bencook2 wrote:
if it ran edited I would be pissed.  If they let you know ahead of time...just use some other means.  They are free to run their business as they like.

No shoes, No shirt, no titties, no service

bencook2 wrote:
if it ran edited I would be pissed.  If they let you know ahead of time...just use some other means.  They are free to run their business as they like.

Gives a whole new meaning to the saying "No shoes, No shirt, No service"

Um, double you know what

Jwill266 wrote:
I'm not sure what I'm gonna do. I was like wait a minute they have lingerie in the JC Penney catalog. I also asked, do you advertise the movies that are playing at the local theater  R, NR, PG13? The answer was yes. What do you think is in those movies certainly much more than the mere mention of nudity and lingerie? I think I was a little bit in shock. I wanted to ask, does the church own this paper?

Since I'm new and a hobby shooter, I'm left wondering why you would advertise in the paper as a photographer? I would think with your daughter being semi well known, you would be getting a lot of word or mouth advertising from her portfolio/video.
Yes, this is a real question.

Jwill266 wrote:
in Paris TN.

Small world! I lived in Martin for 13 years

bencook2 wrote:
They are free to run their business as they like.

I agree, but if they run other stuff equal to or more, not sure the word to use  because the mere mention of lingerie or nudity almost invoked gasps, morally incorrect advertising, then I should be able to say the word lingerie or nudity. Geez I was just blown away by this.

Craig Thomson wrote:

Since I'm new and a hobby shooter, I'm left wondering why you would advertise in the paper as a photographer? I would think with your daughter being semi well known, you would be getting a lot of word or mouth advertising from her portfolio/video.
Yes, this is a real question.

I do get work from association, but no where close to enough to fill a calender. Alot of people do not even assoiciate us, she keeps it low key at school because she doesn't like the attention. Thats is changing though, she can't stop it.

Jwill266 wrote:
Ok guys, so what should I do. Drop it, or try to make a big deal out of it. I realize they own the paper and I am big on do what you want with your own business but I feel like I am dealing with a double standard.

I would drop it and find other places to advertise, or in instead of saying you do nudes and such,,,,have them put" and more....." at the end. I have more luck posting ads in smaller papers like the one out out by the local college. which leads to more potential models anyway because it is a campus paper.

Jwill266 wrote:
I was shocked today when I tried to place a display ad in a paper 20 miles south of me, the Paris Post Intelligencer in Paris TN. The ad said Glamour, Glamour nudes, Weddings, Senior Portraits, Lingerie, basicaly a list of services I offer. I was unhappy when the editor of the paper refused to run the ad with the nudes stuff but shocked when he also refused to ad lingerie to the ad. Has anyone else experienced this. I thought this was the 21st century. I was only listing services, no pics except a couple portraits both G rated.

Welcome to W's world. A world where the Right rules and if you're not with them.. forget you! True sad but true

Jwill266 wrote:
I was shocked today when I tried to place a display ad in a paper 20 miles south of me, the Paris Post Intelligencer in Paris TN. The ad said Glamour, Glamour nudes, Weddings, Senior Portraits, Lingerie, basicaly a list of services I offer. I was unhappy when the editor of the paper refused to run the ad with the nudes stuff but shocked when he also refused to ad lingerie to the ad. Has anyone else experienced this. I thought this was the 21st century. I was only listing services, no pics except a couple portraits both G rated.

I ran it a problem once with an image in the yellow pages for an ad for exotic dancers. The image wasn't revealing but of a model in lingerie. They refused it until I pointed out there were more suggestive photos in other catagories within the directory. Long story short...they ran it. So, the point I'm making is if you can show them withing their paper of similar or more explicit advertising they will have to let you run or leave themselves open to major litigation in regards to restraint of trade.

Amanda Schlicher wrote:
doesn't it seem like you might get less wedding and senior portrait (money making) bookings if you include glamour nude and lingerie in the ad? 

I'm not saying not to do glamour nudes, or not to advertise it, but they definitely have totally different target demographics.

I would run two different ads in two different publications designed to target your desired demographics.

Plus, it's not really censorship.  It's their paper, they can put any restrictions they want on it.  It's not like they are infringing on your right to assembly or something.  If you pay for it and they won't run it, you are entitled to your money back, but nothing more.

Yes that’s true, it could cut into revenue in other markets and maybe I should separate the two but to tell the truth it all makes me money. The middle age women wanting lingerie pics for the hubby or boyfriend makes money too. As far as them running what they want I have no issue. What I have an issue with is, running ads, contradicting their policy, that others wish to run that are similar in nature.

rp_photo wrote:
A suggestion:

Run an ad with little text that serves to point readers to a site link.

they need a reason to go to the site...once there, if they see Nudes next to underage High School kids, given the local demographic, you will loose more bsiness than gain.

Glamour Boulevard wrote:
,,,,have them put" and more....."

Glamour Boulevard wrote:
,,,,have them put" and more....."

I like this idea.