not. Doesn't matter how good you are.
4. Do you have a makeup artist? FYI: Dragging clothes AND makeup around on a shoot sucks. Does the mua have a kit fee?
5. What is the turnaround time on images? (3 months is not good)
And please just be honest. If you are not pro yet but are looking to and have a good camera and talent, then I might wanna work with you! But I want to know from the get go. And if I don't want to work with you now, I may keep my eye on your work to watch for growth. I know what it is like to be a newbie and have a barren portfolio so I am a firm believer in paying forward all of the help of that I have received from the people who have helped me build my book!
And if you want to give me some incentive to working with you, look at my Listworthy link and see what kind of shots I would looooove to at least attempt!
---DON'T ASK---
I DO NOT DO NUDES and I NO LONGER DO IMPLIED NUDES. Also, I am not interested in shooting generic swimsuit pics (like in front of a sunset, on a waterfall, etc). I already have way too many. Too many swimsuit pics, that is.
And please don't ask me to sign a release for photos before I see them, especially if I am modeling for trade (aka no $$$).
If you feel this is unreasonable, imagine this scenario:
-I sign a release
-I shoot for free
-Unflattering photos of me are released
-My agent calls me up scolding me for doing trade work
It has happened so let's just not go there. Besides, some models don't sign releases at all.
TFCD means TRADE so if we do one, i better get the images. If you don't want to give me a copy of the images, then please pay me for my time instead. If you suddenly decide that you do not want to give me a disc of my images or pay me for my time don't be surprised if you receive a summons to court, especially if you are busing my image to further your business by using it on your business card, website, facebook, as well as other advertising AHEM!
For those who have made it to the end, THANK YOU! May the careers of all of you literate-considerate industry professionals flourish and prosper!
