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Another no-show
I had two models scheduled for separate shoots, one Saturday and on Sunday (today), both have not shown up and not bothered to even made an attempt to contact me. I would rather hear a model say she didn't feel comfortable with nudes or just didn't feel like going than to sit and wait for another no-show. Jul 23 06 04:04 pm Link Time Warner cable no-showed me and told me they came but no one answered the door my bedroom (which i was in) is the first door on the right when you enter. those bastards didn't come instead of making excuses they could have called me, damn those no shows!!! Jul 23 06 04:08 pm Link MartinH wrote: At first I thought there was something in the Arizona water ... but ... well ... I guess there's a certain universality to it when ya come right down to it ... Jul 23 06 04:25 pm Link did they contact you to shoot or did you contact them? if they contacted you, make them pay a $$ deposit that is refunded after the shoot ... if you contacted them, then that's the breaks .. Jul 23 06 04:27 pm Link Seek Photography wrote: I added an acknowledgement on their OMP portfolio with the "Desire to Work With" option. They contacted me and I confirmed the time and date on Wednesday with a "awesome can't wait" response and they just didn't show up. Jul 23 06 05:39 pm Link MartinH wrote: Now this is an interesting post. But it would be 20 thousand times more helpful and meaningful if you said WHO the model is. Otherwise this is just like a personal rant...it goes in one ear and out the other. In this "Model Mayhem" world we are all connected to each other by who we work with, weather that be TFP or paid jobs. It is unfair that someone showed such carelessness for your time. A courtesy call would have been great but she didn't even give you that-I find that to be EXTREMELY disrespectful and unprofessional. Hmmmmâ¦â¦â¦â¦ Jul 23 06 06:05 pm Link oOoJESSICAoOo wrote: Honestly, it was a bit of a rant on my part, but you bring up a good point. One of the models contacted me through an ad I placed on craiglist, so I'm not sure if I should put their name on here. The other models are from MM and OMP so I figure they already have their name out there. So here it is: Jul 23 06 06:44 pm Link From my past experience it is some of the models on OMP and MM that do not show up. Perhaps they are not as serious as some about pictures etc. All of the professional models (signed with agency's) always have shown up when I was doing a shoot with them. Just an observation and a comment. I think the key word here is PROFESSIONAL. Obviously some of the models on here and on OMP are definately not! Jul 23 06 06:52 pm Link New rule: Internet models only work with GWCs Professional models work with professional photographers. Jul 23 06 06:57 pm Link There is something to be said for listing the name of the model so that other photographers can get a flavor for how he/she acts and how professional they are, or aren't. I am not opposed to a model calling to adjust a date or time but it really pisses me off when you drive to a site, lug equipment and perhaps an assistant only to have a No Show and to learn later that they "slept through the alarm" or they "were out too late and forgot about the shoot" or "their roommate had the calling card and the landlord won't let them make long distance calls". If this site is to be of serious use we need to treat it as a professional tool and help each other rather than use it as a social tool. It should send the message we take our careers seriously as photographers and if the models can't do likewise then perhaps they should go and play in some other area. Jul 23 06 07:15 pm Link Another modeling site, net-model, has a forum for photographers only for model references and one for models only for photograqpher references. Maybe something like that could work here? Ihad a no sho last summer where I was on the beach ready to shoot before sunrise and the model failed to show. After wasting my precious gas to get to Galveston, not that far but it was at the crack of dawn, I never heard another word from her. Another one as a no show twice at my studio. I no longer give second chances. Jul 23 06 07:29 pm Link I thought we decided on the tar-and-feather method of punishment....or was it public flaming? Jul 23 06 07:40 pm Link Some here touched on it and I'll continue. If you have been asked for a TFP shoot ask for a refundable deposit. If you ask then ask for a call confirming when they leave to meet you. Part of the problem is that models often see no real value in shooting with photographers for TFP. They think its free so its worthless. I'm not speaking for all the models on MM but many here have no respect for a photographers time and could care less about calling or cancelling. So what do you do about it? You have to act as a pro to be treated like one. I don't mean that you should be callous or mean but make sure that a model knows that if she/he doesn't call and confirm there's no shoot. Collect a depost whenever possible. If a model is a no show for whatever reason even if she calls ask for a deposit and if she refuses well she's a model you won't shoot. To me its become a huge joke, photographer after photographer complaining about this issue but most don't take steps to prevent it. Stand up for yourself and your art. Jul 23 06 07:56 pm Link oOoJESSICAoOo wrote: First: Very nice port, but you are wrong about one thing...elegance does get noticed..especially when one is as elegant as you Jul 23 06 07:57 pm Link |
