Kali Hyde wrote:

I didn't read anything...I'm guessing you went for acting too?

Did you go away for the weekend or just to the open call?

I only went to the open call in my local area to check it out. But after I checked it out it screamed 'give me your money for nothing'. After hearing about the 'amazing opportunity to get noticed'  I realized it was just an amazing opportunity for them to make alot of money off of young hopefuls wanting to 'make it'.


You're a needle in a haystack at those conventions. The girls who really do get noticed by the big agencies, those 'success stories' they drill into your head at the open calls, are the same girls who would get noticed if they just walked into their agency on an open call- minus the $1,000 attendance fee.

Kali Hyde wrote:

I am listening to the good advice, and the advice that I agree with. Not people who are saying things that I'm doing are scams and fake .. I'm the one that went to the convention, I'm the one that got signed with an agency.


But it wasn't a "REAL" agency anyways...so that doesn't matter. ha

Someone needs a slap in the face-reality check!

Mark Reese Photography wrote:

ME ME ME!!!!!!!!!! (Oh wait, was that a rhetorical question?)

Yeah, it kinda was, although I am considering my first nude shoot.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaanyway.....................who else?  I mean, you gotta give me credit for being honest about my attention whoring.

Cristina Ashley wrote:
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Kali Hyde wrote:

No offence but that doesn't mean they aren't good, and can't find me work.

No offense to YOU, but your pictures are awful so how good can they be?

Kali Hyde wrote:
It was a good experiance, they teach you a lot of things in the workshops.

Like what?

Kali Hyde wrote:
So lately it seems that a lot of people think that I would be more successful doing things that involve less clothing. Or going for a more trashier look. Some think I have more of a porn star face than a models. that kind of upsets me, I don't want to be in porn, or do anything involving nudity. It just isn't for me. I want to be a high fashion model.

I know my portfolio isn't anything special right now, a lot of you have already gone over it with me. I'm working on it!


It seems like there are a lot more job openings being offered to me in that line of work though..I don't know what to do. I don't have a problem posing in lingerie or in swimsuits..but everyone I say that to is like " Well then why can't you just step up one level to nude? "

Because I don't want to. I'm comfortable with my body. I just don't want to be portrayed like that. I've gotten offers for different magazines..Ones that I would have to be practically completely nude in, obviously.

UGH.

I haven't read anything past the O.P. so hear goes.. Because your port isn't very strong to begin with could be the reason. There is one guy I would recommend in Pittsburg and you probably already know who he is... You probably don't want to spend money on a photo shoot and in your area no one wants to sit in the park and shoot casual and catalog stuff with a not so strong model.

Many models are not strong negotiators, because if you're not willing to pay, you're going to have to negotiate some kind of deal on the photo shoot so that every leaves happy.

Does sex sell? Yes.. Sexy doesn't mean half naked, or half dressed, sexy is an attitude, sexy is the way you walk, the way you make an expression, the way your eyes pierce whatever they are looking at. Maybe a lot of photographers don't think you're sexy enough with all your clothes on, so they want to take some of them off.. Who knows..

Like someone else said, you can always say no...

Mark Reese Photography wrote:

Kali, I think that was meant as a compliment. You ARE gorgeous after all.

HEY, THANKS!



I keed, I keed.

As for the OP,

DON'T do nudes if you don't want to do nudes. 
DON'T go to New York if you don't have what it takes to make it.
DO listen to those that have more experience than you.  Paying money to go to a modeling convention, while not necessarily a scam, is kind of a waste of money.  You can do the exact same thing by taking your portfolio directly to those agencies yourself.  You don't need ProScout's "help".

As for your agents being real, there's only one question that will answer that.  Are they getting you work?  If not, your agent sucks.

Kali Hyde wrote:
Didiayer Snyder

That's Didier...  It's French.

Kali Hyde wrote:
and 'Click N.Y'.
and I took an acting workshop with Chambers Stevens.

*hands Kali something off the floor*

Here... I think you dropped these names... but you still didn't answer the question... What did you learn?

James Jackson wrote:
That's Didier...  It's French.

No, her name is Didiayer, and she's Australian.

James Jackson wrote:

Kali Hyde wrote:
Didiayer Snyder

That's Didier...  It's French.

Kali Hyde wrote:

No, her name is Didiayer.

Oh?  Host of "Amazing Vacation Homes"? http://www.didiayer.com/avhwelcome.html

Guess that taught you a lot about modeling.

Kali Hyde wrote:

I learned how to walk correctly on the runway, it was a runway workshop, that's what they show you how to do.

And the acting workshop was to make me more comfortable with the people who were going to be looking at me and watching every move I make. He makes you do things infront of a crowd of people to make you comfortable feeling like an ass. And it helped.

My mama dropped 600 bucks on one of these conventions for me when I was 12.  I remember really having a good time during these parts of it.  I got a call back from some kids agency, but they said no when they found out I was 12 and would be hitting puberty soon.  They thought I was 8 when I was on the runway.


I still am 8, right?

Kali Hyde wrote:
And the acting workshop was to make me more comfortable with the people who were going to be looking at me and watching every move I make. He makes you do things infront of a crowd of people to make you comfortable feeling like an ass. And it helped.

Really? I drank a martini the other night and was really comfortable on top of the bar dancing. And it only cost the guy next to me $6.75.

ha.
just kidding.

Melissa Lynnette wrote:
So I get back on here and see that this thread is still going and this chick is still only listening to the people who are telling her what she wants to hear.  That's great. 
Sooooooooo.....................who wants to see me naked?

Kali Hyde wrote:

What does that mean..I didn't shoot with them, I shot with Jeff. What does that have to do with anything..taking one sentance out of what I said to someone that wasn't you. Like, honestly what was the point of even doing that. I'm sure there are "well known" photographers on here, okay, so what?

Kali Hyde wrote:

Oh. that's just one thing that she does. She was Miss Australia too.

Sorry, James, but...owned. haha


I still don't agree that the OP has a decent agent, or even a decent attitude for that matter, but that wasn't the original question.

Carlos Arturo Velarde wrote:
Kali, the easiest way to prove your point is to take down the non-pro pics that make up your profile and replace them with the ones done by the well-known professional photographer you worked with from your agency.

When I get them, I'm going to.

Kali Hyde wrote:
Oh. that's just one thing that she does. She was Miss Australia too.

Kali Doom wrote:
Sorry, James, but...owned. haha

Sorry but the only one being "owned" is the person who gave away his/her money to listen to someone tell them how to walk.

James Jackson wrote:

Kali Hyde wrote:
Oh. that's just one thing that she does. She was Miss Australia too.

Sorry but the only one being "owned" is the person who gave away his/her money to listen to someone tell them how to walk.

Right.

Or you could pretend to know a lot about her and what she does/has done some more ....

James Jackson wrote:

Kali Hyde wrote:
Oh. that's just one thing that she does. She was Miss Australia too.

Sorry but the only one being "owned" is the person who gave away his/her money to listen to someone tell them how to walk.

I wholeheartedly agree with that.  I was basing my "owned" solely on the fact that she spelled the name correctly and all that nonsense.

Kali Hyde wrote:

When I get them, I'm going to.

I'm beginning to wonder if that phrase shouldn't say "IF i get them.."

James Jackson wrote:

Kali Hyde wrote:
Oh. that's just one thing that she does. She was Miss Australia too.

Sorry but the only one being "owned" is the person who gave away his/her money to listen to someone tell them how to walk.

I dunno man, I think you mighta-got owned.

James Jackson wrote:

Kali Hyde wrote:
Oh. that's just one thing that she does. She was Miss Australia too.

Sorry but the only one being "owned" is the person who gave away his/her money to listen to someone tell them how to walk.

For real.  You know how I learned runway?  By doing runway.  And watching the chicks who got paid the big bucks to do it.  You know when the last time was I paid someone to teach me how to do something?  Cheerleading camp in high school.  Maybe Kali needs to get some friends together and have a car wash to raise the money for her next workshop.

Constance Hilory wrote:
A porn star face? I'm not toally sure what that is.

A face that is you know whatting a you know what.

Kali Hyde wrote:
So lately it seems that a lot of people think that I would be more successful doing things that involve less clothing. Or going for a more trashier look. Some think I have more of a porn star face than a models. that kind of upsets me, I don't want to be in porn, or do anything involving nudity. It just isn't for me. I want to be a high fashion model.

I know my portfolio isn't anything special right now, a lot of you have already gone over it with me. I'm working on it!


It seems like there are a lot more job openings being offered to me in that line of work though..I don't know what to do. I don't have a problem posing in lingerie or in swimsuits..but everyone I say that to is like " Well then why can't you just step up one level to nude? "

Because I don't want to. I'm comfortable with my body. I just don't want to be portrayed like that. I've gotten offers for different magazines..Ones that I would have to be practically completely nude in, obviously.

UGH.

ugh...a lot of women say I have a porn star body. It's so offensive. I simply can't help how large I am.

Kali Doom wrote:
I wholeheartedly agree with that.  I was basing my "owned" solely on the fact that she spelled the name correctly and all that nonsense.

Ah... ok...

James == p0wn3d



In my mild defense, I know a Didier Snyder who is a fashion stylist in NYC...  I also know a Didier Gault who is a fashion photographer in NYC...  amongst a couple of other Didiers who all hate when you misspell their name.

Kali Hyde wrote:

When I get them, I'm going to.

Melissa Lynnette wrote:
For real.  You know how I learned runway?  By doing runway.  And watching the chicks who got paid the big bucks to do it.  You know when the last time was I paid someone to teach me how to do something?  Cheerleading camp in high school.  Maybe Kali needs to get some friends together and have a car wash to raise the money for her next workshop.

=O a car wash, what a great idea. It's winter in Pittsburgh.

Carlos Arturo Velarde wrote:
So is that Jeff Strout of www.stroutphotography.com?

Yes.

Kali Hyde wrote:

=O a car wash, what a great idea. It's winter in Pittsburgh & I don't need to raise money, thanks.

Pittsburgh?  Oh god, you're in the same city as my sister.  Do you drive?

SickShooter wrote:

No offense to YOU, but your pictures are awful so how good can they be?

*makes Home Alone face*