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Photographer

Jerry Nemeth

Posts: 33355

Dearborn, Michigan, US

Eurocat wrote:
I've been known to take off my clothes, which commonly results in the other party to forget to take off a lens cap.

I've seen so much nakedness this doesn't happen.    smile

Jun 04 12 09:56 pm Link

Photographer

Jerry Nemeth

Posts: 33355

Dearborn, Michigan, US

BeautybyGod wrote:
i had a model smoking crack in my studio dressing room once, does that count?

Very bad!!

Jun 04 12 09:58 pm Link

Body Painter

BodyPainter Rich

Posts: 18107

Sacramento, California, US

The only problem I tend to run into is painting models at clubs/bars/events where they are allowed to drink. If they can't stand still (or unassisted) by the time I get to the end of the painting.... the details don't work out so well.

Jun 04 12 10:01 pm Link

Photographer

Raw and the cooked

Posts: 956

London, England, United Kingdom

Orca Bay Images wrote:

That makes zero sense. Getting a hardon is human. Getting the work done despite the hardon is professional.

I sense this thread was opened just so you'd get a chance to announce that a model groped your package.

I take exception to that, are you such a white Knight you think models never act inappropriately? I think the rest of the thread supports me, just because it makes no sense to you, doesn't mean it didn't happen, didn't make much sense to me either,,,,By the way, when shooting I don't ever get a hardon on unless severely encouraged. I don't see how you are qualified to discuss my professionalism. If you don't like the tone of this thread,leave!

Jun 04 12 10:47 pm Link

Photographer

Raw and the cooked

Posts: 956

London, England, United Kingdom

Kozmina wrote:

Orca Bay Images wrote:
That makes zero sense. Getting a hardon is human. Getting the work done despite the hardon is professional.

I sense this thread was opened just so you'd get a chance to announce that a model groped your package.

+100 [/quote

And you can take a long walk off a short pier as well, why don't you doubt any of the other people here?

Jun 04 12 10:59 pm Link

Model

Jordan Bunniie

Posts: 1755

Salt Lake City, Utah, US

BeautybyGod wrote:
i had a model smoking crack in my studio dressing room once, does that count?

Oh goodness

Jun 04 12 11:34 pm Link

Photographer

Raw and the cooked

Posts: 956

London, England, United Kingdom

Jordan Bunniie wrote:

Oh goodness

Yes, I would say it does, even though it has nothing to do with me getting touched up/ propositioned by models! Particularly shocking if she didn't offer to share,LOL ( had to do the lol thing as some of you guys need telling when to laugh!)

Jun 04 12 11:42 pm Link

Photographer

Ben Beksel Photography

Posts: 271

Shell Lake, Wisconsin, US

Laura UnBound wrote:
"Dear penthouse...

I never thought it would happen to me, but finally one day at my shoot..."

True Story!  wink

Jun 04 12 11:50 pm Link

Photographer

Orca Bay Images

Posts: 33877

Arcata, California, US

Orca Bay Images wrote:
That makes zero sense. Getting a hardon is human. Getting the work done despite the hardon is professional.

I sense this thread was opened just so you'd get a chance to announce that a model groped your package.

Raw and the cooked wrote:
I take exception to that, are you such a white Knight you think models never act inappropriately?

I never said there aren't models who act inappropriately and I'm about as far from a white knight as you can get. I have no difficulty believing the photographer who said a model smoked crack at the shoot. I have no difficulty believing a lot of stories about what people do at photoshoots.

I think the rest of the thread supports me, just because it makes no sense to you, doesn't mean it didn't happen, didn't make much sense to me either,,,,By the way, when shooting I don't ever get a hardon on unless severely encouraged. I don't see how you are qualified to discuss my professionalism.

Try to engage brain for once.

What the model said makes no sense. The model wrongly suggested that the existence of the hardon proved lack of professionalism. A hardon is a physiological response. It's how the photographer behaves that determines his professionalism.

If you don't like the tone of this thread,leave!

If you don't like the response, quit posting.

Jun 05 12 12:07 am Link

Photographer

Raw and the cooked

Posts: 956

London, England, United Kingdom

Orca Bay Images wrote:

Orca Bay Images wrote:
That makes zero sense. Getting a hardon is human. Getting the work done despite the hardon is professional.

I sense this thread was opened just so you'd get a chance to announce that a model groped your package.

Raw and the cooked wrote:
I take exception to that, are you such a white Knight you think models never act inappropriately?

I never said there aren't models who act inappropriately and I'm about as far from a white knight as you can get. I have no difficulty believing the photographer who said a model smoked crack at the shoot. I have no difficulty believing a lot of stories about what people do at photoshoots.


Try to engage brain for once.

What the model said makes no sense. The model wrongly suggested that the existence of the hardon proved lack of professionalism. A hardon is a physiological response. It's how the photographer behaves that determines his professionalism.


If you don't like the response, quit posting.

What I am taking offence to is the suggestion that I only started this thread to announce I got touched up by a model.And also your suggestion to engage my brain. The model made that remark, and of course it made no sense, maybe she should have engaged her brain, but she was too busy trying to engage something else!

Jun 05 12 12:18 am Link

Photographer

Orca Bay Images

Posts: 33877

Arcata, California, US

Raw and the cooked wrote:
What I am taking offence to is the suggestion that I only started this thread to announce I got touched up by a model.

Prepare to remain offended, since I stand by that suggestion.

Jun 05 12 12:44 am Link

Photographer

Raw and the cooked

Posts: 956

London, England, United Kingdom

Orca Bay Images wrote:

Prepare to remain offended, since I stand by that suggestion.

Fine, you do that, meanwhile back to the thread.............. Anyone else?

Jun 05 12 12:49 am Link

Photographer

James Garfield

Posts: 692

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

I once had a model put TWO XX at the end of an email once rather than the usual one X.

That kept me going for days!

Jun 05 12 12:50 am Link

Photographer

Mellisa Reeves

Posts: 57

Swindon, England, United Kingdom

one in particular,

pretty much tried to take over a shoot completely, told both me and the client what we do/can and dont/cannot do,
answered the phone whilst i was pointing the camera,
continuously leaving and re-entering the set during shooting,
started to complain that they were bored not even half way through the shoot,
general lack of respect for the client, our time and equipment,
spread gossip about how the client never wanted to use that model again and made it out like everything was everyone else's fault,
called me arrogant for turing down a TF (because they thought by showing people my work, and then me getting complimented on it made me big headed and "too good" to work with complete newbies)

Jun 05 12 02:13 am Link

Photographer

cgwebster

Posts: 12

Basingstoke, England, United Kingdom

James Garfield wrote:
I once had a model put TWO XX at the end of an email once rather than the usual one X.

That kept me going for days!

Pah!, thats nothing, I had a message with a whole row of x's

Then I found out her x key had stuck sad

Jun 05 12 02:31 am Link

Photographer

David Stone Imaging

Posts: 1032

Seattle, Washington, US

John Edward wrote:
Bi Polar models, OMG Bi Polar Models.

This brought back a recent memory with a very attractive young woman.  We started doing a bikini calendar shoot for her boyfriend's birthday present.  Next thing I know, she is getting naked, wanting to do nudes, and talking about doing spreads, etc.  I had to redirect her back to the swimsuit part or the calendar wouldn't get done.

I made the mistake of telling her I often paid $100 for two hours of nude work.  I keep getting emails wanting to do a paid shoot, and then a change of mind.  She always gives notice...so she's not a flake.  It does no good to tell here to come back when she is sure it is something she wants to do, because she does, and is very convincing about the finality of her decision...and then she changes it.  I'd tell her not to contact me again, however, she has had too much rejection lately, so I just try to be kind to her until this thing runs its course.

Jun 05 12 02:48 am Link

Photographer

David Stone Imaging

Posts: 1032

Seattle, Washington, US

This story is from a good photographer friend in the Seattle area.  I also know the model as a known trouble maker and walking train wreck, and so I have zero doubt about the truthfulness of the story...

As an MM model, she did a POV porn shoot for a local company.  He then booked her for a nude shoot.  She showed up for the shoot with "lips" fashioned on her labia with waterproof lipstick, making suggestive remarks.  He wasn't amused, and asked her to clean herself up...which didn't work...so he cancelled the shoot.  He was due to shoot her girlfriend the following week, but she refused to even talk to him...referring to the shoot with the train wreck.  No telling what kind of lies left the studio with that girl.

Jun 05 12 03:02 am Link

Photographer

Malloch

Posts: 2566

Hastings, England, United Kingdom

Last week I got my backside slapped as a model (female) walked back to the dressing room. Now at my age that was not considered misbehaving, it's more a bloody awesome miracle. Especially as she was totally sober.

Jun 05 12 03:17 am Link

Photographer

Raw and the cooked

Posts: 956

London, England, United Kingdom

BodyartBabes wrote:

Maybe, but a lot of the girls here are "professionals" (after all, isn't that what it says in the tag line?)

Scott

In England that pole would be a ten foot barge pole!

Jun 05 12 03:33 am Link

Photographer

henrybutz New York

Posts: 3923

Ronkonkoma, New York, US

Model once left her tank of live pet snakes in my livingroom and vanished for a month.  She only returned to retrieve them once I informed her that I ain't feeding them.

Jun 05 12 04:37 am Link

Photographer

UnSeenYou

Posts: 332

Cleveland, Ohio, US

Laura UnBound wrote:
"Dear penthouse...

I never thought it would happen to me, but finally one day at my shoot..."

LOL  I had 2 of those in 20 years.  Almost 3.

Jun 05 12 04:51 am Link

Photographer

Jerry Nemeth

Posts: 33355

Dearborn, Michigan, US

I was once hugged by a nude model.   smile

Jun 05 12 04:56 am Link

Photographer

Raw and the cooked

Posts: 956

London, England, United Kingdom

Hugging once? you need more charisma,nobody get hugged more than me except maybe Click Hamilton, he's the daddy!

Jun 05 12 05:21 am Link

Photographer

Jerry Nemeth

Posts: 33355

Dearborn, Michigan, US

Raw and the cooked wrote:
Hugging once? you need more charisma,nobody get hugged more than me except maybe Click Hamilton, he's the daddy!

I'm not worried abut it.

Jun 05 12 05:34 am Link

Photographer

Ironworx Productions

Posts: 289

Atlanta, Georgia, US

I have had:

Models start fights with other models.

Other models escorts start fights with models .

Models start fights with other escorts.

Escorts start fights with other escorts.

Models stealing anything from food to hair dryers and flat irons.

Models doing pretty much every drug on the list in the dressing room or bathroom.

Models boyfriend leaves because of jealously or some bullshit and she run out of the studio half dressed chasing him bags in tow down the street.

Models stealing entire sets of images back in the film days.

I had a model book my studio for rental, turned out the photographer was a young buck and handsome in her eyes.
I went to another area of the studio for a bit and when I returned she was performing oral on him.

A model brought an escort that stole my ATV a few weeks later. Wasn't hard to catch that one since he drooled over it the entire shoot.

Sex in the dressing room with other female models is pretty common.

I was shooting a model with rather long labia, in the middle of the shoot she stretched one out and began to twirl it in circles making a siren sound. Not sure that falls under misconduct but it sure was funny

And the best for last...

I once had an interview with a model for adult content that another model friend arranged, the potential model showed up after working hours.
I received a phone call and excused myself, after a 3 minute conversation I returned to a nude girl on my couch with my feather duster up her ass and her breasts bound with gaffers tape. A bit shocked at first I immediately bargained with her to video tape her insanity for the pocket change of $60. Then she wanted me to see all her labia piercings up close and personal like, it was like flesh colored Swiss cheese.
After 15 minutes or so of feather duster entertainment and other weird events she proceeds to use drywall screws to attach her labia to a 2X4. At this point I started too interrogate her a bit. I had never heard such stories in my life, this chick was really a mess!!
I couldn't get her out of the studio fast enough..
I immediately called a friend to show the video, after 3 hours I had about 30 people in the studio watching in disbelief.. Comments were, Oh my god, gross, shes sick.. REWIND IT!!

Turns out the model who set me up with her did it as a joke..   

And I'm not ashamed to admit I have had my share of sexual encounters over 20 years although I will admit as I age they become more rare..

Jun 05 12 07:01 am Link

Photographer

Rays Fine Art

Posts: 7504

New York, New York, US

At my age I spend more time observing human nature and doing anything else and I'd have to say that it would be unrealistic to expect models to be any less human than anybody else.  Indeed, it's been my observation that they tend to be a little more human than anybody else.

Yes, I've had models tease, flirt, show a little more than the shot calls for, hug (usually), kiss (twice) but I wouldn't call that misbehaving--but then I've spent most of my life in theater where these things are simply a normal expression of friendliness.  I've never had a model offer "favors" though I have had a couple of offers from civilians, so I'd have to conclude that, popular impressions notwithstanding, there is far happier hunting to be had in the more conservative world than in our community.

All IMHO, as always.

Jun 05 12 07:23 am Link

Model

P I X I E

Posts: 35440

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Yaaaawn...

Jun 05 12 07:30 am Link

Photographer

John Edward

Posts: 2462

Dallas, Texas, US

Oh yeah:

models taking a pee break in the middle of a shoot, and having sexy time in the ladies room for a long time while the crew stood around on my dime.

Almost forgot that one.

Revenge is telling them that if they had done it on the set, they would have been Paid for it, then refusing their offers to do it again, since I already broke down the lights.

Yeah, sometimes I can be a vindictive SOB.

Jun 05 12 01:09 pm Link

Photographer

John Edward

Posts: 2462

Dallas, Texas, US

Oh yeah:

models taking a pee break in the middle of a shoot, and having sexy time in the ladies room for a long time while the crew stood around on my dime.

Almost forgot that one.

Revenge is telling them that if they had done it on the set, they would have been Paid for it, then refusing their offers to do it again, since I already broke down the lights.

Yeah, sometimes I can be a vindictive SOB.

Jun 05 12 01:09 pm Link

Photographer

Ken Marcus Studios

Posts: 9421

Las Vegas, Nevada, US

Without going into too much unnecessary detail, I've had more than one model 'misbehave' during a shoot.

Took me 9 years to get rid of one . . .


KM

Jun 05 12 01:25 pm Link

Photographer

Eralar

Posts: 1781

Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

David Lumen Photography wrote:
I don't think you are going to get a lot here.  The thing is, women are a lot more subtle than men when they have an interest in a man, and will begin by dropping hints...verbal and non-verbal.  It is very, very rare for them to come right out and ask like the guys do with them.  And...once the guy gets the hint, they expect him to lead the rest of the way.  This makes it difficult to say "who was behaving badly."

THAT's why I'm still single! Now I get it lol big_smile

Jun 05 12 02:37 pm Link

Photographer

Woody Oh

Posts: 423

Shelby, North Carolina, US

Raw and the cooked wrote:
Straight up, I once had a girl give me a quick squeeze in the nether region," to check I was being professional!"

"Straight up"...  roflmao...  :-D

Jun 05 12 02:47 pm Link

Model

Kozmina

Posts: 6536

Bakersfield, California, US

Raw and the cooked wrote:
And you can take a long walk off a short pier as well, why don't you doubt any of the other people here?

I don't doubt anyone else because their stories sound plausible.Your story doesn't,for a plethera of reasons.

Women prefer men,not children and it's quite obvious what they'd be grabbing if you were on the receiving end. wink

Jun 05 12 02:51 pm Link

Photographer

Woody Oh

Posts: 423

Shelby, North Carolina, US

MelissaAnn  wrote:
I don't *think* I've ever misbehaved. big_smile

has anyone complained..?

Jun 05 12 02:52 pm Link

Photographer

Herman Surkis

Posts: 10856

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

hbutz New York wrote:
Model once left her tank of live pet snakes in my livingroom and vanished for a month.  She only returned to retrieve them once I informed her that I ain't feeding them.

Hmmm...

I would have ended up keeping them and telling the model ... "What snakes?"

Jun 05 12 05:03 pm Link

Photographer

Herman Surkis

Posts: 10856

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Jerry Nemeth wrote:
I was once hugged by a nude model.   smile

I have been hugged a couple of times by clothed models.
But I don't think that counts for the OP.

Jun 05 12 05:04 pm Link

Photographer

Herman Surkis

Posts: 10856

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Ken Marcus Studios wrote:
Without going into too much unnecessary detail, I've had more than one model 'misbehave' during a shoot.

Took me 9 years to get rid of one . . .


KM

That's because you married her.

Jun 05 12 05:09 pm Link

Model

LexLethal

Posts: 672

Los Angeles, California, US

I've dealt with nude wasted models tounging their boyfriends down in the corner while we're trying to shoot.

I try to really not screw around on shoots, but a photographer's gf and I went out for drinks after I got into town and things got crazy. He was not...happy.

Jun 05 12 05:24 pm Link

Photographer

Raw and the cooked

Posts: 956

London, England, United Kingdom

Kozmina wrote:
I don't doubt anyone else because their stories sound plausible.Your story doesn't,for a plethera of reasons.

Women prefer men,not children and it's quite obvious what they'd be grabbing if you were on the receiving end. wink

Looks like we won't be shooting then, and I had the ticket booked....... Also the word is plethora. Or you could go for multifarious if your feeling brave. I ask you, would you take this attitude with Mr Marcus? I think not!

Jun 06 12 12:05 am Link

Photographer

Jerry Nemeth

Posts: 33355

Dearborn, Michigan, US

There was a model who opened the door of her hotel room nude when I came to photograph her.   smile

Jun 06 12 05:38 am Link