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Living in the largest but most isolated area of Florida has made it a challenge for finding models. It is a very conservative area and many woman leave when they can. I did just run my first IG ad and it was very inexpensive. I got 307 impressions in two days and only a few views. I was able to target just the audience I wanted and where I wanted. It just a test advertisement and I do plan to update it. Besides IG, are they are any other websites that I should use for paid advertising? I am doing TFP. Jan 19 24 05:04 am Link I have seen ads/postings on Craigslist under the arts section in community as well as in the "gigs" section for both models looking to work as well as photographers looking for models. I don't know how well it works though. I've only used it once to find a model and that was like 5-6 years ago (I haven't looked much there to find them, or tried to post myself). Jan 19 24 06:21 am Link So, a few months ago you chose to self publish an article bagging on “The games TFP models play” and even promoting it on this site. https://deanlautermilch.com/the-games-t … dels-play/ A now you are looking for ways to advertise to get more TFP models. And…you “Don’t mix money and photography” but you’re willing to spend money to advertise to bring in models who are willing to work for no money. Jan 19 24 06:34 am Link Adam_G wrote: CL is a mixed bag. Sometimes I get lots of good replies, but more often than not, especially lately, almost nothing. Jan 19 24 08:24 am Link DeanLautermilch wrote: DeanLautermilch wrote: paying everyone except the woman. Jan 19 24 09:48 am Link The problem you are having is that your living in rural area. I am lucky to live in a market with many possibilities. I often travel to Tampa and Orlando. There is always a meet or two every month and from there I get to meet models that I later work with. Most meets are on fb user groups, some on meetup site, and few on ig. I no longer do CL. It is a very sketchy site. MM is more about money nowadays. Jan 24 24 06:47 pm Link Dean, aren't you the king of TFP? I seem to remember your self published article .. Anyway, I let it be known that I pay models, and don't seem to have any issues with finding them. There are photographers and models using Instagram, Facebook, and even Tik Tok I suppose with various rates of success. It so happens that I use many various social media platforms myself, yet will not be leaving Modelmayhem anytime soon. Location and ones attitude are important. I decided out of curiosity to post on Reddit a similar question to yours as to where people are finding models to work with. Reddit by the way is gettiing huge traction as the place to go for very active forums to post and comment in. So to my surprise in a forum used by millions in "Photography" alone .. I only received 2 legit comments. a third was offensive as to what I wanted to do with models or some such crap. The two comments came from two photographers on here who said that they are successfully using Modelmayhem to find models. Apparently they do not read the forums. Jan 24 24 09:41 pm Link Part of the reason CL might be a mixed bag for finding models: it's pretty sketchy. The last two ads I replied to were from individual artists who wanted pornographic stuff. One wanted me to hold a mid-intercourse pose with a female model for an hour while he drew us both. And it was going to be TFD (time for drawing). The other had his setup in a hotel room and wanted to photograph closeups of me ejaculating on a bed. The ads themselves provided no hints of this. I'm not against erotic work if it's legitimately artistic but those both set off plenty of warning flags and I stayed well away. It's been three years since I last found what I'd consider a legit ad on CL. But I haven't had much luck elsewhere either... Jan 31 24 05:15 am Link I've got a couple of different projects coming up. One of them is a photo travelogue similar to the popular YouTube series "Wonderhussy Adventures" where we travel to cool and unusual places in and around southern NV that most locals don't even know about. The offer was geared more to influencers and bloggers that needed content to keep their audience, but it would have been good for some models too. Ads were placed here in the casting calls section, CL, and even a European modeling site that has a few members in the Las Vegas area. I listed the casting call twice on both MM and CL, once on the European site. MM results: 0 CL results: 12 'catfish' or other crazies, 1 legitimate response (who I'll be doing a shoot with) The European site: 3 (two of the replies were from Europeans that are coming to LV and 1 was a local that I'll be working with). At least one other model that I've met last year through MM but also has a listing on the European site will also be doing a shoot. It's disheartening to think that I can't find anyone through MM, but had no problem finding models via a website that mostly has members on the other side of the world. Jan 31 24 08:47 am Link My recent experience trying to book models: I’ve gotten some very affordable models on Craigslist, (who might have accepted TF.), though I get a notably lower response than in past years. I expect I’ll run into flagging or this will dry up in the near future. There are only a few local models on MM these days. They rarely log in and have never replied to messages. I’ve connected with models on instagram but never in my area and no resulting shoots. Even traveling models via MM are fairly rare, but there are several opportunities a year, but of course they seek far more than local talent and TF is out of the question. Jan 31 24 09:11 am Link My experience lately is that CL is still the best place to go, by far, for TFP models. I belong to several FB photographer/modeling communities and even in there, response to any casting calls is very minimal. I spend 5 bucks on a craigslist ad and I'll get 20 responses in an hour for the same project. Feb 14 24 07:08 am Link Shot By Adam wrote: The secret to getting models through the FB communities is by making up the name of an obviously fake magazine and saying the shoot is for the magazine. Feb 16 24 11:57 am Link SayCheeZ! wrote: Sadly, you are 100% correct. I'm always amazed at how people just drool over being "published" in a magcloud rag that nobody outside of the friends and family of those in it pay to actually get the thing. Feb 25 24 09:17 pm Link Adam_G wrote: CL is old men looking for escorts/sex. Mar 03 24 11:03 am Link Adam_G wrote: CL is old men looking for escorts/sex. Mar 03 24 11:03 am Link |
