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"Alternative" Model Looking for a Photographer!
Hello! Pretty new to this but I'm desperately looking for a photographer! In all honesty I'm just really in a tight financial situation and though I've never modeled before I've been told on occasion that I could have potential. Not interested in doing nude work, but really flexible with anything else. I'm not only looking for compensation, but to also make beautiful art with you all! Working in Massachusetts only (Boston, Cambridge, Newton... etc.) x Luna Aug 18 14 07:35 pm Link Welcome to the Mayhem  Head over to the critique forum and ask for  . Tough love, but we can help you market yourself. Good ways to network are: Post an availability notice letting people know that you are available (under the casting/travel tab). This is for when you want to charge money. You can offer trade as well. Search for Casting Calls in your area based on criteria you select. Post a Casting Call letting people know about an idea you have and want to put into a work of art. This is for when you are willing to pay other people. You can offer trade as well. Search or Post Casting Calls and Travel/Availability Notices Official Casting Call Rules - Read Find the talent and resources you need on Model Mayhem Browse for photographers in your area and leave comments on images you like, send a friend request or message. Start a list of photographer's photos that you think are top notch for photographers in your area. This can become something of a Rolodex. Make sure that you select the Advanced Options and select an appropriate Logged in within:. I typically use 30 days, but you may want people who respond faster. Otherwise you will get photographers who haven't logged in in over a year. There are a lot of inactive accounts. Make an announcemnet. Look on the front page for members offering comments for comments, and comment on their photos. Also make an announcement yourself. Post a bulletin by going to My stuff > bulletins. Friends can see the bulletins you post. Be active in the forums, but avoid trolls who start threads just to watch the ensuing flame war. Avoid threads that beat the  over GWC's, flakes, escorts, ..., etc. Make positive constructive comments. Whenever you get published, add some new photos, or accomplish anything in general, post an announcement in the Accomplishments, Achievements and High Fives forum. Share your other accounts on the Social Media User Name Sharing Thread. Rinse and repeat. Good luck in your search! Avoiding Scams: The Basics Modeling Scams How to use the Model Mayhem forums MM FAQ A lot of useful information is at New Models. The Self-Made Model: Success Without Agencies Model Safety 3rd list Mentor in Modeling New theLIST & Top Drawer help Newbie Models And of course you must memorize this entire list MM Smiley List Aug 18 14 10:17 pm Link Okay, thank you!! Aug 19 14 04:48 am Link shame we are so far away, good luck with your work Aug 19 14 05:30 am Link Welcome to MM and good luck with your search! Aug 19 14 08:13 am Link Hi and welcome Aug 19 14 04:30 pm Link Welcome on Model Mayhem  Aug 19 14 07:56 pm Link Welcome to MM. Aug 19 14 10:41 pm Link Interested and in your area. PMing. Aug 20 14 05:36 pm Link Hello Luna  welcome to MM I wish all best to you Aug 21 14 01:25 pm Link lunacapello wrote: I can certainly understand needing money, but if you have no experience why would people want to hire you? You might want to consider changing your profile to read "depends on assignment" until you get up to speed. You would probably be less likely to scare people aware. Good luck! :-) Aug 25 14 11:57 pm Link Welcome to MM Aug 28 14 02:29 am Link lunacapello wrote: Didn't look at your port, so this is more general advice. With no experience and no nudity, you don't have a lot of leverage. But if you were to quote rates of $10-15/hr, and specifically NOT insist on images, I suspect there would be a market for that. For various reasons, a fair portion of photographers would likely pay $100 to a model for a day's shooting without the obligation to deliver images in a certain time frame. Aug 29 14 01:56 am Link |
