Critique my profile and port please, I am still learning so please positive criticsm, unless obvcoarse you feel you'd be lying... then tell it to me straight. THANKS!
I dunno.. not crazy abou this shot.. but for me, I can look at a portfolio and see if I could work with a model or not by her look and not based on the talent you were able to drum up to work with you (if that makes sense).
Point being.
I think you have a fine look and one I could use.. so I would likely work with you.
Wysiwyg Photography wrote: I dunno.. not crazy abou this shot.. but for me, I can look at a portfolio and see if I could work with a model or not by her look and not based on the talent you were able to drum up to work with you (if that makes sense).
Point being.
I think you have a fine look and one I could use.. so I would likely work with you.
I would work with you if for no other reason than my friend WYSIWYG seems to shoot all the good models and I can't let him have all of the fun. Of course I would shoot with you even if he didn't.
As far as critiques, and you won't like what I have to say. . . Your Monroe looks OK when shot straight on or from the right side, like in your avatar. When it is shot from the left (as in the pic that WYSIWYG did not care s much for), it looks more like a fly landed on your face. So on a possitive note, your right side is your best side to be shot from.
I like what you have done so far. If you were local, I would deffinately be messaging you to shoot with me.
PTPhotoUT wrote: I would work with you if for no other reason than my friend WYSIWYG seems to shoot all the good models and I can't let him have all of the fun. Of course I would shoot with you even if he didn't.
As far as critiques, and you won't like what I have to say. . . Your Monroe looks OK when shot straight on or from the right side, like in your avatar. When it is shot from the left (as in the pic that WYSIWYG did not care s much for), it looks more like a fly landed on your face. So on a possitive note, your right side is your best side to be shot from.
I like what you have done so far. If you were local, I would deffinately be messaging you to shoot with me.
David Kirk wrote: No I would not work with you. I think your posing needs work and I coudn't get past the shouting at the top of your profile page.
OK, I understand. Thank you for critiquing my profile. I will be sure to change it. Anything else wrong with my about me and/ or credits? Is it too long?
You're too short, your 'portfolio' looks like it was shot over a weekend rather than the three years you claim to have been modelling, and the restrictions and demands in your profile are simply ridiculous.
Red flags all over the place I'm afraid. The only saving grace I can find is that you don't demand an escort!
I get the impression that you market yourself out to 'beginner photographers' almost exclusively, and don't really feel as though we're professionally compatible.
You're too short, your 'portfolio' looks like it was shot over a weekend rather than the three years you claim to have been modelling, and the restrictions and demands in your profile are simply ridiculous.
Red flags all over the place I'm afraid. The only saving grace I can find is that you don't demand an escort!
Thank you for you honesty. Here in the U.S. its usually a "Red Flag" when a Photographer isn't okay with an escort... ecspecially on the first shoot. What does dp mean?
Dark Shadows wrote: No, based on your written profile.
I get the impression that you market yourself out to 'beginner photographers' almost exclusively, and don't really feel as though we're professionally compatible.
Thank you for critiquing my profile. How do you suggest I broaden my marketing audience??
gina marie wrote: Here in the U.S. its usually a "Red Flag" when a Photographer isn't okay with an escort... ecspecially on the first shoot.
Oh, really?
I do like the way you speak for your whole nation. However, I suspect that some may disagree with you.
Out here in the real world, escorts are something of a bad joke, perpetrated on unsuspecting newbie photographers by internet 'models' who can't be bothered to do their due diligence and check references.
Of course, as you've been modelling for 3 years you obviously already know all this anyway, but just in case it might be helpful, here's an excellent post by Madame Bink, one of the best known and most successful art nude models in the UK. She's been modelling (mostly nude) for 5 years (without an escort) and has never had a serious problem with a photographer because she uses her head and takes reasonable precautions, including checking references, before working with somebody for the first time.
OK, I understand. Thank you for critiquing my profile. I will be sure to change it. Anything else wrong with my about me and/ or credits? Is it too long?
Thanks for being honest, much appreciated
I honestly didn't get past the first paragraph the first time, but since your removed the all caps intro and took my first critique in the manner it was intended (constructively) I gave your profile a read.
Yes, it is too long.
I also agree with Stefano that it is too demanding.
If you have images like these in your portfolio then you really want to rethink your TFP policy. I my opinion you need to be shooting as much as possible to improve your modeling and honestly you don't need a photographer with a ton of experience to start improving your portfolio.
You speak of expecting to be paid and of things being a COLLABORATION (again with the caps!). If I am paying you to model for me then it is not a collaboration. You are being paid to model, not to develop the concept for the shoot.
You also speak about needing to have some kind of usage rights to the photos. Again, if I am paying you to model you should have no expectation to make use of the images. If you want to receive images for your portfolio then do TFP - that's what it is for.
I could be completely out of line here, but when a model states that modeling is not their hobby I expect to see photos in their portfolio that suggest they could actually be making their living from modeling. Yours does not and this makes me wonder about your sense of reality.
I recommend you reduce what is in your profile to:
- what you're willing to shoot
- under what conditions (and strongly suggest you change your stance on TFP)
- you're general availability (e.g. weekdays, evenings, weekends)
- you're ability to travel (have a car or rely on public transit)
Lee_Photography wrote: Based on your look yes, your photos no
You need to produce some stronger images to add to your portfolio
Probably yes, for certain genre, after confirming that we are on the same page with regard to ownership/rights to the photos. I believe we may be, but some of the terminology in your profile makes that uncertain.
I like your look, and I believe you have more potential than your photos reflect.
While I respect Stefano's opinions about most things, and while there is some overlap in the genre we shoot (and I don't know of a model he has shot whom I wouldn't), our needs in preferences in models are not exactly the same.
I generally agree with the crowd here. I don't think that the quality of your pictures rises to the attitude of your profile write-up.
Your very first picture looks like a nude to me. I don't want to restart the whole argument about models whose profiles say that they won't do nudes but have nudes in their portfolio. Usually, I just don't care. In this case, the dissonance is a little offputting because the tone of your write-up is so forbidding. Beyond that issue, the image seems to have problems. The sky in the background seems overexposed, and the light from the sky seems to bleed across your face and body where they overlay the sky. That's an effect that I expect to see when I smudge my lens. Unless there's some creative reason for that effect that everyone else knows and I don't, this picture looks to me like a mistake that should have been kept in the Oops file on someone's computer. Your lower legs and your shoes also look a bit blurry. Your right toes are amputated. Again, if the write-up said that you were a young model trying to get started and working with anyone to build your portfolio, I wouldn't think twice about these technical problems. With the rest of your presentation, this one is a bad start.
In the rest of your pictures, I don't see the range of expression or the posing skill that I would expect for a model whom I was going to pay. These two shots:
and
look a bit out of focus. Your feet are cut off in the hoodie shot. The other shots look nice, but none look all that great. None of the concepts look all that unique or creative or well executed.
None of the issues with your pictures would bother me if your profile said that you were a beginner just looking to have fun and grow with the possibility of being a true professional someday. I'm a hobbyist, and I freely admit to being a hobbyist. When I read your write-up I expected to see pictures that were leagues above anything I'd ever done. I'm sure you can find plenty to criticize in my pictures, but I don't think your photos are that much better. Before you can be as demanding as you seem, you're going to have to have better pictures. That means that you are going to have to work with photographers who are several levels higher than I am, and I don't see anything that would attract them enough to work with your rules.
You're too short, your 'portfolio' looks like it was shot over a weekend rather than the three years you claim to have been modelling, and the restrictions and demands in your profile are simply ridiculous.
Red flags all over the place I'm afraid. The only saving grace I can find is that you don't demand an escort!
+1 - I have to totally agree. Your profile is.....not good, huge turn off. You list your level of experience as "Experienced" yet your portfolio does not reflect that at all. Your profile also says that you're mostly after paid shoots at this point (how very optimistic of you) and that you're limiting TF to photographers who's work you love. You should be doing TF with as many folks as possible at this point, because there are many photographers that might not fall into the category of ones who's "work you love" that will still be able to give you a lot better images than what you currently have in your port.
Not accepting friend requests (and not sending them) is a bad idea....and to start your profile off that way-not good. You don't have to want to work with everyone on your friends list, but modeling is all about networking. Example: I get contacted by a photographer in Toronto that saw me on the top 12 "friends" list of another photographer in Maryland who I had never even worked with. The Toronto photographer clicks on my port, loves what he see's and offers to fly me there, host me, and gives me a list of other paying photographers in the area. I accept the offer, multiple paying shoots and a very profitable trip result- none of which would have happened if I would have declined the "friend" request from the Maryland photographer (who I wasn't even interested in working with). This happens *all* the time. Declining friend requests is saying no to paid work.
BTW, a "red flag" can be anything that causes concern in someone's mind. It doesn't refer to anything specific. I've modeled in several states, and I have no idea where you got your definition.
gina marie wrote: Critique my profile and port please, I am still learning so please positive criticsm, unless obvcoarse you feel you'd be lying... then tell it to me straight. THANKS!
If you were local I would work with you an some shots. You have a great look and a beautiful figure, and I LOVE your red hair... then again I also like the dark curls The one thing that would limit my work with you is that you are not doing nudes and I am currently trying to add fashion and art nudes to my portfolio.
I do like the way you speak for your whole nation. However, I suspect that some may disagree with you.
Out here in the real world, escorts are something of a bad joke, perpetrated on unsuspecting newbie photographers by internet 'models' who can't be bothered to do their due diligence and check references.
Of course, as you've been llamaling for 3 years you obviously already know all this anyway, but just in case it might be helpful, here's an excellent post by Madame Bink, one of the best known and most successful art nude llamas in the UK. She's been llamaling (mostly nude) for 5 years (without an escort) and has never had a serious problem with a photographer because she uses her head and takes reasonable precautions, including checking references, before working with somebody for the first time.
I can see where your coming from. I wasnt trying to speak for a whole nation. I appologize if I came off a certain way towards you. I asked for honesty, I should be able to take it. Escorts is obviously a debateable subject. Someone once told me, the creepiest of photographers (the ones here just to exploit us llamas) dont like escorts, on the other hand most of the best photographers dont like them there either. You are right you just got to play it safe, check references, check out quality of port, etc....I like to ask for facebook pages as well. ... You still never really know whos on the otherside of that computer. Do we agree on this?
I honestly didn't get past the first paragraph the first time, but since your removed the all caps intro and took my first critique in the manner it was intended (constructively) I gave your profile a read.
Yes, it is too long.
I also agree with Stefano that it is too demanding.
If you have images like these in your portfolio then you really want to rethink your TFP policy. I my opinion you need to be shooting as much as possible to improve your modeling and honestly you don't need a photographer with a ton of experience to start improving your portfolio.
You speak of expecting to be paid and of things being a COLLABORATION (again with the caps!). If I am paying you to model for me then it is not a collaboration. You are being paid to model, not to develop the concept for the shoot.
You also speak about needing to have some kind of usage rights to the photos. Again, if I am paying you to model you should have no expectation to make use of the images. If you want to receive images for your portfolio then do TFP - that's what it is for.
I could be completely out of line here, but when a model states that modeling is not their hobby I expect to see photos in their portfolio that suggest they could actually be making their living from modeling. Yours does not and this makes me wonder about your sense of reality.
I recommend you reduce what is in your profile to:
- what you're willing to shoot
- under what conditions (and strongly suggest you change your stance on TFP)
- you're general availability (e.g. weekdays, evenings, weekends)
- you're ability to travel (have a car or rely on public transit)
I hope that's helpful.
Very helpful, thank you very much. I will be sure to make those changes later on today.
Probably yes, for certain genre, after confirming that we are on the same page with regard to ownership/rights to the photos. I believe we may be, but some of the terminology in your profile makes that uncertain.
I like your look, and I believe you have more potential than your photos reflect.
While I respect Stefano's opinions about most things, and while there is some overlap in the genre we shoot (and I don't know of a model he has shot whom I wouldn't), our needs in preferences in models are not exactly the same.
Python Photos wrote: I generally agree with the crowd here. I don't think that the quality of your pictures rises to the attitude of your profile write-up.
Your very first picture looks like a nude to me. I don't want to restart the whole argument about models whose profiles say that they won't do nudes but have nudes in their portfolio. Usually, I just don't care. In this case, the dissonance is a little offputting because the tone of your write-up is so forbidding. Beyond that issue, the image seems to have problems. The sky in the background seems overexposed, and the light from the sky seems to bleed across your face and body where they overlay the sky. That's an effect that I expect to see when I smudge my lens. Unless there's some creative reason for that effect that everyone else knows and I don't, this picture looks to me like a mistake that should have been kept in the Oops file on someone's computer. Your lower legs and your shoes also look a bit blurry. Your right toes are amputated. Again, if the write-up said that you were a young model trying to get started and working with anyone to build your portfolio, I wouldn't think twice about these technical problems. With the rest of your presentation, this one is a bad start.
In the rest of your pictures, I don't see the range of expression or the posing skill that I would expect for a model whom I was going to pay. These two shots:
and
look a bit out of focus. Your feet are cut off in the hoodie shot. The other shots look nice, but none look all that great. None of the concepts look all that unique or creative or well executed.
None of the issues with your pictures would bother me if your profile said that you were a beginner just looking to have fun and grow with the possibility of being a true professional someday. I'm a hobbyist, and I freely admit to being a hobbyist. When I read your write-up I expected to see pictures that were leagues above anything I'd ever done. I'm sure you can find plenty to criticize in my pictures, but I don't think your photos are that much better. Before you can be as demanding as you seem, you're going to have to have better pictures. That means that you are going to have to work with photographers who are several levels higher than I am, and I don't see anything that would attract them enough to work with your rules.
Your input is appreciated and will be taken into consideration when making changes to my rofile and port
Gina, if you shot nudes I would work with you in a heartbeat - I like your look. Even with the model release statement, I don't have a problem with that because I don't intend to sell images to websites and pay-sites.
After 3 years of modeling I would expect a better portfolio though. However, I have taken chances with models who had nothing better than self-shot cell phone photos in their ports.
I would strongly consider removing this from your profile:
"My goals in modeling are to try to accomplish the best photographs I can (posing, expression) and give something creative, and as original as possible, to each and every photographer I work with."
In looking at your photos, your facial expression almost never changes. Worse still is you look in each photo like you're being put upon and can think of at least a dozen other things you'd rather be doing.
Granted, this may be the results of a photographer not being bale to give direction, but if you're as into the collaborative aspect as your profile suggests, you really aren't doing much to hold up your end.
I'll answer no. The text regarding model releases puts it outside of anything I would consider.
Here's why: I don't know what I'm going to do with images in the future. However, I do know based on past experience that it's useful for me to have a library of images to draw on. When these images are encumbered by restrictions it quickly renders them useless to me.
Although the vast majority of any possible uses I will come up with would not need a release at all, I do not wish to spend my time researching each idea to see if it could be the one where a release would be necessary. Additionally, for clarity and agreement between my collaborators and myself I want to be clear that post session they are to have no controlling interest in my decisions.
I could use your look only for pet projects, overstating experience on mm profiles is very common. I only need to see how you look like in your port and really don't give a squat how good or bad your pictures are. What really count is your potential and I can often tell it from what I see in your photos, usually I meet models prior booking a shoot if possible. If not I will be taking a chance I know.
But I have my ways... I coach everything, looks, posture, poses and how to emulate emotions, little acting etc.... Again I don't really care how well you did with another photographer, it is not about them, it is all about you.
I think an humble profile content will work wonders for you as well.
If I were you, I would disclose your concerns and conditions to shoot after you are contacted by a photographer and not on your profile. Just leave a hint that you will not shoot with any Dick and Harry. It is better to sound cool on a profile then writing confrontational stuff no one wants to read or hear.
I have no problem with escorts as long as they don't tangle up in wires and out of field of view. as far as paperwork and releases if you are paid you own nothing unless you want to pay for some pictures for your promotions. In may case pictures for model use is always included in my compensation package.
For creative pet projects I like models that work with me not for me. That's when I get the best results.
James Garfield
Posts: 648
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
-B-R-U-N-E-S-C-I- wrote: No.
You're too short, your 'portfolio' looks like it was shot over a weekend rather than the three years you claim to have been modelling, and the restrictions and demands in your profile are simply ridiculous.
Red flags all over the place I'm afraid. The only saving grace I can find is that you don't demand an escort!
I took a look and left comments on some of your best work. My general comment is post quality not quantity. Get hooked up with better shooters and do what you do, cuz you do it well If you ever get over to Hartford, CT area, NYC, Springfield or Boston MA area, I would love to shoot with you.
Be easy,
Alvin
PS: I posted simply based on the work presented not on the your profile write up and before I read the other posts so my opinion wouldn't be biased, however I agree with the general consensus, so I'd fix that. As far a your facial expression etc. if you have personality I'll bring that out. If I can't get a smile and other emotions out of you ... we both need to find something else too do
With that profile page, no, I wouldn't work with you. As others have said, too long, with too many demands, and too little understanding of what you actually own. It's a non-starter to the point that I didn't even need to look at the photos.
Most has probably already been said but here is my take.
First your About Me. Its too long. It says a lot but I think you get the main points across in the first 5 or 6 paragraphs and even then its a bit long.
Your profile image is not bad but I am sure as a model its not you. Your pose and expression are fine. The shot itself, yeah well, it could be better.
The stats portion of your profile is complete and detailed. As a pro photog I appreciate that more than you know. I hate finding a model that is prefect in every way but i don't know until after i contact her that she won't do nude to can't fit into the wardrobe provided by a client.
On tot he portfolio...
If you are not doing nudes drop images 1 & 4. The conflict creates a mistrust and that would rule you out on first look.
Overall the images show your versatility and ability to pose and show expression but I would like to see a bit more diverse expressions. The red hair with the dark brown eyebrows, none of those images work for me at all. Either dye the eyebrows to match or leave the hair natural (my preference).
To the quality of the shots, they could be much better. I won't critique them here as you are not the photog.
What I am looking for in a port is at least one headshot but I prefer 3 showing no expression, happy, and sad or angry. One full body shot, a torso, and maybe 2 or three shots showing a simple and an difficult pose.
That is all I need. The models that have 25+ shots, not going to wow me. Get me in the first 5-10 shots and I will reach out to you. The rest is just a time sucker. I have enough of those.
I don't want to be negative but I think your port could use an overhaul. Its not bad but it isn't jumping out at me saying "I am THE model for you!"
If you ever make it to Philly, give me a shout and we can have coffee and discuss in detail. Maybe even shoot too!
KonstantKarma
Posts: 2,057
Asheville, North Carolina, US
I agree about the nudes thing - I don't ever understand why models post nude images then say they won't. I can't figure that out. So are they non-professional, boyfriend shots? You're okay with me seeing you nude online, but not in person? Has something happened to make you ashamed of your body since those were taken? In a nutshell, definitely not interested when someone's portfolio doesn't match their bio.
Other than that and going by the photos, I would work with you on a TFCD basis, or possibly pay a little for an artistic nude shoot.
You write:
I will NOT sign a release form stating that the photographer is the sole owner and if the images are going to be published, sold, or used on a website etc (or any situation where you will be using the images for monetary purposes), this needs to be documented and agreed upon in a release form signed by all parties involved PRIOR to shooting. If you want ownership of the photos being taken- hire me. Thank you for your understanding!
The photographer does not need you to sign a model release to own the images or even sell them. If you do not want your images sold and/or published, then don't shoot. I am a bit surprised that a model of 3 years does not know this. It is elementary and common knowledge. Based on this alone I would not work with you......you seem difficult and demanding (if you are not then you need to change your bio to reflect such)
MartaBrixton
Posts: 642
London, England, United Kingdom
-B-R-U-N-E-S-C-I- wrote: No.
You're too short, your 'portfolio' looks like it was shot over a weekend rather than the three years you claim to have been modelling, and the restrictions and demands in your profile are simply ridiculous.
Red flags all over the place I'm afraid. The only saving grace I can find is that you don't demand an escort!
Sorry but I have to agree with everything, apart of that you are too short. I will never understand why is it a problem, nobody can see how tall you are on pictures.
I'm going to take a half in - half out look at this.
There are too few images on here to judge REALLY. So I would increase my work with whomever just to get more comfortable doing what you're trying to do. The images set out there (to me) do not reflect 3 years in.
If considering TFP work, look at the work of the person asking you. See if that style is better than what you have.
I'm personally not fussy about your look.. But that's me. With the right MUA, Concept and more experience on your part, it may get better.
Good effort though, and good for you in throwing yourself out there.
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