Lauren Conklin wrote:
For a lot of print work, your height is not as important

This is untrue.

Alexandria Vaughn wrote:

doesn't mean it isn't helpful

+1

Dekilah wrote:
I'm am what I would call very short a 4'10". What is odd, in my experience, is that a lot photographers really don't care as much as you'll be told on here. I see there being 3 reasons for that:
1) I'm not doing fashion/runway
2) They know how to shoot me to make me look taller and given that I'm proprotionate, it isn't that difficult (at least so I've been told)
3) They are mostly shooting as a hobby or for a small business
Again, that's been my experience.

Now, if you're wanting to get paid, that's a little different. Right now, I have 4 paid shoots lined up. They're all nude. But in my case, they aren't wanting Playboy nude, they all want something different. One owns an apparently successful studio and needs sample boudoir style nudes, another just wants to shoot nudes for his port, and the third and fourth are a mixture of port work and what I suspect are better GWCs (the nice kind). One wants art nudes exclusively, the other wants more glamour (his work looks like a cross between Playboy and more artistic glamour nudes if you can picture that). Some of them also want to do lingerie and swimwear, etc.

If you do get into nude modeling, I recommend asking around here for advice. I got lots of good advice when I started in about a month ago.

You could fit in my pocket. There could be a niche market for portable models you can use anywhere and when the need arises and if you're inflatable then that's even better.