Holiday 2009: Atlanta - Huntsville, AL - Birmingham - Nashville
I'll be there. Will you?
HAY LOOKIT: I am too lazy to check MM every day. If you need to chat about an upcoming shoot or time-sensitive offer, email me at kamellia.art@gmail.com. PLEASE contact me here also, and include your MM # or other online portfolio if you email me.
Hi. I'm Kamellia (sometimes).
Catch me in Jacksonville, FL and, at Christmas, in North Alabama (Huntsville/Birmingham). Atlanta and Orlando are not out of the question for paid shoots or really awesome photographers.
Although I shoot occasional NUDES, I have no interest in PORN or erotica.
That includes most of the “glamour” genre. I enjoy artistic and generally chaste nudes. Keep that in mind if you want to shoot. If you think you can change my mind with the fabulous quality of your work, feel free to try.
If you don't happen to be one of those few amazing photographers that all the naked models want to check off their lists (ahem...TH Taylor...Philip'e?), please provide details:
Name and any involved MM #s
-Genre or Concept
-Location/Date/Time (if set)
-Transportation/lodging options (for non-local shoots)
-Compensation (If you want
TF let me know in your initial correspondence—notices in your profile don’t count—otherwise,
I will assume you have the budget to pay me for my time. I rarely have the energy to fish it out of you or the patience to wait around for you to see whether I'll volunteer to shoot TF. If you offer to pay me, and I would have shot with you on a TF basis,
we'll still shoot TF. I'd rather feel entitled to great images on even ground than pass them up for a few bucks.)
-any additional pertinent info
CURRENT INTERESTS:
Beauty shots ~ Interesting portraits: signature style? ~ Flights of Whimsy ~ classic and vintage photography techniques ~ early "wholesome" Playboy (nudes with an emphasis on implied) ~ new takes or re-creations of iconic paintings & photographs ~ Creative Teammates: Makeup Artists, Hair Stylists, Local Designers, Wardrobe Stylists
STAY AWAY FROM ME WITH YOUR:
Swords, guns, elastic-strap wings, motorcycles. (Slingshots, frescoed halos, and penny-farthing cycles are all A-OK.)
TF or Pay?
If both (or all) parties won’t benefit in SOME way from the images, there’s no point in doing TF for any reason other than charity. And in that case it had better be tax-deductible.
If there's no client and it's not a shoot that balances out without the exchange of money, the participant who has less to offer should pay. Duh.
As long as everyone is getting something they value out of a collaboration, fantastic! That something might be images, cash, bartered goods…whatever. After negotiation, if you don’t see enough value in a proposed shoot, no need to be all injured. Move on.
Lingerie/Implied/Artistic Nude: If I’d be stoked to put it in my port, $0...I prefer to do nudes for free, but ONLY with exceptional photographers, trending toward work that I consider art*. If you’re highly likely to turn a significant profit on the images, that’s a different story. (*The exception is a basic studio nude study or anything very similar to images I already have. I have plenty of this genre for my own uses, but I’m often happy to work with students for a reasonable rate. Please demonstrate a genuine interest in improving your portfolio and photography skills.)
Cliff's Notes:
Artistic Nudity = Okay!
Erotic Nudity = Probably not, although I love to gawk.
Porn, soft or hard-boiled = Inquire elsewhere, por favor.
I'm selective with lingerie/nude/implied work. I know what I like when I see it, and if your current work doesn't reflect my aesthetic, I probably don't want to get naked for you.
Even if you pay me. Unless it's a ridiculously large sum of unmarked, nonsequential bills. .....Just kidding. Well....yeah, kidding.
I am available for:
-Art nude/Figure Study (see my port...nothing much more risqué.)
-Beauty
-Fashion (at your own risk), and casual
-Lifestyle/Fashion Lingerie (NOT glamour)
-Lifestyle
-Parts (not auto parts, silly)
-Portraiture
-Swimwear (also, at your own risk. I've been used as a reflector. Ha, ha.)
NO: bondage work, erotic/pr0n, fetish, or fitness (nothing against fitness, I’m just not muscular or even particularly toned).
Crap about me that doesn't really matter if you just want to take pictures:
I'm into music, sustainability, bathing rituals, and dancing (when no one is watching, natch). I'm not much into yoga (although I dabble in pilates). I like cheese and apples together, but I find brie disgusting.
Perhaps it's not professional to show off your boyfriend on your profile, but I love this picture:
(Thanks to Julian Humphries for the picture.)
Crap that might actually matter if you want to take pictures:
-I have no parts that I wasn’t born with, unless I grew ‘em myself. (Sure, I grew my model name myself.)
-no tattoos or major scars
-no piercings (including ears)
-some freckles, but not enough that anyone would characterize me as a freckled person. A couple of odd freckly patches on my back. One looks like a star. It's neat.
-dimples, occasionally.
-nigh-albinism. I buy makeup in the lightest shade generally available, if that helps. I've been described as pale, peaches-and-cream, porcelain-skinned, alabaster (poetic, eh?), and once, "under-dweller". I'm like the Coppertone Girl's ass. Not that I'm opposed to sun exposure; I enjoy nature. I just wear a lot of sunblock because my family hearts melanoma.
-my hair...what can I say? Sometimes it looks okay, and sometimes I live in Florida. If you want to arrange a hair stylist for our shoot, I think I love you. Oh, and it's fairly short right now.
IMPORTANT: I don’t consider it unreasonable to ask you to sign a photographer's release before or after any shoot. It's not demanding. It's pretty much just a CYA (or C-my-A). If necessary, I can email you a copy of said release ahead of time for you to review. Synopsis: I the undersigned won't sell nekkid pictures of the lovely and amusing Kamellia to whack-off sites, and if I’m not paying, will give her at least SOME usable images from our shoot, possibly even great ones. See?...not so bad.
**I take full responsibility for any redundancy in the above epic.
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CURRENT SCHEDULE: I work every M-F, 9-6. Yup, I have a job. Go figure.
