Ken Marcus Studios wrote:

Wow . . . . between this and your opinion on models breasts, is there anything else the modeling world should do to make you happy?

Will you be my manager?
I'm much too stupid to figure out how to market myself.

*bats eyes*

Jeffrey M Fletcher wrote:

It's all the messaging that slows it down for me. When is this site going to add a shopping cart to put the models in when you want to order one?

Alabaster Crowley wrote:
Photographers: use image of model on profile

His avatar is obviously capturing the emotional anguish of dropping your camera in the snow. It's a very beautiful and moving piece, and is showcasing his range as a photographer!

RickyArt wrote:
Just a quick message to photographers who state to models that they should use a colour shot on their profile main image because it allows the photographer to see the skin colour without viewing the whole portfolio, should actually use the word "color" instead.

You don't know where they're from.
My computer is still set all Canada.

RickyArt wrote:
Sorry, my attempt at making a ludicrous response to the original ludicrous post seems to have failed.

Jim McSmith wrote:
Just a quick message to models to say they should use a colour shot on their profile main image because it allows the photographer to see the skin colour without viewing the whole portfolio. Thanks.

1- Given that color, as the model receives it in the pictures she gets from the photographer might be all over the place, how could you possibly know what the skin color is from any one picture.

2- Further given that an avatar is intended to attract, not inform, why would you rely on an avatar to make an informed decision?

3- And further given that you've been here for four years, where did you get the blind courage to post an instruction to models in the model colloquoy?

Wolfy4u wrote:
Also, out of 750,000 members on MM, wonder how many have calibrated monitors? :-)

At least one I am very picky about color spaces and calibration.

Anna Kl wrote:
agreed with above - models want to put up great shots that they feel grab the attention of potentials to work with, whether that is BW or color

+1

Kent Art Photography wrote:
I'm not sure a photographer with a picture of a camera as his own avatar shoud be lecturing models on their avatars............

Snicker hhheheehehehe

Jim McSmith wrote:
Models are tanning less these days than they once did. Those in colder environments are typically very pale unless they make efforts to tan properly. If they had a colour shot on the avatar that would speed up the search a bit. B/W doesn't help if you're a colour shooter seeking a tanned model.

Seems you are more concerned about being inconvenienced....
Color means FUCK ALL.. with the ability change it in PS and that monitors don't necessarily show the same colors from one to another..   This is pretty much a waste of time..

Damianne wrote:

My computer is still set all Canada.

Still using those metric letters?

Kent Art Photography wrote:
I'm not sure a photographer with a picture of a camera as his own avatar shoud be lecturing models on their avatars.

An avatar is a shop window, it has to grab the viewer's attention and encourage the viewer to click through to the portfolio.  An avatar which shows skin colour might not be an attention grabber.

this.

Kent Art Photography wrote:
I'm not sure a photographer with a picture of a camera as his own avatar shoud be lecturing models on their avatars.

An avatar is a shop window, it has to grab the viewer's attention and encourage the viewer to click through to the portfolio.  An avatar which shows skin colour might not be an attention grabber.

it is a colour image though...lol..

Nikki Magnusson wrote:

it is a colour image though...lol..

It's a color image...

Of a black and grey camera.... in a white substance. The only thing that's colorful is the reflection off the lens.

Jim McSmith wrote:
Just a quick message to models to say they should use a colour shot on their profile main image because it allows the photographer to see the skin colour without viewing the whole portfolio. Thanks.

I posted a self shot polaroid the other week and just put up a cellphone candid shot in my profile tonight. I like the self shot because it shows with no make up and I like the cellphone shot because it shows my current size.

I'm sure they are not 'good' but they are what I have that is not a photographer shot.
Jen

Jim McSmith wrote:
Many photographers don't shoot black and white. When searching profiles I look for tanned models but if the avatar is in b/w I then need to view the whole portfolio which wastes time and slows down the search process.

jim's right! why should he waste a split second clicking on an avatar to get to a model's port when he can judge her based on nothing but a single tiny colour photo? you should all be naked in your avatars too, for jim! to hell with what you think will benefit you the most, you should be focusing on what will make life easier for jim, and only jim!

Mary Geraldine wrote:
You and tanning.

Here's a tip for you. Let people be who THEY ARE or who THEY WANT to be.
Your opinion is not always the right one.

For example, telling an alternative model with tattoos she needs to "tan up" before you shoot with her is terrible advice for several reasons. For one, it limits the amount of alt work she will receive if she "tans up" as lighter skin is desirable in that field. It also is detrimental to the life of a tattoo & causes premature blurring/fading. If you don't like the way a model looks, don't work with her.

Easy peasy.
Nice & easy.
Light & breezy.
& that's it.

you'll never experience the privilege of being in jim's port with that attitude.

Alabaster Crowley wrote:
Photographers: use image of model on profile

I like where you're coming from with this, but I don't think it's really comparable unless you post it in the photography forum.

Jojo West wrote:

Lol

+1

That camera avatar really makes me want to bring him some more inanimate objects for him to photograph.

...and the OP is making it perfectly clear that he only offers film, digital is a waste of time.

Jim McSmith wrote:
Models are tanning less these days than they once did. Those in colder environments are typically very pale unless they make efforts to tan properly. If they had a colour shot on the avatar that would speed up the search a bit. B/W doesn't help if you're a colour shooter seeking a tanned model.

So...let me get this straight.

First, we models need color shots for our avatars.  Now we need to tan.  And another thread says to not get bewb jobs.

Can you not control your own life, so you feel the need to project that onto others?

NicoleNudes wrote:

Same thing might be said about models searching for photographer when they don't have an actual picture of their work as their avatar.

It works both ways.

Pot meet kettle.

Yeah, but the pot and kettle are both tanned.

DivaEroticus wrote:

So...let me get this straight.

First, we models need color shots for our avatars.  Now we need to tan.  And another thread says to not get bewb jobs.

Can you not control your own life, so you feel the need to project that onto others?

Oh there's also a new one that says models should take make-up classes so he doesn't have to hire an MUA.

Jojo West wrote:

Oh there's also a new one that says models should take make-up classes so he doesn't have to hire an MUA.

Oh no - I just saw that thread title, decided it was utterly stupid and to ignore it...

But.... now you've told me the OP was the poster, I just have to go and look - that'll be another 30 minutes of my life I'm never going to see again...

Blue Ash Film Group wrote:
I always like to go look at the portfolios of the photographers that go into the model forum and tell them what they should be doing. The same goes for models that do that in the Photography Talk.

Hahaha, I see what you did there. Funny enough, I do the same thing and then I decide how badly I want to troll the OP, or even if I want to troll them at all

Kent Art Photography wrote:
I'm not sure a photographer with a picture of a camera as his own avatar shoud be lecturing models on their avatars.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Amen.