Yasonia wrote:
he called me at seven in the morning claiming to be testing my loyalty to him if he was my manager, is that a red flag?

Are you kidding me?

Re-read this a few times, and think about it, and tell us what YOU think.

Yasonia wrote:
hey, has anyone ever heard of a guy by the name of Johnathan
Scott or Johnathan Christopher,he claims to be a manager out in California, i think San Diego, not quite sure, he also said he use to be a casting producer at Baby  Phat, maybe some Cali people could help me out, is he legitimate? He said he wants to be my manager but i don't know much about the guy, he called me at seven in the morning claiming to be testing my loyalty to him if he was my manager, is that a red flag? Someone help me out, i am confused!

lol

"testing your loyalty...."   that's a new one!

Don Reynolds  wrote:
and you don't need a manager, ever

And You know this why?
I guess the agency models you require do NOT need their Agencies ?

Agencies act as managers / agents .

Here is one for example www.mgmtfirst.com , I was his Director of Photography for 2.5 yrs. I saw him MAKE supermodels and he IS a Manager .
Making sure someone is legit and checking out references is common knowledge and common sense , especial when it involves a career .

Yasonia wrote:
he called me at seven in the morning claiming to be testing my loyalty to him if he was my manager, is that a red flag? Someone help me out, i am confused!

If anyone calls me at 7am, and I actually answer at that hour, it best damn well be the manager of the powerball lottery telling me I won $64 million.

If it isn't, they are not going to like what I have to say to them.

Cherrystone wrote:

If anyone calls me at 7am, and I actually answer at that hour, it best damn well be the manager of the powerball lottery telling me I won $64 million.

If it isn't, they are not going to like what I have to say to them.

Are you sure about that?

Sockpuppet Studios  wrote:

Are you sure about that?

If you are knocking on my door in your bare buns, I might make an exception.

Providing your cell phone is charged:D

Yasonia wrote:
he called me at seven in the morning claiming to be testing my loyalty to him if he was my manager, is that a red flag? Someone help me out, i am confused!

LOL...  Wow, that's deranged.

Yasonia wrote:
Someone help me out, i am confused!

Yes, you are.

Yasonia wrote:
hey, has anyone ever heard of a guy by the name of Johnathan
Scott or Johnathan Christopher,he claims to be a manager out in California, i think San Diego, not quite sure, he also said he use to be a casting producer at Baby  Phat, maybe some Cali people could help me out, is he legitimate? He said he wants to be my manager but i don't know much about the guy, he called me at seven in the morning claiming to be testing my loyalty to him if he was my manager, is that a red flag? Someone help me out, i am confused!

sounds fishy, if it qacks like a dck it just might be.......

Yasonia wrote:
hey, has anyone ever heard of a guy by the name of Johnathan
Scott or Johnathan Christopher,he claims to be a manager out in California, i think San Diego, not quite sure, he also said he use to be a casting producer at Baby  Phat, maybe some Cali people could help me out, is he legitimate? He said he wants to be my manager but i don't know much about the guy, he called me at seven in the morning claiming to be testing my loyalty to him if he was my manager, is that a red flag? Someone help me out, i am confused!

If he is on Model Mayhem, managers are not allowed.  CAM him. 

Seriously, "testing" your loyalty?  Geezzzz!   Let me ask you something.  Why do you think you might want a manager?   Unless you are making enough money where you have little time to handle your own business, you don't need one.  If you are not making a lot of money, and are wanting to advance to a higher level, then try to get signed by a legit talent agency. 

If this so called "manager" is telling you that he is booking jobs for models, then he would be operating as a talent agent.  If he is doing that without a licence, he is illegal and I would report his ass to the California State labor board.

Mayanlee wrote:
He's CA, you're in NJ.  Why does he even have your phone # at all?

Block his number. Now.

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!   

This guy is really a nutcase!

This means that "IF" he is indeed calling from California, he is doing so at 5 AM in the morning here.  I AM NEVER AWAKE at that time for ANYTHING!  Calling me at that time is a waste of time because I turn my phone off.   That is what you should do ... turn your ringer off as so that nutcases like that can't wake you.

Patrick Walberg wrote:

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!   

This guy is really a nutcase!

This means that "IF" he is indeed calling from California, he is doing so at 5 AM in the morning here.

Nope. 4 AM.

At the kind end of the spectrum, the word "unbalanced" comes to mind. At the opposite, it screams "predator."

Mayanlee wrote:

Nope. 4 AM.

At the kind end of the spectrum, the word "unbalanced" comes to mind. At the opposite, it screams "predator."

Opps!  You are right, my mistake.  That is even worse!  I can't think of very many reasonable explanations as to why anyone would be "up" at 4 AM in the morning.  Unless someone either parties all night to go to bed at sunrise, or has a night job, or severe insomnia, or gets up that early to go to work or go fishing ... I mean really it's not normal for anyone to be up at 4 AM in the morning unless they've got good (or bad!) reason not to be asleep!   

Going back to the original post, the fact is it doesn't matter if the dude is in California or not ... he is definitely someone to stay away from!

Gulf Coast Glamour wrote:
As stated above, until you are too busy to book your own assignments yourself, you don't need a manager.  There's nothing they can do you cannot do for yourself and starting out you don't need to be paying them a part of your earnings.  This 7am phone guy, as with anyone you're in contact with for work, check references, get phone #s, always let someone know who you're working with and where.  Call a friend, family, someone when you arrive at a assignment, and again when you're done.  Let the photographer or who ever you're working with see you make that call.

QFT!

Mayanlee wrote:

Nope. 4 AM.

At the kind end of the spectrum, the word "unbalanced" comes to mind. At the opposite, it screams "predator."

That's assuming he's even in Cali at all. No doubt the guy is right around the corner somewhere, then one day he'll show up at her doorstep "fresh off the plane", saying he's ready to do wonders for her career.