Dwight Smalls wrote:
I'll be brave and be the first

Hello Dwight!

I'm on the fence about you, as your port is inconsistent/could use some tighter editing, and I'm not sure which side of the fence I would get.

On one hand, you have clean, crisp, pretty stuff like this:






On the other hand, there's stuff in there that is a bit too heavily processed or just isn't fully realized as a concept:

This unnatural processing in background tanks an otherwise viable fitness image(I though it was dropped in/green screened until I opened it in the large):




This model is gorgeous. but the skin is too smoothed/oddly highlighted and the styling is confusing:




Final verdict?

I'd take a chance on you if you had an awesome team or an amazing location or something to firmly nudge you over onto the probable good side of the fence I'm currently sitting on

Camerosity wrote:
Well, I was gonna take the first hit - but Dwight stepped up and volunteered while I was typing a response in another thread.

Would you?

I know I like you based on our previous interactions. You'd be a fun shoot

I totally get wanting to pull out all the stops after years of the clean eye required for a good photojournalist, but I love your work best when you keep it on the simpler side of the styling spectrum, as sometimes the feathers and the heavy paint and the shiny wardrobe are a bit too much at once. Much like a take out menu, pick one from column A and one from Column B

In any case, I'd happily work with you on stuff like any of this Just don't forget the popcorn you promised me a while back. I love popcorn.:








Or this...which is amazing aside from the distracting stripes at the temple:

Camerosity wrote:
Well, I was gonna take the first hit - but Dwight stepped up and volunteered while I was typing a response in another thread.

Would you?

Paige Morgan wrote:
I know I like you based on our previous interactions. You'd be a fun shoot

I totally get wanting to pull out all the stops after years of the clean eye required for a good photojournalist, but I love your work best when you keep it on the simpler side of the styling spectrum, as sometimes the feathers and the heavy paint and the shiny wardrobe are a bit too much at once. Much like a take out menu, pick one from column A and one from Column B

In any case, I'd happily work with you on stuff like any of this Just don't forget the popcorn you promised me a while back. I love popcorn.:








Or this...which is amazing aside from the distracting stripes at the temple:

Thanks.

You're on my list of models to bring to St. Louis when I win the lottery... and I just picked up a couple of cases of Act II (butter lover's) at Sam's Club a few days ago.

NicoleNudes wrote:
;D

But I probably already know your answer.

Do you still have the red in your hair? I think it looks really nice against your eyes, your skin is nice and clear,plus you have freckles!


MUA me would want to do your face for sure. Plus you've shown to be willing to do the work to build up a very nice portfolio, and I know you are cool as the other side of the pillow. No drama from you

Camerosity wrote:

Camerosity wrote:
Well, I was gonna take the first hit - but Dwight stepped up and volunteered while I was typing a response in another thread.

Would you?

Thanks.

You're on my list of models to bring to St. Louis when I win the lottery... and I just picked up a couple of cases of Act II (butter lover's) at Sam's Club a few days ago.

Fuck yeah, extra butter. You've got good taste in snack food.

James Ogilvie wrote:
I've asked before, but seeing if things have changed at all for better or for worse.

That's my excuse. 

I still like your style and think you do great work, but I still don't shoot the required level of skin, aside from the occasional fashion sheer or more tame side of lingerie, and that probably still is pretty useless for your purposes, as you tend to walk the fashion/glam line.

So we'd probably be at a bit of a roadblock

Aftannoon wrote:
Go for it

Not quite yet. You're in great shape, have a pretty face and an appealing smile, but you are kind of new still and you don't know your angles and what works for you quite perfectly yet.

However, with some more experience and a more developed portfolio, you could easily become a "yes".

Images by MR wrote:
I gotta know..

I like the way you use color, and you've got stuff that shows potential for a pretty sort of clean simplicity, but I don't feel you are there consistently yet, so I'd probably pass for now.

These are lovely:







These aren't working for me:

A pretty shot marred by odd light/post:



Not terrible, but too snapshot like for a portfolio:

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/30142156

That filter is back, and the stairs are amputating her feet:

Lorna Jane Newman wrote:
i would like to know please ;-)

Absolutely....edgy beauty is one of your strongest cards in a strong overall book, and beauty is one of my primary genres to book.

In Balance Photography wrote:
Me too!

You've got a clean pretty style that I'm sure would play well in the commercial realm, if you edited your book a bit. There are multiple cases where you have two images from the same shoot, with only one really being striking enough to benefit you.

(For example, the second shot in your book is a much better choice than your current avatar.)

However, you are extremely consistent lighting and quality wise.

A yes if I needed a good simple commercial headshot.

Lorna Jane Newman wrote:
Thankyou for your time Paige, I enjoy shooting Beauty more than anything else I do, especially if you work with a great MUA. Its a Shame we are not closer ;-)

One never knows! I have family in London, and everyone comes to NYC eventually

dd photography wrote:
Please let me know, thanks.

There's actually a pretty decent softer side of glam port buried amongst the bloat. A portfolio cull would do you good.

This stuff's lovely:

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/32476058






But then I see this:


This isn't flattering to the model, and the toilet shot is a cliche:

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/24816080


Too much post, and the skin just looks odd, and the MUA over contoured her face:



The stray hairs and the lighting both could have easily been corrected:




Given that I don't have a strong look for glam and the portfolio reads inconsistent, I'd probably pass on you for now.

With a stronger edit, and a bit more of an even pace, I'd be more inclined to say yes in the future, and meet you in the middle of our styles.

W I L L O W wrote:
Would you?

Jeffrey M Fletcher wrote:
Leaving aside the obvious issue of nudity...

Well if we're playing in the hypothetical realm where my no nudes policy isn't an issue....I like what you do and some of the processes (or at least the ones we've discussed) that lead you to do it.

Is it something I can necessarily use? Not really, as art modeling isn't my big niche.

But since we're playing in the realm of opposite day possibility, sure if I had an extra day to play and there was some concept of yours that I would fit

Patrick Shipstad wrote:
I"m game, thanks for your time :-)

I like your ideas, and your obvious enthusiasm for what you're doing....but as I mentioned to Camerosity, I think you tend to gild the lily a touch more than you really need to sometimes. Filters and shiny wardrobe and heavy editorial paint can be a touch too much at once.


However, you capture motion well, and you get a nice range out of your models, so I assume you keep a good, upbeat environment on set, as they all look at ease.

The simpler stuff in your port is pretty sweet. Trust your eye and your skills a bit more:









I'd love to see these minus the extra bells and whistles(from the looks of it...both post processing and a love of Lensbaby fun), as the base ideas/executions are there:








Yes.... to your playful, simple, cheeky sense of humor side.

No.... to the overly conceptual stuff.

Jhomel wrote:
Me?

No, for the simple fact that I don't have many projects that require male models come across my desk, and wouldn't really have a good project for you.

HEATHER 19 wrote:
would like to know

Damn! The last version of your port I saw was just about a perfect balance.....now there's some new stuff in your top row that isn't selling you or your (very pretty) look very well at all. Add carefully...not everything you shoot has to make it into your port.


Make up artist me would probably still use you, as I've seen enough of your work/look over time to know you've got some kick ass skills in you.....however, most people won't necessarily have that much context or history when they look at your book, and the new stuff is weighing it down rather than selling you well.

Celine Sophia wrote:
would you?

Not right now. You've got a sweet, fresh faced look, pretty hair and great movement because of your dance skills, but I feel you've got some practice to go yet before you learn how to best utilize your good traits on camera.


Keep shooting, get some more polished work in there, and this could easily change to a yes in the future