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Burle-Skit Art Perform wrote: This should have been your first indication of an epic failure. Feb 04 15 12:32 pm Link SPRINGHEEL wrote: +1 with a twist and without 100%. Feb 04 15 12:55 pm Link Maybe I've been doing this too long, but even more irritating than the flakes is the ones that postpone with a plausible reason, saying they hope that doesn't mean we can't work together in the future, lso sorry, yadda yadda yadda, then ....crickets (punctuated with occasional tumbleweed). What's that all about??? Feb 05 15 12:56 am Link Play golf. Feb 05 15 01:22 am Link well said. Doesn't mean it won't happen again, but it does mean that you work on techniques to minimize. I have flakes from time to time as well. Both paid and unpaid. I agree with the assessment that traveling models tend to be a good place to look for reliable talented ladies to work with. But there are also reliable models where you live. The trick is to find them. Can't say I have learned how to spot them, but I can say that there are a few things to minimize your experience with flakes. Get her phone number and talk on the phone about the shoot Talk about what you are planning to shoot and answer any questions she has about the shoot. Tell her when she can expect images from the shoot (I usually do same day or within a day or so) Ask her how she will be getting to your location Natalia_Taffarel wrote: Feb 06 15 05:59 am Link I rant and rave in a message board with random people I don't know that have absolutely no control over the situation. I also make passive aggressive remarks on FB hoping the said model will see the status update when her/his friends like the post. I then send several texts to said model telling them how they will never get work in the industry because they didn't work with me. Not really. Feb 06 15 06:37 am Link I always try to be professional and I find good, clear, timely communication is essential in keeping a shoot on track. I've NEVER flaked on projects I have confirmed. Unfortunately, I've twice had shoots cancelled over the last year and both were due to poor communication (where, despite requests for more information days earlier, I only received/saw the shoot details 2-4 hours before the shoots were to take place, leaving me insufficient time to go an pick up the wardrobe and arrive on time at the shoot location). With my typical travel time being 1-1.5 hours, and not having data on my phone, I need to know shoot details early enough to prepare. This is why I always confirm the details (location, time, wardrobe) a day or two in advance, and confirm the shoot is still on the night before. Phone calls/ texts are then used to convey any updates on the day of the shoot. *I find professionals, if they need do to cancel, will do their best to arrange a replacement- this happened with a MUA once. She couldn't make it and SHE found her replacement, which is the professional thing to do- rather than leaving everyone hanging* Feb 06 15 05:01 pm Link JohnEnger wrote: Agree! Feb 06 15 05:06 pm Link  When you don't hear back from them the day before, you will never hear from them again Feb 06 15 05:49 pm Link I posted this in the model forum, simply to compensate for all the threads dealing with model flakes. Booked 6 models over 2 days. They all showed and were on time (within 10 minutes). If I can do it, so can most of you. https://www.modelmayhem.com/forums/post/940420 Any comments I would make here have already been made in the linked thread. Feb 07 15 06:24 pm Link I try to get models now who can do their own makeup. I have had to cancel some shots at the last moment cause the models have pulled out making me look bad cancelling the MUA. I try to be super fussy now and have another model as a backup too if I really want to do a certain shoot. If I do not hear from the model a couple of days before the shoot I fire a shot across their bow saying I am going to cancel the shoot. No response...no shoot. I have been burned a couple of times from "deadbeats and teasers". Feb 07 15 06:35 pm Link SPRINGHEEL wrote: This. Proper follow up beforehand *usually* eliminates waiting around for someone who won't show. Feb 08 15 07:31 am Link BlueMoonPics wrote: +1 Feb 08 15 10:01 am Link |
