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Are you in this for the Love, or the $$$
True love. I have a good friend who's in it for money -- he makes a lot of it, but now he hates photography. Who needs that? Aug 05 05 06:29 am Link Posted by Brian Diaz: I`ve been hoping that way too now for about two years...... Aug 05 05 06:32 am Link I have not found any real money in shooting glamour - everyone wants to shoot it and few places want to buy it and those that do buy already have their own photographers. However, I have gotten paying gigs shooting other things based on the general photos in my portfolio - boring but $$ stuff like product photography. So the product photography pays for the other photography and the day job pays the rent. Aug 05 05 07:08 am Link Posted by Louis Braga: Exactly! Me too! Aug 05 05 07:13 am Link it can't be for the money - I'm barely breaking even every month which is kind of pathetic... someday - I would love to make some kind of money..... Julia Aug 05 05 07:22 am Link Well I have seen very very very few models do it for the love while on the net. Very few indeed. I have talked with 2 here an MM that say they do it for the love but I have never worked with any more that did anything without being paid for it. I would love to find a model who has some interest in doing and going where I go for the love of the shoot. But to be honest I do have to say that since I sell my Trip shoots to the photographers and they pay me then I do have to pay the models. But yes I would love to find a model who would love to head out to a location for a week and shoot just for the joy of shooting and getting some killer images, working on some ideas for shots she wants and will look back on with fond memories. Is there such a model? Who can say. bs Aug 05 05 07:27 am Link But yes I would love to find a model who would love to head out to a location for a week and shoot just for the joy of shooting and getting some killer images, working on some ideas for shots she wants and will look back on with fond memories. Is there such a model? Who can say. bs Yes there is! That interaction between photographer and model is why I do it. Also every time I shoot I learn something new or visualize something new. Yeah it would be great to someday make some $$, even if it was just to pay for my camera habit that would make me happier. But for now it is pure joy to keep fine tuning my craft. Aug 05 05 07:40 am Link I do it for the love. Love of photography in general, not just glamour. Sometimes think of ways to make money with it, but never, ever full-time. Aug 05 05 07:46 am Link neither,,, I do it because I am vain,,lol Aug 05 05 07:55 am Link I do wedding, event, corporate, and editorial photography for money. My work with models is about art for art's sake and the learning and growth experiences inherent in creative collaborations. I've never made a dime photographing models and I value the freedom to say "no" when it doesn't feel right. From what I've seen of the industry and the abundance of attitudes and flakiness out there, I wouldn't want my livelihood to be dependent on my dealings with the insanity. Aug 05 05 09:01 am Link I do it because I love to express myself, I love to play dress-up, I love knowing how photos the photographer creates can evoke emotion and thoughts in those who view them. I love to interact with the camera/photographer and I love seeing the end product. And yes I suppose like chill factor, there's a little vanity in there too.  Aug 05 05 09:03 am Link I love what I do, ive been a full time photographer/publisher since 1996. I make good money too. I wouldnt do it if it led me to be broke though. I rarely do things for the beauty of it. I am good with my customers and give them what they want. Aug 05 05 09:05 am Link Money. . . what money. I think I have only been paid twice in my 6 years of modeling. I am in to be expressive and creative. I love seeing an idea or thought come to life in my photos. Aug 05 05 09:13 am Link Posted by Brian Diaz:
Aug 05 05 09:23 am Link Im In for love of people, art, and creativity. Aug 05 05 09:24 am Link Greetings, I do it for the love of it! Take care, AJ Aug 05 05 09:40 am Link As a great American once said: "For the money, for the glory, and for the fun! But mostly for the money." Although it my case it's for the fun at this point. Money later.  M Aug 05 05 09:46 am Link I got into this because I figured I'd just print photos for some these girls that sell photos at trade shows. Next thing I knew I was buying a camera and people liked my work. For me, it is definately the love because I make next to nothing. But I don't care because I'm having so much fun. Digital technology (I've never fooled around with that thing they call film) is absolutely amazing and mind-boggling for me. To go out, take a picture, come right now, download, and then print? WOW! The problem is...I want to print EVERYTHING...but I don't have the money to print everything and more than that, I don't have anywhere to put all these prints  My favorite thing to do though is to pick a favorite picture of any girl I have worked with, print it as an 11x14, have them sign it and then frame it. When I get enough of these, I hope to have a wall covered with signed prints of everyone (or at least most) of the girls I have worked with! Aug 05 05 09:51 am Link LOVE?!?!?!?!?!?!... fuck that noise!... that's the shit that broken hearts are made of, and it just gets in the way of the REAL answer! MONEY?!?!?!?!?!?!... who needs that crap!... when you're born with a silver spoon in your mouth, and on the big percentage end of a HUGE trust fund, goin to the ATM machine is like winning the lottery every day. So... you wanna know the REAL answer?... HaHa... I'm ashamed of you... suprized you havent figured it out by now. MODELING?!?!?!?!?!?!... oh pleaseeeeeeee... there's not a single girl in here that will ever reach supermodel status. And PHOTOGRAPHERS... you knooooooow you'd give up a few months pay and 1000's of dollars of gigs for the REAL answer... yep... it's the ONLY thing I'm here for... THE WILD ANIMAL SEX! I mean come on... look around... what do you see here?... this place is A GOLDMINE!... LOL! Aug 05 05 02:17 pm Link I could care less about the love. Love me or hate me, I could care less. I have 3 paid model shoots this month, that's $350 each. I have a full time job doing studio photography. I work the nightclubs every weekend. Sometimes I just need a break. I do though need to pay the bills, but I also need some rest and relaxation from it all, which is why I have 2 other photographers to send out to take care of business when I need a break or just have no time to shoot. I have a kid to support. I have house payments to pay. A new car. All this camera and studio equipment I need to pay off. I have a list of models in my database who want to work with me for trade, but never contacted them back. I love my free time and I would rather not spend it shooting for free. I'm so over all that love crap. Aug 05 05 03:24 pm Link It is a dream.....and I do it for the love first and foremost. If I am going to do anything at all, why not do something I love to do. I also like getting paid to keep up with the expenses that are incurred with modeling....but more than anything, it is love and the want to get out there. McKenzie Aug 05 05 03:26 pm Link I do it for the love.... the love of $$$$ in very large amoutns!!!!!!! ha ha ha ha ~ I love art.. And I love gettin' paid for it!!! Aug 05 05 03:32 pm Link Posted by Select Models: Well duh!! But since they keep telling me NO, I have to keep doing it for the love of the art. Aug 05 05 03:49 pm Link The real answer is because we have to! The same reason why in the early 1900's, my Grandpa took pictures on a Crow Indian reservation in Montana. He used a glass plates in an 8 X 10 view camera. He risked his life shooting a Crow Indian grave (it's in the trees) when he would have been scalped if caught. He used creative techniques like when he did a double exposure of an Indian holding a tomahawk over Custer's grave (the last stand) and why he paid the Indians to let him photograph them. They trusted him as he helped them build houses and taught them. It's why my Dad and Uncles all took pictures during World War II ... while risking their lives for our future freedom. It's in my blood. It's in my nieces to continue this legacy of creating images. Forget love, forget money. I do it because "I have to!" It's our legacy! Pictures capture moments that live on long after we are gone. Aug 05 05 04:28 pm Link Posted by DigitalCMH: Posted by Select Models: Well duh!! But since they keep telling me NO, I have to keep doing it for the love of the art. Dude... come on... you're telling THE WORLD that you have no game... lol! Aug 05 05 05:32 pm Link as i'm starving right now, must be love. this is better than working in a cubicle tho!! Aug 05 05 05:35 pm Link Just for the love, baby, UNFH! (Sorry, SLC Punk reference.) Aug 05 05 07:24 pm Link Chemistry is the wrong fucking major for a girl like you! It's the wrong major, Josie! Aug 05 05 07:40 pm Link For the love of the art and meeting such wonderful people Aug 05 05 07:42 pm Link Heheh, Brian. Aug 05 05 07:45 pm Link Posted by Select Models: Well, be honest, I don't even try. I don't want the reputation that I try to bed all my models. Aug 05 05 09:04 pm Link Posted by Diabolica Robotica: Ditto - you nailed it right on the head, DR. Aug 05 05 09:10 pm Link Well Im in it for the love of the art, just becoming another person in a pose, getting to play a carachter through a photo is amazing as well as being able to collaborate and work with a photographer is awesome. A photographers creativity is like getting inside his brain and picking it...I know sounds weird! but However, as soon as I start making money as a model it will obviously be both...  Aug 06 05 01:01 am Link Definitely for the love...have yet to make money off of this, but the process of getting to that point is well-worth it. Aug 06 05 03:08 pm Link I do it for the love of creating. I do paid work as well but mainly to pay the bills, not to get rich from. There is an old saying I once heard but forget how it goes. It basically meant that if you do anything purely for financial gain, like a lot of photographers have ended up doing, and not because you enjoy it, youre screwed,lol. Aug 06 05 08:02 pm Link I personally model for the love of creating an interesting image. Ive turned down a lot of paid work simply because I don't want to do it or it does not interest me. I'd rather create something really striking and memorable. If I get a really well paid shoot then it's just a bonus Aug 07 05 01:25 pm Link |
I don't think I am selling out.... I am simply a business person as well as an artist.... Selling out is when you forget about the artistic value or true value of things in lieu of money. I have not gone that route, nor ever will. Art is what keeps this job fresh and exciting and adds substance to it. (For me atleast). 
