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"i absolutely hate having my photo taken!"
So I see this beautiful girl with a profile full of pictures taken on her camera phone. I message her because hey, I'm always up for getting people to expand my portfolio and always willing to help someone get started. So I ask if she wants to shoot. I get this reply: "hey, thanks for the offer, i sincerely appreciate it. but to be honest, i absolutely hate having my photo taken! so i'm really not interested at this time. but i will keep your offer in mind, in case i ever decide otherwise." I'm not ticked at all, she was honest, but why be on MM if thats the case?? I guess I know why she only has camera phone pictures now! Anyone else ever have this happen? I don't get it. Feb 24 08 09:54 am Link uhhh like this?   Feb 24 08 09:55 am Link Spade wrote: exactly. Feb 24 08 09:56 am Link There are many moments on Mayhem that require you to suspend belief. Feb 24 08 09:57 am Link what a silly person, why on earth does she want to be a model if she doesn't like her photo being taken?? I'm confuddled Feb 24 08 09:58 am Link She's from a parallel dimension: BIZARRO WORLD Feb 24 08 09:59 am Link Peterz Photoz wrote: ...I'm beginning to believe this every minute that passes by. :p Feb 24 08 10:00 am Link havent you heard the news?? MM is the new myspace... oh i hope not  Feb 24 08 10:01 am Link I have heard people say they don't like it, are nervous, etc. But after about 10 minutes or otherwise after the shoot when they see the images they tend to relax about it a little. Some of even asked for another shoot. Feb 24 08 10:01 am Link Gennavive Leigh wrote: 2nded. What the hell? That would be horrible if so. Feb 24 08 10:02 am Link M9 Photography wrote: and make sure you offer a free make up artist...soda with chips...and oh yeah last but not least a cd with ALL the raw images on it... Feb 24 08 10:04 am Link M9 Photography wrote: This is a joke right?? Feb 24 08 10:05 am Link LuxxxNoir wrote: How I wish it was. Trust me. I hope this is not the way MM is going.. Feb 24 08 10:05 am Link Gennavive Leigh wrote: Dont forget the copyright release!! hehe Feb 24 08 10:08 am Link um excuse me...i bring my OWN release...thanks  by the way did i mention this is my 2nd shoot and my rates are $100 an hour for casual and lingerie...I DONT DO NUDE. Feb 24 08 10:10 am Link Sounds like another person who wants "You're so pretty!" comments. Bleh. Feb 24 08 10:11 am Link My questions is WTF are you doing emailing "models" will cell phone pics to begin with. That is part of the problem. Your just feeding fire and its never gonna get better unless we stop. Feb 24 08 10:11 am Link Crazy! Feb 24 08 10:12 am Link Allure Glamour Photo wrote: to be honest everyone has to start somewhere...my first pictures were from a crappy camera...and im not the best model out there...but i havent done too bad for myself... Feb 24 08 10:12 am Link Allure Glamour Photo wrote: Maybe because she really is pretty and he wanted to add something to his port w/o paying someone and possibly help a pretty girl who only has camera shots get some quality pics to add to her port????? Feb 24 08 10:15 am Link well, at least she's honest about the fact that she doesn't actually intend to follow through with a shoot. Yeah, she probably just wants "you're pretty" comments. very silly. Feb 24 08 10:16 am Link M9 Photography wrote: One of my most commented images was done as a Myspace Parody shot with a hotshoe flash! Feb 24 08 10:18 am Link Bonus points for honesty. I wish all people who dropped off the face of the earth in the middle of an e-mail conversation were that honest. "Sorry, I just got a cell phone with a self-timer and don't need your services anymore." "Sorry, I've developed a contagious rash that turns your skin green, like The Hulk." "Sorry, I think you smell." Points lost, however, for sheer incomprehensible inanity. -G Feb 24 08 10:33 am Link Allure Glamour Photo wrote: Like everyone else said, some people have to start somewhere! A person with common sense would think since shes's on the site as a MODEL she's looking to get ahead and network with photographers to excel. Feb 24 08 10:46 am Link SneakySexxy wrote: I am a she! Feb 24 08 10:48 am Link Gennavive Leigh wrote: hahaha! You are awesome. Feb 24 08 10:49 am Link danniepiggott wrote: I suppose it's possible that she wants to be an artist's model and would rather pose for paintings or drawings. Feb 24 08 10:51 am Link LuxxxNoir wrote: M9 Photography wrote: We are actually trying to weed those out during the approval process now. Not saying we're 100% successful, but there is honest effort at it. Feb 24 08 10:52 am Link M9 Photography wrote: Its simple, really. She.. and SO many others on MM, are using this place as nothing more than an extension of their MySpace existence. Feb 24 08 10:55 am Link i would use a real simple hypothesis on this interesting situation. She is what we call "Dipshiticus Gigantis" or she suffers from "daddydoesntlovemeenough" syndrome..... Either, ignore her. Feb 24 08 10:56 am Link Lucas Chapman wrote: Baaa Myspace..... stupid site Feb 24 08 10:57 am Link I think there are more than one like this. I am suprised by the number of models that have the cell phone pictures up, they have been on for 6 months or more. They have tags from a lot of good photographers that want to shoot with them and they may haven have done a casting call but never realy shoot and niver put up new pics. Look around. Not sure what their reason is for being on MM Feb 24 08 11:01 am Link 4C 41 42 wrote: LuxxxNoir wrote: We are actually trying to weed those out during the approval process now. Not saying we're 100% successful, but there is honest effort at it. A little more comforting knowing someone is on the case Feb 24 08 11:02 am Link M9 Photography wrote: Click the back button, move on to next profile... Feb 24 08 11:03 am Link Many girls want their friends, new boyfriend etc, to THINK they are a model, so they put up a profile on the likes of, Purestorm, One Model Place, Net-nodel, etc. They can then point their friends towards these sites, saying, "Look, I'm a model," and some of their friends even believe it. Unfortunately, they know that real modelling is hard work, and being lazy bitches, they are happy for people to think of them as a model rather than do the work. Feb 24 08 11:03 am Link List of qualifications to be a photographic model: 1. You have to enjoy having your picture taken; and 2. You have to have the right look: and 3. You have to enjoy having your picture taken; and 4. You have to be available and responsible; and 5. You have to enjoy having your picture taken; and 6. When in doubt, see numbers, one three and five! Feb 24 08 11:05 am Link M9 Photography wrote: at first i thought you were talking about myspace and i understood, but once i realize that the profile was on model mayhem, i was a bit surprised. to some, mm is just another free forum to display their images (and photography). Feb 24 08 11:05 am Link M9 Photography wrote: No offense but it they want to start somewhere they should start by PAYING a photographer to get them images which in turn will get them work. Unless you just have so much money that 30-40K in gear,education, training, studio space, comuters, programs etc etc is a drop in the bucket to you. If thats the case then god bless you. This is how I...and alot of other photogs eat. Feb 24 08 11:06 am Link SneakySexxy wrote: yes...its always about the "pretty girl with bad pictures" isnt it...wow...this kills me. Now I know I know..everyone has to stat somewhere. I realize this, but there is the point of where do you start. The very first day I shot a model was at a glamour seminar in Tampa that I PAID to go to have photographers help me and instruct me what to do and why. My pictures from day one were never crappy shots. I dont mean to sound arrogant, I just mean to illustrate a point. Feb 24 08 11:12 am Link Lucas Chapman wrote: I'm noticing that on sites like DeviantArt now too; I know there's not really an answer to "what is art?", but I'm pretty sure it's not scores of shelf-shot photos in the "Myspace Pose", interspersed with snaps of you and your mates at a nightclub, captioned "I was so drunk here! LOL!". Feb 24 08 11:12 am Link |
