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What is up with the models on here that have cell phone camera pictures. I mean, I understand you have to start some where, but come on. They pictures aren't even flattering! Can 'models' with self taken pictures expect to be taken seriously? Jul 29 06 03:15 pm Link I especially love the models that require to be paid based on a portfolio of cell phone taken images. Jul 29 06 03:18 pm Link my cell phone does not have one but it does have a flashlight Edit: picture of my non camera cell phone with flashlight coming soon edit: see built in flashlight Jul 29 06 03:22 pm Link Laura Elaine wrote: I had cell pics when I got started. I didn't know any photographers in order to get TFCD's and such (and I was much to poor to afford to pay someone), and it was a way to put my face out there while finding photographers willing to do test shoots. Jul 29 06 03:23 pm Link The cell phone pic "wannabes" have no real interest in modeling in my opinion. They post those pictures on a modeling site such as MM, so they can tell their friends; "Hey look at me, I'm on the internet!" I don't contact them for shoots; i'ts guaranteed drama. Jul 29 06 03:24 pm Link Should 'models' with self taken cell phone pictures be aloud to have profiles on here? I had some self taken pictures when I first started, but I worked my ass off to get photographer to work with me so that I would have to have self taken pictures. I have seen a 'model' that has been on here for months and she dosn't have a single real photograph, taken by someone else yet. Idk. I guess I am just being dramatic. Jul 29 06 03:26 pm Link i think i'm gonna show up to a shoot and just take fotos with my cell phone. haha Jul 29 06 03:28 pm Link Zach Watkins wrote: That would be so funny! I could sent you the links for a girl that is all about cell phone pictures, and you could set up a shoot with her! muahahahaha!!! Jul 29 06 03:38 pm Link One reason for cell phone photos is that a few of the magazines out there that deal with photography....have been running articles about how "immediate" the image is......and how "intimate" the quality..... One even ran a whole article about some dude who went coast to coast snapping pics with his cell phone...then went on to a display them in a show.....and all these so-called photo critics oooohhhed and aaaaahed....this new "vision".... So I guess all of us who still believe in learning the basics, using professional equipment and paying our dues are just "old hat"....... All it takes is one "immediate", "intimate" and "new vision" model to believe all this crap and a lot will follow her lead.... Jul 29 06 04:16 pm Link i think i started off with one or two camera phone pics and look at me now ..but i did take some with my normal camera too so it wasnt all bad. lorna Jul 29 06 04:19 pm Link I got my first two modeling gigs [and they were paid] with these self-taken photos. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/ … 99dfdb.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/ … fe8485.jpg They were so crappy that my MM profile was denied. So I'm wondering how models with cell phone photos of themselves drinking with their friends are approved.. Anyway.. I think it's okay for people to do that so long as they're serious about it. Jul 29 06 04:28 pm Link Wynd Mulysa wrote: Wynd is cute...but ...did you clean up your apartment ? Jul 29 06 04:31 pm Link UnoMundo Photography wrote: That was like the day after I moved into that apartment. So my stuff was everywhere. . Jul 29 06 04:33 pm Link Benny wrote: I think that just might be more useful then the camera (which I have STILL not figured out) on mine...My boyfriend's got a flashlight on his and I'm ALWAYS borrowing it... Jul 29 06 04:38 pm Link I applaud the models on here that ... when they sign up.. they do have professional pictures or professional-looking pictures ready to go at the start. Heck, use your senior pictures from high school if you must. Jul 29 06 04:40 pm Link Wynd Mulysa wrote: The first work I got was with self taken pictures, but it's like what you are saying about the cell phone photos of drinking parties. I had only self taken pictures on here for the first few weeks, then I worked with some photographers and took down the ones I took ASAP because I didn't want to be looked at as a 'girl with pictures' I wanted to learn and to be taken more seriously as a model. Jul 29 06 04:43 pm Link Laura Elaine wrote: i'm down. i just ordered a motorola v3x its a good 2mp! Jul 29 06 04:53 pm Link Zach Watkins wrote: It's funny but it's not. Just like when the nameless photomagazine gave a bunch of pros point and shoots and said have at it. The pictures were simply stunning. The same could be done with a camera phone they are this decade's point and shoot. Jul 29 06 05:02 pm Link Cecil Sharps wrote: I agree with you 100%. My boyfriend took some really amazing pictures of me for a photography class he took and they were only aloud to use this little toy camera that cost only $20. They turned out amazing. Jul 29 06 05:18 pm Link My gf has a d70 and a wonderfull eye. When i ask her to send me a self portrait guess what get's whipped out and sent to me over hotmail. Jul 29 06 05:26 pm Link Cecil Sharps wrote: Yes...and I've seen and read all of them......and true...some of the photos were excellent......and I've also been through the "Diana" school of shooting.....a $5 plastic camera/lens...... Jul 30 06 12:24 am Link Geez, guys, c'mon already! Get off your high horse. Decades ago, when I went to college, the photography courses were organized as follows: beginners used 35mm SLRs & learned the basics of exposure, development, and printing; intermediate photographers used view cameras & learned advanced techniques like the Zone System; and advanced photograpehrs were given a $5 Diana plastic camera the didn't focus, had light leaks, and had maybe 2-3 exposure settings. The concept is that you can get so tied up with technical details that you forget that a photograph's aesthetics are more important. One of my favorite photographers of all time, Diane Arbus, wasn't all that skilled with her techniques. In fact, I'm pretty sure that if she were alive today, she'd be quite happy with a P&S digital camera. Alternatively, let's all criticize Van Gogh for his choice of inferior paint when he painted "A Starry Night". Get over yourselves, and let the poor model start somewhere. And yes, my camera is bigger than yours. Jul 30 06 11:37 am Link Looknsee Photography wrote: I was in art school less than a decade ago, and that's exactly how I learned... Jul 30 06 11:42 am Link I know a photographer who had pictures he had taken with his cell phone, and they were great actually...If he wasnt a friend of mine first, i still would have shot with him...just cause they were really good.. Jul 30 06 11:43 am Link I think cell phone camera pictures are the coolest thing in the world. Too bad I don't have any. However, I have seen some collages and stuff done with cell phone photos that are actually quite interesting. Jul 30 06 11:43 am Link I'm about to do a test with a model who has so far only sent me camera phone pics. Poor quality, badly lit, and all that, but at least I've got a good idea of what he looks like. That wouldn't have been possible ten years ago, and I would've had to have taken his word that his description of himself was accurate. They're better than nothing. Jul 30 06 12:03 pm Link Laura Elaine wrote: How about the "MALE MODELS" who took pics of themselves with point&shoots and are just on here to meet female models!?!?! Jul 30 06 12:18 pm Link You learn something new every day. No wonder we as professionals are finding it harder and harder to get paid for our talents. Why not just use Color Forms? Or cut out paper dolls? R- Jul 30 06 01:41 pm Link RED Photographic wrote: I agree that it's better than nothing, but look at it this way. The model that you are going to be doing a test with is actually trying to model. The people I am talking about are the ones that have been on here for months and months and still don't have one image from a photographer other than themselves. Jul 30 06 03:34 pm Link i had done quite a few shoots before i even owned a camera phone....but, it's interesting, all the time i spent playing around with self portraits and that phone actually taught me a fair amount about posing and angles....i agree 100% that there is a problem with those "models" who have nothing but phone images in their portfolios after months, but i see nothing wrong with them as a starting point....i actually like seeing those in portfolios every once in a while--it's interesting to see how a model sees him/herself...i have one in mine... Jul 30 06 08:39 pm Link Jul 30 06 08:47 pm Link i saw a cell phone camera that went down to 50 iso. holy crap that a lower iso than my nikon d70s.. Jul 30 06 08:48 pm Link Naw, those pictures shouldn't even be on a port. *look who's talking haha!* Although, it would be nice to have one unprofessional shot at least. Maybe a polaroid or something similar. I enjoy "blank canvas" so to speak.. and quite the curious kitten when it comes to finding the real, raw, natural beauty behind it all. I have one pic via cellphone cam on my port. It has the most comments for its artistic potential though!! (Of course they are ALL going when I begin shooting..) Jul 30 06 08:52 pm Link Jul 30 06 08:53 pm Link Laura Elaine wrote: I completely agree. I mean, everyone knows that you should start off with an incredible portfolio. In fact some people are even born with them. You shouldn't start off with photos that simply show what you look like so that people can make judgements on whether or not to work with you... rather you shouldn't have any photos at all and simply beg photographers to shoot you and convince them through words and despiration alone that you deserve to be in pictures. Jul 30 06 09:03 pm Link FKVPhotoGraphics wrote: I'm not arguing that someone should show up with a motorolla flip phone and do a photoshoot with it. I am arguing that you can get amazing shots with most anything. Jul 30 06 09:07 pm Link Nothing wrong with cell phone pictures!!! As a photographer I want to know how the model looks like not how well the picture is 'produced' Too many times we photographers rely on model portfolios "too" well produced ... and when we see the model in the real world she looks nothing like her portfolio. Cell pictures of nude models are specially usefull for us, art/nude photographers, to evaluate model's potential. I've hired models based on cell pics many times before and was never disapointed. Jul 30 06 10:38 pm Link I do right now just because I have a new hairstyle. I haven't had a shoot for months, and I just don't want to set something up and then show up with pink hair! Jul 30 06 10:54 pm Link David Scott wrote: I don't even HAVE senior pictures! (We couldn't afford it back then) Jul 31 06 01:27 am Link I applied with some pretty bad shots, but at least they weren't from a phone. 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