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Would you take it as a compliment or an insult when upon meeting a photographer for the first time he says that he didn't know what you would look like in person because you "look like a different person in every image in your port" and that your "true self" was not being represented? Aug 15 06 01:07 pm Link I'd have a hard time not laughing at the photog.. I understand the sentiment.. But that line is turning into the photog version of, "What's your sign." Aug 15 06 01:10 pm Link I got told that once too and I took it as a compliment! Tyra never looks the same in any of her shots neither does Adriana, or ... you name it. You have a gift, run with it Aug 15 06 01:10 pm Link Bev wrote: Is the guy a photographer of philosophist? True self! Does anyone ever show their "true selves"? Aug 15 06 01:11 pm Link I say it everytime I meet a model for the first time. Comp card shots, head shots, on line shots hardly ever look like the "true person". Aug 15 06 01:14 pm Link Bev wrote: I would be amused. Aug 15 06 01:14 pm Link I would take it as a weirdly-worded compliment. The #1 comment I have heard from photographers is that I'm "very versatile," which is basically the same thing, and I think this is a good thing. A model who looks exactly the same in every picture can occasionally be useful, but not for much. Aug 15 06 01:16 pm Link FKVPhotoGraphics wrote: Does anyone even KNOW their true selves? Aug 15 06 01:19 pm Link seriously, though...DOES anyone know their true selves? Aug 15 06 01:20 pm Link It depends on the situation. I met an MM model this weekend at an event & I recognized her because of her large one of a kind tattoo. But if it weren't for that, despite having seen MANY photos of her, I wouldn't have recognized her. Her face didn't look anything like any photos of her that I've seen. Aug 15 06 01:23 pm Link Bev wrote: Neither. He/she doesn't know who your "true self" is to know if you portray it or not. Personality comes out in photos a lot of the time I think. Besides. . .actors and actresses take being a different person every time they're seen as a compliment. Aug 15 06 01:46 pm Link I would demand to see a butt print Bev. I have to be sure it's you. Aug 15 06 01:50 pm Link I'll make you famous> Aug 15 06 03:49 pm Link i hear that all the time, or close enough. i heard it so often for a while that i put a note in my profile that explicitly states that all of my images represent some facet of my true personality. take it as a compliment. diversity and contrast are good things; it is simply a shame that some people don't seem to understand that. Aug 15 06 04:27 pm Link Bev wrote: I've gotten that too.. Aug 15 06 04:31 pm Link UnoMundo Photography wrote: HAHAHA!!! Aug 15 06 05:10 pm Link Thanks all! Carina Comeau wrote: I'm pretty sure he meant it as an insult but I'll take your advice! Aug 15 06 05:13 pm Link I photographed a young lady about 15 years ago and when we were checking out the prints in the lab at school, a few people took a peek and said "Who is that?" She was right there!! I did not think she looked the same either. In person, she was a cute slender redhead with a fun smile. On film (all we had back then!) she was a stunning radiant beauty. Don't know how she did that. Aug 15 06 10:34 pm Link I don't see any reason WHATSOEVER to take it as a insult. Were you, perhaps, in a exhibit called ''the real me'' and none of them or even the sum total gave him anything of the real you... thats reasonable, we are far more than a picture, its just a comment and that's fine. He prob really didn't know what to expect - you have versatile looks here 'well done'! As a model on here you are supposed to be able to create different looks so thats fine! Aug 16 06 01:05 am Link Rather than believe that each of us has a true self, I believe that we play a series of roles: mother, wife, lover, father, husband, etc. When I was a teacher my son was once in the back room where he could observe. He said that I was a completely different person in the classroom than the father he knew. We assume different roles depending upon the needs of life. If we have a "true self" it is the composite of all of these roles. I think a good model is able to adopt different roles, just as an actor does, depending upon the need of the image. Aug 16 06 01:13 am Link Bev wrote: Bev wrote: Wierd and kinda silly. Is his next line "what's your sign?" Aug 16 06 04:48 am Link hehe, I'll go with WG Rowlandâs "What's your sign." analysis. But when you come to L.A., I'll be glad to provide a second opinion.  -Glenn Aug 16 06 04:55 am Link This thread made me think about the pictures I see alot of models post in there ports and I often observe that models frequently have ports that are constructed as if they were a photographers portfolio. Meaning that the pictures might be great, even fantastic, but are often more a show piece for the photographers skill rather than really showing off the models looks. When I go looking for models I am frequently frustrated because their ports lack any "here I am" pics. Pics that are a good representation of their face and figure. A models portfolio should make the viewer think "That model is great" not "That model sure has worked with some great photographers". Right now a model I have worked with who has just a knock out face and figure has a port full of pics that dont show her figure, her number one asset, hardly at all. I know how great she looks because I have seen her but looking at her port youâd never guess. So, yaâ¦sometimes we photogs use that old clichéd phrase but clichéâs become clichéâs from being true all to often. Aug 16 06 07:35 am Link |
