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nrvphotography
Posts: 1050
Knoxville, Tennessee, US
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nrvphotography
Posts: 1050
Knoxville, Tennessee, US
Marvin Dockery wrote:
You are living in a perfect location to find, and photograph, college models. Small town, big school.....to protect you and your models, I would have them processed away from where you live. Just one town away would help.
........Walgreens have done a good job. Marvin,
You are right and I am trying to figure out how to promote myself; one MMer suggested posting flyers on bulletin boards on campus with some photos on it. Ya think with 20,000 students here.....  I did take the film to a processor in the next town! Like you said, this IS a small town!
As far as Walgreens goes, I took a roll there and the machine ripped holes in the film! So never again.  My daughter's photography class teacher verified it for me. Glad I shot more than one roll!
Thanks for the advice.
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Marvin Dockery
Posts: 2243
Alcoa, Tennessee, US
nrvphotography wrote:
Marvin,
You are right and I am trying to figure out how to promote myself; one MMer suggested posting flyers on bulletin boards on campus with some photos on it. Ya think with 20,000 students here..... I did take the film to a processor in the next town! Like you said, this IS a small town!
As far as Walgreens goes, I took a roll there and the machine ripped holes in the film! So never again. My daughter's photography class teacher verified it for me. Glad I shot more than one roll!
Thanks for the advice. I have only had one machine failure, and it was at a Wolf camera store back on the mid 1980s. I did a aerial job showing the new turf on the University of Tennessee football field, for the turf company out of Texas.
Shot two rolls during a game, and turned both rolls in at one time. (Big Mistake) The machine broke a gear, and jammed, ruining both rolls. I was on a 48hour deadline, so no re shoots possible. Cost me $1200.00.
But This only happened once, and I have never had a processing maching failure since then. If its a paid job, I keep the back up roll in my pocket until the first roll clears the machine.
Put up models needed notice's in the student center, and also in, or near the art dept.
This ad works.
"Local photographer needs a few model's to complete some fine art projects. Ages 18 to 24, Dress size 2- 8, race unimportant, Some tattoos and piercings OK. No porn. Call for references." Paid shoots (Your phone number)
Check the notices often. A model will often take the notice with her.
I use to shoot aerials of the VPI football games.
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nrvphotography
Posts: 1050
Knoxville, Tennessee, US
Marvin, Thanks for the detailed response! I guess a machine failure can happen about anywhere! When I used to do weddings I started getting paranoid so I carried two camera bodies with me! Good tip on the notices. BTW I graduated from NC State! Rather be a Wolfpacker than a "Hokie"! Did get Coach Beamer to sign a photo several years ago though! Ken
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MorTis
Posts: 121
Chiang Mai, Northern, Thailand
well usually any professional photo processors won't care if your shoot are "adult artistic shoots" things like CVS / walgreens will have a problem if you do not talk to them first. If you talk to the photo dept manager, show them you are a *professional* photographer, shoe them your profilio and give them a business card, they will usually processor you stuff also too at the point. And me and my friend have been using www.mpix.com for our digital > film . paper processing
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BCG
Posts: 7316
San Antonio, Florida, US
i find my polaroid land camera suits my needs for discreet processing.
q: what do you call a polish albino with one leg?!?
a: a polaroid one step
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Nate Kalushner
Posts: 284
Los Angeles, California, US
I work at a Pro Photo Lab and in all honesty we dont care what it is you want us to process/print as long as its legal. every couple months we have a customer come in who has us process and mount over 2000 slides... all hardcore porn. lol
Nate
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Creative Image
Posts: 1417
Avon, Connecticut, US
Eric Foltz wrote:
The only recommendation I would make is that you get a copy of a picture ID showing the model's age to show the lab people if they question it.
Eric Foltz and make/keep a copy of it.
Ron
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Rp-photo
Posts: 42711
Houston, Texas, US
BCG wrote:
iq: what do you call a polish albino with one leg?!?
a: a polaroid one step In Texas, we tell Aggie jokes!
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Mark Key Photography
Posts: 1346
HAVERTOWN, Pennsylvania, US
Most processors have their own set of rules. I worked in a lab and they had several employees under 18 (wonder if this a HAZMAT/PHMSA violation ) who were not allowed to print nude pics of any kind. But the rest were allowed to process anything short of kiddy porn or bestiality.
Best to ask the person who is actually processing your film what their policy is.
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Shawn Kuck
Posts: 407
RANSON, West Virginia, US
nrvphotography wrote:
I HOPE this is a valid and allowable question. I do not do my own processing and would like a reputable mail order processing business for artistic photos. These are shots involving implied or nude poses. i do not want my local processor to have me arrested for what they might consider pornography! I have done mainly nature and wedding photography for the past 25 years so am not a GWC type. Any help appreciated.
Ken Dale Labs in Florida is great, and so is Luck Color Lab in Cleveland, TN. But I agree with finding a pro lab in your area. Why spend all that money buying pro film and send it to wolf camera?
Shawn
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Shawn Kuck
Posts: 407
RANSON, West Virginia, US
KM von Seidl wrote:
Implied or nude shots? Worried about being porn? Where do you live? A red state?
Look, just send your nudie film to a blue state with artists....any LA or NYC pro lab will do. oh now this isn't a political post...
Shawn
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Shawn Kuck
Posts: 407
RANSON, West Virginia, US
Marvin Dockery wrote:
If you think GWC is bad, what about models that do nude shoots, and furnish a camera for the guy to use. There are places in FL that does this. That would be GWOC...
I still don't get whole GWC thing.
Shawn
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Rocky Dawson
Posts: 68
Columbus, Ohio, US
I've been working in one hour labs for nearly 20 years. It really is up to the company and employee to decide what they're ok to print. Personally I'd always done anything legal and I've only had to deal with the police 3 times. As for Keyronn wrote:
(wonder if this a HAZMAT/PHMSA violation ) Never a problem there as long as everyone has had some training on safety procedures and equipment.
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Mark Key Photography
Posts: 1346
HAVERTOWN, Pennsylvania, US
Kevin B wrote:
What is a GWC ? Guy With Camera
derogatory term for a guy taking pics of models with no training or understanding of lighting, composition, depth of field, etc.
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Mark Key Photography
Posts: 1346
HAVERTOWN, Pennsylvania, US
Rocky Dawson wrote:
As for
Never a problem there as long as everyone has had some training on safety procedures and equipment. I'm not sure Rocky.. I worked in a lab that wouldn't allow anyone under 18 to work around photo processing chemicals. I'll have to check on that.
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Did get Coach Beamer to sign a photo several years ago though! 
My daughter's photography class teacher verified it for me. Glad I shot more than one roll! 