thomas melvin
· Photographer
thomas melvin
01/02/11 2:48 PM (Message read)
Thomas Melvin,
I wanted to send you an email and thank you for taking out the time for the shoot last weekend. I know that takes time and money on your part and I appreciate you doing so to help me expand my portfolio. However, I did want to share a couple of thoughts with you with regards to our shoot as well.
The shoot we had last Saturday will be our first and only shoot. I do not intend on ever shooting with you again for 2 specific reasons. First, you touched me entirely too much. Just like not calling or showing up to a shoot is frowned upon, so is touching the model. Don't forget this was not my first shoot, and unlike yourself, none of the other photographers touched me AT ALL. However, you did and did so quite a bit and I really did not appreciate that. It was necessary, inappropriate, and as a photographer you should have been able to give me plenty of direction without lifting a finger. Instead you touched me at every opportunity and I found that to be very off-putting to say the least.
In addition to that, I told you before we even got to the studio that I was not comfortable doing full frontal nudes, but was fine w/ implied nudes and you agreed to that. But then during the shoot your REPEATEDLY asking me to open my legs?! I know you saw the discomfort on my face and yet you persisted and continued to push the bar. Why!? I know you do this as a hobby, but that doesn't mean you should lack professionalism, and you definitely lacked that throughout the shoot, Thomas. I just felt a need to tell you this because you claim to love photography for the art of it and based on your work that appears to be true. However, based on your behavior during our shoot, I can't help but to think you had ulterior motives as well. This has been bothering me all week and I just felt compelled to say something about it to you rather than act out of anger. If you care about your reputation and the comfort of your models during photo shoots, then I would strongly suggest conducting yourself much differently than you did during ours.
-Danielle
