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If a model is interested in doing print for magazines like Maxim and FHM...how does she go about doing it. I have an agency but they arent really doing anything for me at the moment. May 22 05 06:56 pm Link First, let me say this is only my best guess, but I wanted to post to keep this at the top. My initial instinct might be to simply contact the magazines you wish to be in, find out the name of their art director, and send pictures in either electronically or per their directions. I've seen many girls from OMP and MM be in FHM for various things, so it's not impossible. Hopefully, there is a model or photographer on ths site with direct experience who can provide some clear insight into your request. May 22 05 07:01 pm Link Christina, Good for you, because you are taking the first step by asking! As far as you are concerned, I'm just another photographer wannabe ... I don't have the answers and I am not even close in proximity to where you are. BUT I can tell you this much ... research it! Google the names of models you see in the magazines and find out what agencies they work with. Contact people who are involved with the magazine to ask them how you could get in as a model. Keep it friendly and ask the questions that might seem naive or dumb to some ... but you wont know the answers unless you ask! As you get information, don't take it as the only "way" either because you are researching how others got there but you may do it in a slightly different way. Best wishes! May 22 05 08:17 pm Link The first thing you might want to do is remove the reference to the modeling school and don't ever mention that to a real agency or anyone in the industry. It will only reflect poorly on you at best. Second, you have the height, stats and are pretty, so you should try to get with a real agency if the one you have is BS. There is at least one good one in Philly that I'm aware of: http://www.reinhardagency.com/ See what they say, maybe they can work you and maybe they wouldn't think it best for you overall to do that kind of work, or maybe they can help you get that kind of work. Sometimes you need to be proactive with your agency, remind them you're around, pay a visit, ask about castings. Or you might need to find another booker or agency that's more enthusiastic about you & will send you out for more things. As long as doing it at all isn't the wrong thing to do, than some of the other advice here about making contact might work too. May 23 05 01:25 am Link Get with an agency who will GET YOU THAT WORK! Or get out there and try to get it yourself. Just like Matthew said, contact the magazines yourself. May 23 05 01:28 am Link Try talking with Maxim Online, or send them an e-mail direct. or give this a try http://maximonline.com/talk/ May 23 05 01:41 am Link Posted by christinab19: Just wanted to let you know that I will be in FHM this month, and all I did was have my photographer send in my pics to the magazine! He also submitted me to Maxim, and Playboy, but we just heard back from FHM as of right now. So definitely market yourself...it will pay off! May 23 05 01:42 am Link Posted by christinab19: Lol. U serious? What do you mean by "aren't really"? May 23 05 01:59 am Link Wendy, How much are you getting paid for FHM? May 23 05 02:28 am Link Posted by Aaron_H: FHM pays? I though they just printed radicaly altered pictures with false quotes and expected you to be thrilled with the "exposure"? May 23 05 09:06 am Link I've had 1 model make the FHM 20 hot dates, and 2 models hit the Hometown Hotties. None of them got paid for that, and the photographer gets no credit for those shots. One of the girls for Maxim though did get an additional email from them saying that they would like to put her into some other shoots. May 23 05 09:17 am Link Posted by christinab19: As was said before FHM and Maxim often do not pay for many of their shoots. May 23 05 09:29 am Link It seems like your best bet for something like FHM or Maxim would be to find a photographer shooting that style to work with. Even better if you can find someone with a proven record of being published in those or similar publications. Check with them what their requirments are. May 23 05 09:38 am Link Call the magazine and ask who the contact is for the photo department. Also, getting the address would be nice as well. May 23 05 01:09 pm Link Posted by theda: Posted by Aaron_H: FHM pays? I though they just printed radicaly altered pictures with false quotes and expected you to be thrilled with the "exposure"? Posted by Ken Long: Posted by marksora: Posted by christinab19: As was said before FHM and Maxim often do not pay for many of their shoots. Bingo to all, those are exactly my points. May 23 05 03:20 pm Link It is possible to get some work by contacting the magazine's directly, but that is a long shot. They get requests like that all day long. Best way is to work with a shooter who has an editorial relationship with the magazine. See if you can work on a project with the shooter on spec. If he gets paid, you get paid, that sort of thing. Definitely check for tearsheets from the shooter. Editorial work gets paid to the shooter. It's up to him if he pays his models or not. May 23 05 03:59 pm Link I am in the same boat as Christina trying to get into Maxim or FHM. What I've found out so far from various photographers who have had their models get into the magazines is that you need to just send the pictures in (there is an address on both their website and in the magazine). There are also contest details in each of the magazines... May 23 05 04:18 pm Link |
