Image K wrote:
Am I the only photographer that's slightly offended here?

offend back.  don't work with that person.

but a question comes to mind.  why are you worried about them instead of worrying about you?

--face reality

Pryclss wrote:
You should be offended and that's coming from a model. I know a few photographers who have home studios and their work is wonderful! It's just more cost efficient for most photographers, I assume, and that way you don't have the problem of ever forgetting that favorite lens or other materials you love to use at shoots at home. Don't worry about her, she's probably one of those new models that charges $200 an hour and can't even pose.

I have to admit that she's very attractive, but...

You should see the shots on her port! They are sub-standard to say the least. Does this mean that she's not a real model?

Israel wrote:
Maybe you are the overly sensitive one if this thread offended you lol

Then again, maybe I'm being reasonable and balanced.

tgimaging wrote:

Then again, maybe I'm being reasonable and balanced.

Oh, I should have realized that calling people "whiny babies" was reasonable and balanced....

FaceReality wrote:

offend back.  don't work with that person.

but a question comes to mind.  why are you worried about them instead of worrying about you?

--face reality

Your point is well taken, Mr. Reality.

Israel wrote:

Oh, I should have realized that calling people "whiny babies" was reasonable and balanced....

Well, it applies if you get offended by some incorrect comments from a new member. Lighten up. LOL

tgimaging wrote:

Well, it applies if you get offended by some incorrect comments from a new member. Lighten up. LOL

I didn't get offended by the new members comments, I got offended when you started name calling.

e-string wrote:
You know what she means.

Or maybe you don't, since you posted this. She means point-and-shoot camera with crap lights you buy at Home Depot. She probably has no idea that good shots can be made in a home studio. I have several in my portfolio that were taken in photographers' residences - and I'm quite sure that no one could guess them all correctly.

Actually, I doknow what she means.

If she doesn't want to shoot with "crappy lights and a point-and-shoot" than she should have said that.

But that's not what she said.

Image K wrote:

I have to admit that she's very attractive, but...

You should see the shots on her port! They are sub-standard to say the least. Does this mean that she's not a real model?

I sent her a message and she told me her stuff was lost in a tornado(she does live in oklahoma...) and she was going to put it up soon enough.  Yeh it kinad rubbed me the wrong way when I read it.

tgimaging wrote:
I didn't know there were so many overly-sensitive people on MM.  LOL

Remember when you first started out, and didn't quite have it all figured out yet?

Cut the newbie a little slack you whiny babies.

LOL, okay, okay, you got us. But there's a difference between being a little naive and thinking you know what to expect and perhaps being a little too confident with no prove to back that up. Granted, you never really know what to expect until it happens, but at the same time it's safer and SMARTER to sit back and learn. We must crawl before we walk, young grasshopper! ;-)

Image K wrote:
I just saw a phrase in a very new and very inexperienced model's bio:

I don't feel offended coming from her. I just think that she is, like the OP said, very new and very inexperienced ...

Let her go around a little bit and let reality slap her right in the face... remember we were all (or most of us) new to the business one day and very naive about lots of things...

Maybe she thinks she can go straight from no experience, to Gisele Bundchen in a couple of days....

I'd like to see that

Luis

Israel wrote:

I didn't get offended by the new members comments, I got offended when you started name calling.

Does it apply to you? Are you whining about some small thing? If you are offended by what I said, apologies. I didn't know you were overly-sensitive.

So lighten up!

tgimaging wrote:

Well, it applies if you get offended by some incorrect comments from a new member. Lighten up. LOL

When I say "offended', I'm not on the verge of therapy over it.

I'll re-phrase.

Would "slightly annoyed" make you feel better?

tgimaging wrote:

Does it apply to you? Are you whining about some small thing? If you are offended by what I said, apologies. I didn't know you were overly-sensitive.

So lighten up!

LOL, this is dumb and getting nowhere! Lets drop it.

Image K wrote:

Actually, I doknow what she means.

If she doesn't want to shoot with "crappy lights and a point-and-shoot" than she should have said that.

But that's not what she said.

She's new. She doesn't KNOW the differences in terminology.

Image K wrote:

I have to admit that she's very attractive, but...

You should see the shots on her port! They are sub-standard to say the least. Does this mean that she's not a real model?

Nah, not really. She's just new and probably hasn't had the opportunity to photographers that can bring out her model qualities. Every photographer has their own little something, but of course you know that. Sadly though, her bio may keep those very photographers she needs from ever contacting or working with her. I agree though, she'll learn and then she'll get better!

grphx wrote:

I sent her a message and she told me her stuff was lost in a tornado(she does live in oklahoma...) and she was going to put it up soon enough.  Yeh it kinad rubbed me the wrong way when I read it.

I guess you figured out who the person is.

Nothing against Oklahoma- a beautiful state.

Maybe she is a little spoiled.

Israel wrote:

LOL, this is dumb and getting nowhere! Lets drop it.

Very wise!! It really wasn't worthy of  starting a thread over in the first place.

Pryclss wrote:

Nah, not really. She's just new and probably hasn't had the opportunity to photographers that can bring out her model qualities. Every photographer has their own little something, but of course you know that. Sadly though, her bio may keep those very photographers she needs from ever contacting or working with her. I agree though, she'll learn and then she'll get better!

I agree. It may scare the good photographers away.

tgimaging wrote:

Very wise!! It really wasn't worthy of  starting a thread over in the first place.

Then feel free to hop off the thread boys!

Good day!

Brian Cosgray wrote:
Whas she even worth worrying about?

Not worrying necessarily.

Just slightly annoyed at the phrasing.

Ted Mebane wrote:
What city is this model in?  I know better than to ask for her name.

Damn good question. I feel pretty lucky to be in Texas, I'm surrounded by great photographers: DBrown, Greg Daniels, Tallensharp, Tal Campbell, Gean, fodochow, Lithium Picnic, etc. But for models in small cities/towns, they have to travel to get this kind of talent and that of course takes money alot of new models may not have...