wonderthug

There is a lot of relevant information in this profile, so please at least scan through it before asking any questions . (If it is clear to me you did not do this based on what you say, I will take it as a sign of a lack of professional courtesy.)


FRIEND REQUEST REQUEST:

If you send me a friend request, please also send me a message or a tag or SOMETHING to let me know WHY you would like to be friends on here. Otherwise, please do not be offended when I ignore your request!


MY CURRENT FOCUS:

My shoot focus now is primarily on fashion/high fashion submission photos in collaboration with a full, talented, professional-quality fashion team.


LOOKING FOR NETWORK OF PROFESSIONAL-QUALITY PHOTOGRAPHERS/HAIR/MAKEUP/WARDROBE/MODELS/RETOUCHERS/ETC:

If you would like to collaborate with me in the future on full-team shoots (for TFCD or for submissions/profit sharing), please send me a message expressing your interest and letting me know what your specialties/interests/desires are (in relation to collaborating). It would be excellent to have a pool of talent I know is interested in collaborating with me so I can pull people in to work on concepts when the occasion arises.


QUALITY OF CHARACTER:

I am really only interested in collaborating with people who are kind, considerate, compassionate human beings. I am NOT interested in working with anyone who thinks they are better than anyone else or who treats the people they work with with anything less than the utmost respect. You can expect me to treat you this way, and I expect the same of you. I am a very pleasant, light-hearted individual and I like to have FUN while working!


WHEN IT COMES TO MONEY:

My rates are very negotiable and are based on mutual need/desire and the amount of time and effort put in as well as what benefit you may receive and what your resources are, et cetera.

Please know, I have no interest in paying anyone to work with me and will not be doing so for any reason. (This is not to say money can not be made in a profit-splitting situation, but I will not be paying anyone just for their time working with me.)


TFCD:

Because I love doing this so much (with other people who are in it for the art of it especially), I am always open to TFCD with the right people and the right concepts. Please understand that it is my prerogative to decide who I would like to work with based upon my own personal feelings and thoughts about someone's work. That being said, my not finding it beneficial to work with certain individuals is not a rejection of their talent or worth; it is simply an expression of my own personal taste, opinions, and desires.


PLEASE BE SURE TO READ THIS IF YOU ARE GOING TO REQUEST TFCD FROM ME:

Please understand, although I am willing to do TFCD for mutual artistic benefit, I am NOT willing to work for free when the photos will be used to make money or other material benefit. I can't imagine why I would ever want to do that, yet people ask that all the time. If you or your client or anyone else is going to make money or generate business, et cetera, off of the artwork we collaborate on, I will expect my fair share of the profits or I will not participate.

Additionally, if I reply to your TFCD request with a note and opening a discussion for rates, all of the above about judging you or what not also applies. If I do this, it is simply because the benefit of what I expect I will get out of collaborating does not exceed the cost of my time and energy. If I reply with a discussion about rates, it is only because it will take some monetary compensation (by the way, I'm a poor person) to bump the benefit up to a balanced level when compared with the cost. Also know that there are many requests (even requests to pay me) that I will outright decline for a variety of reasons (quality of work, apparent quality of character of the individual who wants to collaborate, et cetera), so if I reply with any willingness to work with you at all it is absolutely not meant to be insulting in any way.


CURRENTLY UPDATING PICTURES:

Most of the photos in my portfolio currently were taken at a time in my life where I was sick with grief and extremely underweight. I am now much healthier and will have new pictures up soon to reflect this. Additionally, my hair is much longer. If you are interested in seeing current non-professional pictures, please let me know.


VIDEO/ACTING:

I have worked with Rooster Productions on stock videos (http://www.istockphoto.com/file_search. … ID=9565789) and recently some of the footage was used in a commercial for Dateline NBC. I love acting as well as modeling, so please do not hesitate to contact me about this kind of work as well.


RUNWAY:

I do love runway! I have walked for Elizabeth St. John on multiple occasions and walked in three shows for NOVA Fashion week 2010.


PERFORMANCE MODELING:

I enjoy this as well . I was a performance/runway model for a Secret Sherry Society event held at Union 206 Studio in Alexandria VA, featuring designs by Stella Bonds.

I was a performance model for Roche Salon during the VIP pre-party for Fashion's Night Out 2010.


BODY MODIFICATIONS:

Piercings: I have my right nostril, the left side of my lip, and my septum pierced. I also have 5 piercings in my left earlobe and 3 in my right. Any or all of them can be in use or not/hidden depending upon the look we are going for.

Tattoos: I have wings on the inside and outside of my lower right calf above my ankles. Each wing spans about 4.5 inches on the diagonal.

I also have a large, colorful teardrop-shaped tattoo on the left side of my torso that is roughly 6.5" by 2.5" at the tallest/widest parts. It is clearly pictured in my portfolio, but I can provide close-ups of any of my body modifications upon request.