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show me the polaroid!!
i give permission for anyone to slap my face off IF I DONT demand POLAROIDS instead of settling for a bunch of decently shot, SUPER RETOUCHED pics of girls next time i schedule a shoot. SHAME ON ME, I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN. i recently did some testing with some girls from MM and other internet girls and i nearly lost my mind. the shots online ARE NOT WHAT I SAW IN PERSON, and i dont think its right. dont tell people you are a model, dont show people decent shots of yourself, and then show up looking like an old, SHOT OUT lady. or, just ugly. after scheduling hair and makeup, pulling from Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue, scheduling private jewelers to come over, investing all of this time, and then you show up looking like ASS, its just un-fucking-believable to me. OUT. Oct 02 06 08:40 pm Link uh...ok Oct 02 06 08:54 pm Link Ouch! Maybe they just shoot better than they actually look. ?? Oct 02 06 08:56 pm Link I concur with the OP!!!!  Oct 02 06 09:02 pm Link  Oct 02 06 09:11 pm Link go-sees a must! Oct 02 06 09:14 pm Link Just a pointer, I learned a long time ago not to shoot with any model that I have never met. Looks being the last reason. FWIW Oct 02 06 09:18 pm Link Shame on you! Couldn't you tell their images were tainted with Photoshop? You should have known better! Well, at least you'll never do it again... for your own sanity's sake... Lesson learned for you hopefully... Casting calls happen for a reason! Oct 02 06 09:21 pm Link This is why I don't mind when a model has a couple [not 20] digicam shots in her port. No offesne intended, but a lot of photographers are in loooooove with photoshop, sometimes to the exclusion of what the model actually looks like! Oct 02 06 09:33 pm Link now you know why agencies ask for poloroids. Oct 02 06 09:51 pm Link ok I just sent this polaroid to an agency today: No makeup, white tank, what ya'll think? I mean, its a polaroid, Not much you can do:  Oct 02 06 10:22 pm Link I can see where you're coming from.. I guess some people def. look better in photos than in real life, if you're a model, that's not necessarily a bad thing though... Because on the other hand, at almost ever shoot I've been to, the photog has told me I look even more beautiful in person... While I def. take the kind words as a compliment, it's kinda bad for me I would think, because it means that I don't always photograph well. I guess you can see both sides :] Oct 02 06 10:28 pm Link I experienced a lot of that first-hand when casting for a green screen shoot in Los Angeles. Either the photos contain tons of makeup/photoshop or the photos were straight-up outdated! Oct 02 06 10:45 pm Link ANNABELLA wrote: Jeez who took that? Oct 02 06 10:50 pm Link Ugh, myboyfriend actually. Why? From what I heard a poloaroid is just a polaroid.I went to Click wit all my polaroids and they picked this one out of the bunch cause they said it was the most clear.Don't think they really care how its cropped as long as they can see my face clearly. Oct 02 06 11:18 pm Link What are you doing down there in the corner? I often hide in corners, but I'm Batman. Oct 02 06 11:28 pm Link Ched wrote: ^^^^ that's why. yes it's just a polaroid, but it still needs to be composed half way decently. Oct 02 06 11:29 pm Link Polaroids are cool....loved 'em since I was kid...it was like watching magic appear.... and oh yes concur with the OP. Oct 02 06 11:32 pm Link Ransom J wrote: Well Click didn't complain. Again, like most people always say on the forums: Don't ask us the questions: ask the agencies and they'll let you know what they want. And they picked this one from the bunch I had even though the others were centered. Oct 02 06 11:32 pm Link if you went through all that trouble to prepare for the shoot, why not call an agency? but i don't disagree with your frustration. Oct 02 06 11:33 pm Link ANNABELLA wrote: Well pick one that's centered. And i didn't complain either. i asked who shot it. Oct 02 06 11:34 pm Link robin basile wrote: I had a shoot awhile back, I had several models come as I was unsure who would show up. The one who seemed to have the most experience from her Bio came looking like death warmed over. Had been out all night (her words) hair looked like dead worms and skin like leather. Another one smelled so bad my stylist nearly puked on her. Another showed up with one shirt besides the one he was wearing but was a hard worker so it was sort of Ok. I had asked them each to bring a suit as the idea for the shoot required it. Oct 03 06 05:40 am Link ANNABELLA wrote: Except maybe stand in the middle of the shot. Oct 03 06 06:36 am Link When a client is involved ior a shoot is important, why skimp on a model? That's a pretty key piece of the puzzle. Agency girls or meet them beforehand. Do your homework. Oct 03 06 07:20 am Link well, i have been very lucky. i only have worked with girls from next, wilhelmina, karin, etc. so, honestly, i just assumed, HA!, that the chicks were going to look like their pics. just wanted to share about the nutty experience, and, to all the fake and frauds out there, who "THINK" they are models, YOU ARE IN SOME MAJOR DENIAL. if i put the before pics up, i think everyone would have a heart attack. these girls had *GIANT NOSES *TERRIBLE SKIN FROM HEAD TO TOE *GREASY HAIR *TERRIBLE HANDS AND FEET *GIANT INSANE FANG TEETH *SOUR ATTITUDES *COMPLETE MUMMYS now that it's over, i can laugh about it, but while i was retouching, i was kicking myself in my fat ass. : ) Oct 03 06 08:22 am Link Ched wrote: haha that made me laugh. Batman freakin rocks Oct 03 06 11:31 am Link ANNABELLA wrote: I wish more models would have one photo like that in their ports. Man the Photoshop is outta control! Oct 03 06 12:26 pm Link Stephen Melvin wrote: Ok. So I sent this pic out Monday and got a call yesterday to meet wit a local agency on Friday. And here I was worried that they'd care it was off-centered. Oct 05 06 12:23 am Link It just needs some cropping. Maybe airbrush out the towel rack. Oct 05 06 02:40 am Link shit. When I have ton of makeup and they photoshop the hell outta me, I cannot recognize myself and i look 20 years older. I mean, the photo may be cool and all, but who is that girl? I also noticed that all photographers have a very diffeent style shooting and after work. Some really putting a lot of stuff on our face and some just like us bare and true. I guess it depends. Personally I like when I can reconize myself and my friends can too. Oct 05 06 02:48 am Link Always a good idea for a meet and greet, and a test shoot. Always suggest an escort, and if the escort looks better, shoot her instead. Oct 05 06 02:56 am Link Dredful Jaymz wrote: Always? I don't have time for meet and greets and I don't have patience for escorts. Girl shows up, I take pictures, girl goes away, I edit and retouch, send someone the pictures, everyone's happy or it doesn't work and you start over again the next day anyway. Oct 05 06 03:00 am Link This is exactly the reason I will not shoot a model I have never seen face to face. If a model is not prepared to spend time on go-sees then she does not deserve the work. Too many models have too many photoshoped images in their portfolios. Photoshop is a tool that should be used by clients in post production only. Oct 05 06 03:03 am Link Ched wrote: That would be cool if it always worked that way. If it does for you, more power to you. Oct 05 06 03:05 am Link jmc wrote: Please send me more information about your pending international legislation designed to make this possible. Oct 05 06 03:05 am Link robin basile wrote: And you varied from a winning formula for a full out test instead of a go see? Oct 05 06 09:33 am Link Teresa P wrote: Agreed. I've often been told I look different in pictures. Some side of me comes out that you don't see with the eye. I don't really get it but I'll take it, hehe. And fwiw I always go to a shoot with hair and makeup ready to start I just think that's the professional way to go; unless a MUA and hair stylist are involved. Oct 05 06 06:34 pm Link |
