My best advice to you would be to not do this again.

Where is your statistical analysis to back this claim up?

Also, I know many models who do nudes and simply get more "responses" because there are people out there who just want to see nudes and aren't genuinely interested in the "art" or whatever else.   I was an art model, I dealt with this all the time, particularly here, and got sick of it.   Comments aren't important to me.  Work is.

Hmm...

You're new here.  Take a look around first, please.

Lars R Peterson wrote:
Summary:

If you want to be a REAL model, you will respond promptly when I message you. You will shoot naked with me for TFP, and you won't bring any damn escort! When I say bend over, you will bend ALL the way over... and when I send you images, you will post them everywhere, and tell the world that I was the best thing to ever happen to you.
Then, and ONLY then, may you put your clothes back on.

By the way, my camera is really, really big!

Lol...yeah it's for those folks that I've been very specific in my profile if they don't like what I say, they can move on, no point in lingering.

Thank Richard Dawkins for you! It's so hard to remember not to work with photographers who haven't respected your limits. Gotta write this down somewhere before I forget....

1) Camera
2) A portfolio where I can see some examples of your work
3) Concept for shoot (!)
4) Good communication & planning (mutual)
5) Shows up (!)
6) Comes with release form (if paid)
7) Returns photos in a timely manner (if trade)

Don't ruin it.  For his second post MaximumXphoto is going to school us photographers too.

Emily, no! You're doing it wrong.

You need two 6's for it to be proper.

I'll second this, for my meaningful imput.

+1 well played

I noticed that too.


Joined:     Feb 29, 2012


>_>

8. llamas

Lars R Peterson wrote:
By the way, my camera is really, really big!

My equipment is really old and quite useless.

Paige Morgan wrote:
Paternalism from a newbie.....I don't see this ending well

my thoughts exactly.

i laugh at the ignorance of the "advice" basically describing how a model can cater to a photographer.

It is never a good idea to assume your personal preferences and needs are universal truths.

To then try to impose that view on a large group of people as barely veiled "advice", even less so.

I'm actually surprised that this has stayed civil this long.

   You bailed before I could quote you!!!!! 

Not a good way to enter the forums!!!!!


Why delete what you wrote?  Everything we write here is open to discussion.  If you can't take it ... well?

you mean not every photographer is a heterosexual male hobbiest who is solely in charge of casting models, for shoots in which he is the director, and the project would always be female models for lingerie/nude shoots?

granted its his first post, and he's only been on the site a couple months AND its the holiday season, i assume people are feeling forgiving of his ignorance, or have better things to do than rip into him.

now if this thread got moved to "off topic" it might be a different story. haha.

but yes im surprised too that its been this civil.

I know!   Here I thought we were going to have a good discussion? 

The OP got off on the wrong foot is all.  As one photographer to another here, I would not talk down to you or tell you that my methods are better than yours.  His "advise" was directed towards models with his having an "all or nothing" attitude in his writing.  I could suggest to you how I cast models, but you certainly don't have to do as I do in that process.   We can both be sucessful in our own ways.