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 Cara Mia for Starwear Swimsuits at Southgate Towers A good friend who I've worked with for a number of years gave me a call a couple of days ago and asked if I was interested in having one of my photo shoots filmed by E! Television. Now, he said there was no pay involved, but I might be interested in the exposure.........well, duh, yes! Ted (Teddy Ray) had posted a casting call on Model Mayhem, but he wasn't happy with the response and he desperately needed a blonde. It was Sunday when he called, they wanted to shoot on Tuesday, and I was in Ocala visiting with my mom. Fortunately I had the number of a terrific blonde model (Mia Foley) and a super brunette (Catalina White). I contacted both on Monday evening while I was driving back to Miami, and fortunately both said they could be there Tuesday if I could live with some time issues. I had a makeup artist available on short notice (again, good luck), so Phoenix was booked for the 8 AM call.  Mia Foley being interview for E! Television Ted and the two models Ted had arranged to be here showed up at 8 AM (one, Cara Mia, had to drive 150 miles from Vero Beach!) and were immediately in the makeup chair. The E TV folks arrived at 9 AM and started setting up to do the interviews around the pool here at Southgate Towers. Mia Foley arrived just behind them, and we did her shoot first as she had to leave before noon. We finished shooting at Southgate at 1 PM, and Catalina joined us as we headed for Virginia Key for the beach photography.  Catalina chimping with me on Virginia Key Everything went swimmingly, the whole thing finished with with E interviewing me, and if everything works out we'll see the finished video in early July. No promises of course, and with the exception of Phoenix no one got paid, but if it does run you can't buy that kind of exposure (well, you can, however it is beyond my pay grade!) The premise is a little cheesy (bikini models having fun on the beach), but hey, the rat I am, I'm no stranger to cheese. And I did get all the sponsor product placement I could muster (yes, you are going to see an Alien Bees ringlight, that big white Canon lens, I'm wearing someone's logo shirt on camera, and I managed to work the names of the two swimsuit companies that provide suits into the interview. I'm am the biggest whore in the business........and proud of it!)  Note the Alien Bees ringlight, the big white lens and the logo shirt! In closing, none of this happens without the efforts of Teddy Ray. A great guy, and someone who works tirelessly for his own clients like Starwear Swimsuits. And with any luck, the next time he posts a casting, maybe someone will pay a little more attention! The shamelessly self promoting Fish -- John Fisher 910 West Avenue, Suite 306 Miami Beach, Florida 33139 305 534-9322 http://www.johnfisher.com Apr 23 08 10:25 pm Link John, you dirty cheese eating rat !!!!!!! THANKS ! :-)~ Apr 24 08 11:24 pm Link congrat's guys... Paul Apr 24 08 11:26 pm Link John Fisher wrote: I wonder how many models will see this thread and smack themselves in the forehead. Apr 24 08 11:34 pm Link  Catalina White for Starwear Swimwear Dave Proctor wrote: Yeah, I probably should have posted this in the general forum. This didn't get much action here, but no surprise, photographers really don't give a rat's ass what someone else is doing (Duh!) Apr 25 08 12:24 am Link John Fisher wrote: this image above is blurry and what is the point of this story? Apr 25 08 01:12 am Link Congratulations! Thanks for sharing. Apr 25 08 01:49 am Link Shane Reed wrote: I think he was just seeing who would act like a complete jackass and leave an unsolicited critique. Apr 25 08 01:52 am Link Caspers Creations wrote: ? Apr 25 08 01:57 am Link Nice story..great ad! But ya' gotta put somethin' under that photographers left foot.  Apr 25 08 02:07 am Link Shane Reed wrote: Ahhh, the point of the story! Yes, well it works like this. It's not that I've been shot for a nationally broadcast TV program, or that I got to feature a lot of my sponsors' gear for free on the broadcast (I'm sure a lot of others have that happen all the time). The point would be that I got this opportunity because of a member of Model Mayhem, worked with models who are members of Model Mayhem, was assisted by a member of Model Mayhem, and I wanted to acknowledge that here as a way of expressing my thanks to them and the staff at Model Mayhem. (Note the number of links to MM pages in the story!) Apr 25 08 11:05 am Link ownage... Looks like you had fun Apr 25 08 11:12 am Link wow...I think that's awesome. totally jealous of that ring flash too. Apr 25 08 11:32 am Link Congrat's and great job. I like the rat and cheese line,made me chuckle out loud. Apr 25 08 11:39 am Link First of all congrats... I wish more people would post backstage pic of their shoot .. i love seeing how other people work .. and seeing something like this is really inspiring much more useful then reading about who flaked on whom and how Apr 25 08 11:46 am Link Hey.... we have not met....and I appreciate your amazing talent..can't wait to get pics from you from the shoot.... and just so you know it's Starwear.us that is our legal name... so in the future please ad the .us Thanks in advance... Mary* Mary*Angel, Inc / Starwear.us / Vero Beach Bikini Company www.starwear.us Apr 25 08 01:15 pm Link Hockey and Molson a beautiful history! Apr 26 08 03:14 pm Link Congrats on the shoot. Looks like you had a fun day. Apr 26 08 03:21 pm Link John Fisher wrote: dude first off congrats and good job im sure the blurry image wont be used Apr 26 08 03:24 pm Link Looks like a fun day was had by all...and thanx for sharing. Wearing black in midday sun would never work for me, but everyone including you look great. You deserve a sponsorship for wielding that huge AB rig ..... a standard profoto ringlight is more than I care to handhold. Apr 27 08 11:49 am Link awesome man... very cool for you and everyone involved. Congrats.. I second the envy on the ringflash.. man I gotta get me one of those... Apr 27 08 11:56 am Link Great story. But...uh...you need to dress like you're at the beach man!! Might I recommend... http://www.pbase.com/digitalcmh/image/83191973 Shoes and pants at the beach? Come on!! Let loose and show the ladies your feet and legs man!!  Apr 27 08 12:10 pm Link  Christopher Hartman wrote: Ahhh, well I did go sunbathing here in South Beach once in my legendary pink thong, but it quickly got very ugly. The people from Greenpeace came along and tried to roll me back into the water! You may have seen the clips on CNN. Apr 27 08 02:36 pm Link cool! congrats!! Apr 27 08 03:44 pm Link Anthony Stubbs wrote: You need to buy one of my monitor leveling devices. Apr 27 08 04:06 pm Link Well, we placed 9th on the list out of 12 in "12 Sexiest Wet 'n Wild Jobs". It wasn't from the lack of talent that's for sure. Nevertheless, I want to thank everyone that pitched in and made it happen. Jul 04 08 11:58 pm Link Very nice! Always appreciate behind the scenes type shots, and congrats on the opportunity  Jul 05 08 12:30 am Link Old news and I'm not looking to get brigged over digging up this thread, but this story just wouldn't be complete without the video. So, now that I have the link for our portion of the show, I can share it with everyone. Yeah I'm still excited about it if you can't tell. http://www.youtube.com/swf/l.swf?swf=ht … amp=&hl=en Enjoy ! Oct 26 08 11:11 pm Link Christopher Hartman wrote: What's the line from Superbad? "Nobody has gotten laid in cargo shorts since 'Nam." Oct 26 08 11:15 pm Link Way to go John! Oct 27 08 12:06 am Link Congrats, always nice to see and hear a story behind the shots. Oct 27 08 12:13 am Link Good job John! I like you sponsor support attitude, on a related note if you were a brooks institute of photography alumni you get $30 dollars every time you get Brooks name published with your shots, i know some guys who have been working that for years, every little bit of cheese helps Oct 27 08 12:21 am Link https://www.modelmayhem.com/forums/post/963431 John L. Fisher! Nov 27 16 01:18 pm Link TRPn Pics wrote: Tried it 3X and the link won't work for me. so I can't enjoy it :-( Nov 27 16 02:21 pm Link Well done shoot. By what I see John was a very talented Photographer. Nov 27 16 02:36 pm Link Congratulations Nov 28 16 01:11 pm Link |
