Garry k wrote:
You have a good look but need to work with better photographers

Personally ( as well ) I am one of those folks that believe that it is cultural appropriation for white people to wear dreads

Bleeding heart  alert.

Louise Rosales wrote:
Hey all, thanks for checking this out and I appreciate any and all respecting, constructive criticism! Recently I've been reviewing my MM, and my whole portfolio in general, as I've been applying for more gigs, and have been trying to shoot for ones that are paid. Unfortunately, most paid gigs are not my main forte of nude modeling, but are more commercial and require a more generic look. I defintely need to diversify my portfolio with more non-nude, maybe formal themed shoots, but I'm not sure what direction I should try heading in where I will be able to make the most of my look. Please note: I will not be changing my looks (my hair, tatts, piercings etc), but am trying to figure out how to utilize them. What genre can you see me modeling in most? Fantasy, commercial, etc?

What you are doing is creating a very unique niche based upon your appearance, which you then have to figure out how to market to your best advantage. There are very few other models with the same combination of hair, tattoos, and natural look. Is there enough interest to get steady paid work? You are the only one who can find that out, typically you will need to spend many hours each week sending out dozens of private messages at a time, hoping that one or two will respond. Include artists in your searching, while they typically don't pay as much as photographers they will fill in openings in your schedule and are great for networking opportunities.

The vast majority of paid work for most models who are unique is doing nudes, perhaps expanding the genres that you are willing to be naked for would be the most productive. You could certainly do well in erotic and fetish type work as those often use models with a different appearance from the mainstream.

I know all about being in a specialized niche, being 65, still modelling naked exclusively, and choosing to remain 100% natural. It took quite some time for me to make my unique look work well enough to be interesting to photographers and artists.

Garry k wrote:
You have a good look but need to work with better photographers

Personally ( as well ) I am one of those folks that believe that it is cultural appropriation for white people to wear dreads

You might have skipped over the part where I am not going to be changing my hair. The fact of the matter is that dreads are simply a hair style, they have been a universal hairstyle all over the world throughout history, and black people are not a conglomerate, hemogenous culture who own this hairstyle. Cultural appropriation is when someone uses an item or practice from another culture and uses it with complete disrespect or ignorance, or profit from it without giving back to those communities. I do neither of those things in any way. I would suggest looking up Jata.

Louise Rosales wrote:

You might have skipped over the part where I am not going to be changing my hair....
Cultural (mis) appropriation is when someone uses an item or practice from another culture and uses it with complete disrespect or ignorance, or profit from it without giving back to those communities. I do neither of those things in any way. I would suggest looking up Jata.

Well said above.

The only suggestion I have is to trim your portfolio, only showing one photo per series. Sometimes ill cycle through photos of a series j like but prefer smaller ports.
Jen