Paramour Productions wrote:
[The truth]

^

WillSpringfield wrote:

Paramour Productions wrote:
Do you really want to know what's wrong with this community, because I can tell you...

Not enough Penis cake!!!

Teh cake is a lie.

Paramour Productions wrote:
If this were REALLY a networking site for models and photographers seeking to work in the commercial world, it would be structured much different.  But it isn't - and that's ok - but you can't be surprised when the two worlds collide.

If it were a site that was dedicated solely to the hobbyist models and photographers, many of these issues would go away as well, as everyone would just be here to have fun.

Well, I'm just here to learn and have fun. I'm starting to get offered money but I'm not going out in search of it with a camera. That's what the engineering does for me and it does it better than art of photography ever has.

wrote:
Not enough Penis cake!!!

wrote:
Teh cake is a lie.

I hate that

Viator-Defessus Photos wrote:

Well, I'm just here to learn and have fun. I'm starting to get offered money but I'm not going out in search of it with a camera. That's what the engineering does for me and it does it better than art of photography ever has.

i went to school for mechanical eng. and as much as i Loved it. as a photographer i get to work when i want and not do anything if i please and i make more money per work day than i would have as an engineer. with comparable yrs of experience in the field. in 08 i made 3 times what i wouldve made that yr as a mech. eng. and did it in 6 months time, not 6 months worth of work, but in 6 months time. this can be a very lucrative field if you can find your niche and take full advantage of your craft.

WillSpringfield wrote:
This can be a very lucrative field if you can find your niche and take full advantage of your craft.

I can believe it. I just don't think I'm at that point yet and I don't think I've found my niche yet; too much left to learn.

Paramour Productions wrote:
I really hate putting together a large octabox.  I did it again last night, and it's always like wrestling a muddy pig.  You would think there would be a better design (Like the Rifa for continuous light).

Hey, hey! Wrestling with muddy pigs can be a glorious and rewarding experience. I grew up on a farm, and used to relish the days when I was allowed to wrestle those beasts to the ground in an effort to do something mean to them. (no guessing about that, please).

Richard Dubois wrote:
I hate that not a single model has ever offered to repaint my studio.

/rant

Open paint can + model(s) + buncha brushes.  Shoot it.  Voila!

Richard Dubois wrote:
I hate that not a single model has ever offered to repaint my studio.

/rant

i Definitely had models paint my studio in the buff b4... in the Bronx LOL! it was a good party, i was shooting film at the time so the medium format transparencies are somewhere in storage 3000 miles away, LOL or i'd scan and post pix

WillSpringfield wrote:
i hate crybaby photographers who make other photographers look like Vaginas, looking for validation of other photographers after a model pisses one off.

word.

Lumatic wrote:

Open paint can + model(s) + buncha brushes.  Shoot it.  Voila!

Shoot the ceiling? 



:cough:



Is it that easy for you?

Paramour Productions wrote:
I really hate putting together a large octabox.  I did it again last night, and it's always like wrestling a muddy pig.  You would think there would be a better design (Like the Rifa for continuous light).

WORD!
I puncture a new hole in mine every time I set it up. It's got more tape on it than a model at a caution tape shoot.

DivaEroticus wrote:

Shoot the ceiling? 



:cough:



Is it that easy for you?

Sure, that's how I... roll.

:cough:

Paramour Productions wrote:

Paramour Productions wrote:
Do you really want to know what's wrong with this community, because I can tell you...

(snip)

Photographers, generally speaking, are not the clients of models.  Sure, for certain art projects one would pay a model, especially for painters as the model would be required to sit for long periods of time - but the rates here were typically a low hourly.  Photographers with a solid history behind them, almost never paid for art models, or, if they did, it was a nominal fee as a token gesture.

Yeah, that way of doing it is where I came from and it still works for me. My photography isn't much faster than my painting and drawing so I just treat it the same. It works for enough people to keep me supplied with more models than I can work with, so it's all good.

Orca Bay Images wrote:
I hate that Mila Kunis doesn't have a full-tilt gonzo "fuck me on the kitchen floor, you stallion" crush on me. I'd settle even for a mild like. I'd settle for her knowing who I am.

John Hinckley?  When did they give you Internet privileges?

Becky-Marie wrote:
When you post a specific casting and people that do not fit said casting in any way  respond to it. >.

7imaging wrote:
I hate it when a model's entire MM port is 3yrs old, and you hire her thinking that the images are current. Only when she arrives, she looks nothing like any of the images in her book and you can't use her based on what she currently looks like. (and then she tells you her pics are three years old!)

You do realize that images in MM ports have dates, right?

ForeverFotos wrote:

Hey, hey! Wrestling with muddy pigs can be a glorious and rewarding experience. I grew up on a farm, and used to relish the days when I was allowed to wrestle those beasts to the ground in an effort to do something mean to them. (no guessing about that, please).

Aww poor piggies.

Bravo Magic Images wrote:
I hate it when the model shows up on time and Im not ready to shoot because Im so damn use to them being late and I think this one is gonna be the same .

I haven't had a girl or guy show up later then 10 minutes early, in all my shoots, a lot of times half an hr early, the agency must be training them to be early, even had one apologised because she got lost as it was a hard address to find. Two streets in the same suburb had the same name, and she was still 10 minutes early.
I don't get model hate, they aren't our clients, and I don't even get client hate.

For me in this business it's the hours I have to sit infront of a computer, I hate it, and retouching, I think I need a better office chair.

Also loving a new shoot then hating everything a week or two later.

Not sleeping well ever before shoots.

Phone calls trying to get a quote, much prefer doing this by email. Phone calls in general with someone the first time, after the first meeting I'm fine, getting better though.

Deciding what to wear to shows and functions. I can't wear that I wore that last time and so and so was there!

Production both a love and hate aspect, having someone to help produce is a lot easier.

Most of all the computer work though

SPRINGHEEL  wrote:
Life and happiness


They hate life and happiness



Oh and proper spelling.  They hate that shit too

Ah ha ha

Laura UnBound wrote:

Youre being mean to vaginas

BlueMoonPics wrote:

And no response.

Plus 1.... Actually, plus many...

And another thing is that the first reply would be "how much do you pay for X hours of work?" when their profile says "Depends on assignment". And when I ask them for a quote, they come back with "Oh, I usually charge XXX amount per hour", which is WAAAAAY more expensive than if I were to engage an established modelling agency to hire a famous, highly sought after, and commercially successful model for the job.

C'mon, if I had been blessed with that big fat budget to work with, would I be scouring the whole of MM for an unknown model like you to work with in the first place?

Kerri Jean wrote:
HAHHAHAHAHAHA I love that response!  I just spewed Pepsi all over my screen

Laura UnBound wrote:
I hate it when photographers waste perfectly good pepsi.

I hate Pepsi.