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Can't even get TFP shoots these days! I feel I am caught in a rut. I believe I will have to change my style...maybe less/better post production? I dunno... I am hobbyist but always to up skill. Recently moved to VIP so threw a lot of images up into here...gladly toss out the dogs! any help will be appreciated...Ant. Jan 13 15 06:37 pm Link Nice port, the post is just fine. 2 suggestions. Perhaps change your "about me" to something a little more normal as it might be scaring away some models and is your name really "Ant"? If not perhaps use your real name and when you meet for the shoot you can throw in the please just call me "Ant". Jan 13 15 07:02 pm Link Solid work. Cheers. Jan 13 15 07:53 pm Link Todd Peifer wrote: yes I agree with the "about me" I will do some thing a little more normal, Ant is my name, although an Abbreviation. Jan 14 15 11:25 am Link F O R B E S wrote: Thanks you for that Jan 14 15 11:26 am Link SavageBeautyPhotography wrote: What are you asking for in exchange for TFP? It's important to understand that the more specific the project you have in mind is, the less likely it will be useful to a model's portfolio. Your portfolio is mainly "alt" style. There's nothing wrong with that, but it is a niche market, and means models who aren't alt models will be unlikely to be interested in working with you. The issue with finding alt models to work with is that they tend to have very high wardrobe costs, and are less likely to do TF because of this. Most of them are also pursuing publication, which works against you if you are just a hobbyist. Jan 14 15 04:51 pm Link Okay more. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36846254 Snap shot with a filter. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36846253 Cool, but possibly cooler without filter. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36846251 Incredibly unflattering facial expression on a beautiful woman. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36846248 Weird facial expression. He looks like he's thinking: "I hope this photographer leaves me alone soon." https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36846244 A little too heavy on the filter, but still a good shot. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36846239 Love that floor, but his facial expression ruins it. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36778269 Beautiful piece of art. Useless to model unless model is ram skull. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36778267 Like the idea but lighting is flat. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36670351 Great. Tells an interesting story. I hope that story is "I do not want this man to touch me", because that's what her face says. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36670299 Weird frame/crop. Female model in super unflattering position/angle. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36670298 Weird distracting spear thing in background. Crazy eyes. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36598688 Cool. Useless to a model. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36598687 This make-up does not belong in that location. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36598686 Cool horror image. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36598685 PLEASE no selective coloring. It is not 1993. And I hate the framing. That you can see that chunk of black. That it's slightly Dutch-ed. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36598684 Nice editorial fashion image! https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36598683 She looks photoshopped into the image. I don't think the shoulder up works. Her dress is blowing out like she has an enormous erection. It's like you had this beautiful landscape and you care more about it than her. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36598620 Love it. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36598619 I don't understand it but I like it anyway. Useless to a model's portfolio. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36598615 Just a blurry hazy pointless weirdly framed trash it. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36598613 I LOVE THIS. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36598607 Could have been framed better but beautiful. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36598601 Pointless. The back of a woman and a bird? Jaundice filter? Why? https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36597547 Pretty lolli shot. The light is very harsh on those rocks and her shoes and it cheapens the effect a little over all. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36597505 Great horror. Useless to a model. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36597504 Beautiful, but could use some post work on her face. The filter has taken her skin very pink, and there's a shadow/light situation by her mouth and on her nose that's unflattering. Chin blown out. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36597502 Interesting. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36597501 Is this a photoshop? Interesting idea. I'd like to see either more or less of her body. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36597500 Pretty. I don't know that the filter adds anything. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36597499 This is a blurry blue blob : https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36597495 Waaaaaaaay over shopped for seemingly not reason. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36597492 Headshots of a terrifying clown. Well they're well done headshots, but too commercial for the subject. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36597491 These are pretty but you only need one. They're all weirdly framed. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36592811 Didn't I already see this picture? No her facial expression is slightly different. Now she looks like she just took a Valium. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36433986 I don't get it. Flowered dress (or is it a bedsheet?). Chains. Make-up is also awful. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36433979 Still don't love the make-up, but it shoots better here. The image/wardrobe just looks too soft for such a futuristic look for me. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36326672 Looks like it was taken between poses. Like she's mid-reaching up to fix her hair or she got something in her eye. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36224663 Good image but her face is a different color from the rest of her body. If that was intentional it doesn't look intentional. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36216928 Funny! Poorly framed. They're squished to one side and threatening to slide out. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36216920 Nice but I don't think that filter works with that dude. If you are looking to get more tf work with female models this dude should not be in your port at all. Sorry. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/32580716 Pretty. A lot of dead space, but I don't dislike it as much as I do in some of your other images. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/31781790 Great concept. The lighting doesn't look great. The filter didn't fix it. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/31699982 Pretty but it seems like there were lighting issues that the filter covered. Like it looks like the image might have been blown out? Perilously close to selective coloring. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/30837063 I should love this but I don't and I can'y put my finger on why. I'm sorry. I think it's the lighting. Or maybe the blue backdrop. Something just isn't working for me. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/30758207 I hate that you can see the fan and that you cut her off at the knees. But I don't mind the near selective coloring. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/29980085 Focus not sharp. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/29654794 Really cool. Useless to a model's port. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/28777985 Again: I want to love, but I don't, and it's something about the lighting. It's both blown out and flat. So that's one of your albums. I stand by my diagnosis: "I can say from a model's perspective, the reason you may be having trouble getting TF shoots is that it's clear you have talent, but can;t deliver on a consistent basis. A model doesn't want to take a risk on someone like that, because TF is such a crap shoot to begin with." Also note how many of your images I consider photographers' images that would do nothing for a model's port. Jan 14 15 05:41 pm Link Fashion Album: You only have one image that is fashion in your fashion album and it is this one: https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/33536977 It's great. The rest of the images are portraits. You can shoot someone's whole body, and it can still be a portrait. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/37167139 Why is this sideways? https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/37167137 This is terrible. The lighting is terrible. She looks like she has a 5 o'clock shadow and is about to puke. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/37167135 Unflattering expression, but otherwise nice. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36921856 Weirdly framed, commercially lit pic of a ram skull. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36921854 Nice commercial image, but the accessories don't really belong in a commercial image. Her legs are very blotchy. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36921853 Same as previous which means ditch one. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36920297 Nice beauty image. Crop closer. Needs post, particularly under eyes. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36920295 That weird framing you seem to love. Pretty commercial image. Lighting a little flat. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36920294 Lighting terrible, her hair looks awful, but this is well framed for once. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36761140 You have another image of this same model in a similar pose and I don't understand that one either. Super unflattering facial expression. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36615924 Very commercially lit, and watch out for that shadow on the wall behind her: that comes up later in your port. If you're going to have something like that it needs to look very intentional. Shirt is bunched up around her waist giving her fat rolls, hair is a mess. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36615923 eye make-up a hot mess, lashes particularly. Very close and model's skin can't take it without post. Tons of fly away hairs. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36615922 All kinds of shadowy nonsense, hair in her mouth, pants obviously don't fit correctly, no hands, snap shot lighting. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36615921 Very nice portrait. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36615919 Really awkward facial expression. Flat lighting. Lamp cord all up in there like you didn't give a crap. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36615918 "Why are you making me pose like this? God I hate you", says her face. Ill fitting pants and sweater. Most jackets are not made to have the inside lining of them shown, so it's generally avoided. Fingers cut off, wall shadow. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36598612 Her facial expression is too soft for the lighting and wadrobe. The position of her arms is awkwardly, like she's trying desperately not to show nip. Lighting makes harsh shadows on face. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36597546 see how you can more white around one eye than the other? It makes her look wall-eyed. Her face is round and the lighting hasn't done her any favors. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36541375 I literally already saw this photo. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36496701 I know you softened the focus, but it seems overly soft. The filter doesn't add anything. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/35369070 Beautiful portrait. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/34921003 I love the idea but her expression is very hard. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/33491959 The lighting is very harsh on her face, and makes her nose look like a pig snout. There's also an unflattering shadow next to it. Jan 14 15 06:20 pm Link Wow! Thanks very much...sorry for giving you a headache! Yep all valid points...I do quite a bit of behind the scenes photography where I take pix of the cast n crew, so some are just snapshots of them between takes and in character. Yes I can see what you mean with the model actually getting very little out of a shoot with me, although they get to choose all their fav images and offer pretty fast turnaround. With the finishes I can get wrapped up in the image using many layers and gradients...Admittedly, I literally did shove a whole lot of images up here just to get my $10's per month worth  So, it does give a lot to ponder going into the New year...Definitely, will do a cull...again thanks for your time and skill. Jan 14 15 06:26 pm Link Jan 14 15 08:25 pm Link Ant, 1. Like the others said, in the intro, introduce yourself in plain English and describe what sets you apart and what projects you're looking to execute in the future. Succinctly. Don't try to impress anyone with your intro's language - that's what your port is for. 2. These shots don't do it for me, on the account of the model's expression not selling the shot; I'd replace them: https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/37752866 https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/37752780 3. You demonstrate a very strong potential in several styles - but several lack oomph because they seem like one-offs of a photographer who's in flux, adrift. Maybe group them into folders / collections or something. Or if you only have one, shoot some more in that style. Put main emphasis on the energy in the shot rather than accessories or location or processing. Cheers! Sasha Jan 15 15 01:33 pm Link Thanks, Sasha...yep I will take that onboard. Jan 15 15 01:51 pm Link |
