Ok, here is the bait:

I am sure there are some photographers who want to model and some models who want to start taking pictures and become a photographer (well, there are some who do everything -modeling, photography, makeup, styling -and I admire them). I know some makeup artists were modeling before they became MUAs and some models were doing makeup before their modeling... Too many variations.

Personally: I could never model. I give terrible pictures. I hate being front of the camera. I don't have any pictures, not even snapshots in different places I travel (besides the one Michael Rosen and Mikey Boy took in Milwaukee with several naked beauties around me... I was drunk enough to say "NO" :-) I may seriously take classes and learn makeup some day thou. It would be always plus for my photography.

I want to know the photographers here want to try modeling and models want to try being behind of the camera... Most of all, ENJOY doing that vice versa action.

So, let photographers post their modeling pic samples and models post their photography samples here...

Cheers.

Max V.

I rarely shoot people:

http://www.deviantart.com/view/26232192/

http://www.deviantart.com/view/30319635/

http://www.deviantart.com/view/27625228/

http://www.deviantart.com/view/26231756/

http://www.deviantart.com/view/27623829/


Just a bit of my 'work'.
I just shoot for fun

Andria, I like them. Really...

Do you think behind the camera experience brings more understanding into your modeling?

M.

Hawaii:
http://josienutter.livejournal.com/486757.html

Vancouver, BC:
http://josienutter.livejournal.com/485509.html

Japan:
http://josienutter.livejournal.com/393515.html
http://josienutter.livejournal.com/393925.html
http://josienutter.livejournal.com/394486.html
http://josienutter.livejournal.com/394544.html
http://josienutter.livejournal.com/395341.html
http://josienutter.livejournal.com/395677.html
http://josienutter.livejournal.com/396073.html
http://josienutter.livejournal.com/396421.html



I need to go through my older photos and rewatermark with something less obnoxious.

I was a model first.  It was being part of the creative process that made me want to learn how to be a more active creator.  Now photography is my daily obsession.    My MM photography portfolio.

Yess!! I loove photography, I like working on both sides of the camera for sure

Taking photos yourself definitely helps with modeling… I mean you’ve got more of an appreciation for the time.. work.. skill etc that it takes to create a good photo.

And vice verse I've found that modeling has helped my photography improve.
I get to attend workshops for free (or even get paid to attend) I have experience working with professional photographers, more so then my peers in photo class at school anyway. You get the chance tp pick up tips here and there… different styles, new and different ways to do things..

my modelling profile

i was posing for art classes before i was posing for photographers, and the camera worked its way in there somewhere and i ended up a photographer myself.

i really wana learn how to be a photographer lol, i wish i had majored in it at school.

there's only so much they can teach you in school.
they'll cover the technical aspect, and offer some guidance on what has worked for others who came before you, but really, the best way to get good at photography is to take a ton of pictures and pay attention to what works -what gets the results YOU want- and what doesn't.

reading the manual that came with your camera helps too, i found out.

I walk the models through most of the poses in my shots, so when you're looking at em just imagine me.

Obviously they do a better job of making it look good than I do though, I don't quite have the ideal model body.