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Can you see the Hustler
Here is the question, Can you look at someone (Photographer, Model, Stylist, Make-up) default port picture and tell that the focus is a hustle to get your money. Don't get me wrong, Money is a great thing. I just think it is better when it comes in at thousands from real clients. Like advertising agencies, Magazines, Record Companies, Corporate Accounts, Catalogue Companies, Etc. Quite often, I can look at someone work and tell (before click onto the port), if you are not talking with or about money, it is a waste of time. For all whom use this site as income, this is not in any way a judgement. More power to you. Bill. May 17 06 12:27 pm Link You talking about me?  May 17 06 12:30 pm Link sometimes, but usually there's a Playboy or a Penthouse stuck in front of it. May 18 06 07:40 am Link bill wylie wrote: How can you tell just from one picture that someone is a hustler? I would say after reading their profile you can tell. May 18 06 07:54 am Link Read their profile for sure will let you know alllllll about that person....Oh dont forget to read between the lines also..there hidden stuff too. May 18 06 09:24 am Link I'm not here for the little fish. May 18 06 10:04 am Link Are ther big fish here?? Woha, I must be using the wrong bait altogether!! May 18 06 10:43 am Link I am a little confused by this... Not really sure what you mean or what the goal of your statement is...? Are you saying that if someone is money oriented that it is a negative thing? Or are you saying that it is obvious when someone is attempting to get your money through devious or decietful ways? I am pretty much money driven through this site. I need the money. I do it because its something that I am skilled at, and because I enjoy it on some levels, but I do it because I need to pay my rent and one job just ain't enough. Does that make me a hustler? Or is there some other distinction that I'm missing? I think I'm confused... May 18 06 07:01 pm Link No more than the original poster!  May 18 06 07:07 pm Link Nat wrote: Bingo... May 18 06 07:12 pm Link NC 17, My statement was not base on judgement of a hustler. There are just some folks whom are Hustler's And within some cases, the default image speaks in terms of that. However, we all know that MM is filled with Hustler's. For the Good, Bad & Ugly I just wonder if anyone else can spot them at first sight Bill. May 18 06 07:19 pm Link Thanks for the clarification... I suppose so. I think it has a lot to do with attitude. Its like people that are swindlers. You can spot them from a mile away in a store before they attempt to approach you to sell you some cheap piece of crap you don't need. Like a jar opener. I mean maybe if I had athritis (I can't spell...)... but yeah. Conclusion? Hustlers and swindlers are bad and so are jar openers. They're all a waste of space! /tangent... May 18 06 07:22 pm Link bill wylie wrote: I can't. To be honest, I have been watching this thread, hoping someone would eventually help me understand how you can tell from their avatar.... May 18 06 07:25 pm Link Iona Lynn wrote: Heck no, I can't even get time scheduled with you to GIVE you my money. That avatar is false advertising... May 18 06 07:26 pm Link NC17 wrote: You call that a clarification!? May 18 06 07:27 pm Link Angel Tara wrote: I have to agree with you on this. I guess I don't look for the bad in others. May 18 06 07:31 pm Link Mister Bill, Your question is odd at best. First, you are asking, by looking at the main pic, (prior to opening their port), that the person is a hustler? I certainly hope you're not doing that stuff with the fumes of toxic glue again... I maintain that there is not a lot of money to be had in these thar hills. The photographers are tight fisted and don't let go of their money often, the model's don't want to pay for the photographer's services, and it's evident that clients rarely use these sites to obtain models or photographers, I have never heard of a magazine or legit casting coming out of here or OMP. A friend of mine owns a successful modeling agency, he has maintained a steady roster of 15-20 models over the past 5 years on OMP and hasn't got one paid job, just a lot of "trade for pic" crap, he has cleverly nick-named; OMP = Online Model Pimps , basically because there's constantly some mini-series drama going between photographers and the models and very little business being transacted. I would be interested what motivated your question, it's a rather unusual post, care to share the source of this manisfestation? Nick at Night May 18 06 07:43 pm Link Randall Fox wrote:
May 18 06 08:25 pm Link pw-gii photographics wrote: Clear as pea soup! May 19 06 09:10 am Link bill wylie wrote: May 19 06 09:19 am Link Nat wrote: I'm not sure I agree with you on this. Reading a profile is just that - reading something someone has written. You don't hear the inflection in the voice and maybe the person cannot write well (especially in English if English is not their first language). If you look at the portfolio you can see their work, but that doesn't mean that they are only in it for the money - just that their work is represented by those images. May 19 06 09:27 am Link May I see the Hustler? May 19 06 10:15 am Link Sir Nick, I happen to love human motivation. Which in my mind is the essence of our work. I really enjoy looking below the surface of an image. My attraction to the subject matter of "Hustler's" is based on the choice a talent will make, for that default image. I feel that the default image speaks in volumes. Is the default simply our best image. Or is it the turn key to make other's look. And to probe further, what is the motivating desire to make others look. I think there is (in some cases) the desire to " Hustle". I just wonder if anyone else can see the "Hustler" above or below the surface. Bill. May 19 06 10:33 am Link bill wylie wrote: Now I know why I failed "philosophy and human psyc" in college. Way too deep for me. I'm just a one banana person. May 19 06 10:56 am Link bill wylie wrote: Mister Bill, May 19 06 11:00 am Link bill wylie wrote: May 19 06 11:08 am Link bill wylie wrote: Wait up here.... Wouldn't it be a wise idea to use the Avatar image as the most marketable image, not necessarily the best image? I was in sales for some time and to me, what makes more sense is the use of the image that is going to intrigue the most amount of people so that you can introduce them to even more of your portfolio. You may have a superb image as your avatar but if it doesn't get people to move forward and view your portfolio than how successful is your portfolio? (if a tree falls in the forest does it make a sound?) May 19 06 11:10 am Link Bill , given your claim- I think you have some sort of psychic ability .You should channel it to make some money May 19 06 11:11 am Link |
