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"No show" status
I do not do BLIND anything for anyone at any time. I research. I network. I check out their portfolios. I contact photographers/models I know and trust BEFORE I consider a PT shoot. Do your homework...anything less is unprofessional and stupid. Nov 19 05 03:44 pm Link Kuree wrote: i really like the rating system idea...my only concern on here was voiced already though...we run the risk of people giving bad ratings because people won't work with them... Nov 19 05 04:42 pm Link Kimberly Dalsgard wrote: I like the idea as well. The rating system should not be based on who likes who. It should be based on professionalism. Nov 19 05 05:12 pm Link mollie_lane wrote: You are taking yourself seriously and that is wonderful. This is the way it should be done. Nov 19 05 05:15 pm Link I get no shows now and then but why out them its not worth it in the long run and besides models talk to other models... and if you out a "noshow" they will say that you suck to others b/c of that fact...Now you are marked as a D I C K H E A D then your % of no shows will just increase Nov 20 05 04:47 pm Link In 14 years in this business, I never had a "No Show" until 2005. I've always been selective about whom I work with and until recently this Summer, I never had a problem with "No Shows," or the one just as bad, "The Last Minute Cancelation." My policy on "No Show" models is that I do not reschedule them and will not work with them, nor would I recommend them for work. Basically....if you're like me, and you take the time to hire make-up professionals, block out the time, and pay for special permits to shoot in special locations, you feel it's just professionally disrespectful to not show or to cancel at the last minute. To me one is just as bad as the other. S...... Nov 20 05 09:30 pm Link i don't think that's a good idea. one persons word against another.. i think there might be a lot of lying and overexaggerating with something like that. you wouldn't want to ruin someones reputation because of a mistake they made and you just being bitter about it. Nov 20 05 10:41 pm Link Well I have been very lucky for my Traveling Photo Shoot Trips. In over 30 trips or about 10 years I have never had a no show model. I have had 4-5 no show when I bring them to Dallas to shoot and to get to know each other. But there is a good point of a no show. I can write off her airline ticket on my taxes. That is the best thing about a no show that I can think of. Now I have had a few models who did show and I wished they had NO SHOWED. But at least they came to town. There were at the shoot but they were not at the shoot. Oh well. bs Nov 23 05 10:50 am Link The only place I like flakes is in my cereal bowl. ;-) I don't care if you're a model, MUA, stylist, photographer or janitor. lol. If you commit to a project, then follow through. If you must postpone, or cancel, do so in a professional manner, and only for a legitimate reason. Those who don't make the rest of us, who put 100% into our work, look bad. Oh, and I've had one photog no-show or back out on me at the very last minute twice. Now he cannot understand why I won't work with him. I don't feel the need to out him publically, but I won't give him any more of my time. There are plenty of solid, professionally minded people I can work with. In the end, we make our own reputations. Those who are unreliable, in the end, hurt themselves the most. ;-) Nov 23 05 01:32 pm Link I like this idea but we would need away to system track for accuracy. What if we when you booked a model could post what day you were working with that person and they would confirm and it would appear on your pages. Unless each person confirmed the shoot it would never appear. Afterwards you write a comment about the shoot for all to read. I guess if there were some kind of online booking system where part were private (like terms of the deal) and part public it might be away to indentify people. The challenege would be to make it so that this system didn't get abused. For example, I booked a model. We spoke the morning of the shoot to confirm and she never showed. Since most people don't book with the intention of canceling, if we had both confirmed the shoot online, she couldn't deny that it was booked or hide from the no show. This works both ways. Any thoughts? Nov 23 05 05:07 pm Link BCG wrote: Damn, I should have played the cute card. I have had three "no shows" Nov 23 05 10:45 pm Link Michael Sloane wrote: Nov 23 05 10:58 pm Link Moderators: Is there any way the 16,534 threads on this topic can be merged into one giant super thread? Nov 03 06 05:45 pm Link |
