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how many pictures should I take to an agency?
I am putting together my portfolio to take to agencies to try and get signed. I would also like to have a tangible one for when I meet with designers. I am wondering how many you need to show you have diversity and how many is too many to the point that it might bore them. Any advice will help. any suggestions on my current port will also help. Jul 20 06 04:50 pm Link Only present to them your best work. Currently, my book has 16 photos but I may cut a few and drop down to 12 or 10 to make the body of work stronger. People typically drop off comp cards to agencies (which have 2 or more images) in addition to showing their book. I figure if 4 or 5 images on the card or even a single polaroid is good enough to get signed, bring only the best! Jul 20 06 05:11 pm Link 12......if you haven't sold them by the first 12, 12 more won't help..... Jul 20 06 05:15 pm Link Only show WOW! images. No fillers. There is no quota. Jul 20 06 05:20 pm Link Daguerre wrote: Can you have more than one image from the same look, or should each shot be completely different? Jul 20 06 05:24 pm Link _Cinnamon_ wrote: I'm wondering the same thing. how different should they all be? if there are two different looks in the same outfit should I only bring one? because a lot of the pictures I like are groups from one photoshoot that just worked really well. should the pose, facial expression, and outfit all be different? or is just one variation sufficient? Jul 20 06 05:30 pm Link little apple blossom wrote: You definitely don't want to waste time with pictures that are the same. If they are WOW! then you only need one of that style. You want to show as much diversity and not bore... One variation is definitely not enough. Agencies want to see that you are versatile! As many different 'WOW AND AMAZE' shots you can get, with different poses, the better. It sounds really stupid, but you want to stand in front of a mirror and practice as many poses and expressions as possible. Once you know what angles look good for your face, and how to excentuate and hide certain things, you're set. Definitely don't want to repeat anything though, because keep in mind that these people are visually stimulated and see MANY MANY ports and models. They bore easy! Jul 20 06 05:44 pm Link Pick the ABSOLUTE BEST from the shoot. I try not to use the same girl more than once in my portfolio but if she has to make more than 1 appearance, it is a completely different look. Different hair, different makeup, different outfit, different location, different lighting etc. For models, I like to see diversity in her book. Images by the same photog are OK, as long as it doesn't appear as if they were all done on the same day (similar lighting, background, etc.) Once she starts posting 2 or 3 of the same outfit, it looks like she's digging and just trying to add filler. I rather see 1 WOW image, than 3 mediocre. Jul 20 06 05:48 pm Link on that note can you help me pick which of my four very similar ones on my port to put in, if any. I like them but I always like the one's other people hate and hate the one's other people love so I don't know! Jul 20 06 05:54 pm Link A good talent agent will be able to tell in 5 images. If they ask for more, then they are curious and think you have some potential. Show 5, have another 5-7 in the bag. Jul 20 06 06:00 pm Link That's hard for me because everyone has such different tastes and with only five images I may not touch on their taste, is this a wrong way of thinking? Jul 20 06 06:02 pm Link You should just walk in with no pictures and a bag over your head and loudly state: "Listen up people, you gotta risk in order gain...right?! Roll the dice here...who wants some!!?...Where do I sign?!.." And then flail your arms around holding a pen making sure to jab it into your fellow models wide open disbelieving eyes, ending there careers forever and lessoning the competition! Bingo! Jul 20 06 06:05 pm Link I am interested to know which agencies in Oregon sign models who are 5'3"? I was under the impression that even for commercial work there are certain height standards. Is that not correct? I'm an art model. This all confuses me.  Jul 20 06 06:06 pm Link Shyly wrote: Yeah, commercial is generally at least 5'6" and fashion 5'8"-5'9" minimum. Or so i've heard. But were talking about Oregon here....sooo....... Jul 20 06 06:07 pm Link Some of my friends are signed locally, only one is tall but she is with the only really good agency here, mode, however she said that very rarely they will take someone who is shorter if they like their port. Jul 20 06 06:11 pm Link I know there's been more threads on this, and I tried the "search" function for "portfolio photos", "picture choices" and more than I could think of, but no go. Scrolling back, these were the only two I could find. There was a great one on choosing photos and the type of photos. Can't find them. https://www.modelmayhem.com/posts.php?thread_id=61638 https://www.modelmayhem.com/posts.php?thread_id=56731 If I run across them I'll repost. Generally 5-15 max. Looking at your new stuff, the expressions are very much the same on most of them. The Portland market isn't that great. Seattle is better, but you might not fit up there - it's more fashion. Jul 20 06 06:25 pm Link |
