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I've had this happen 2 or 3 times now, and each time I am not really sure about it. Basically someone - a photographer, agency rep, model manager, male model - starts a conversation through Facebook or Instagram which ends up in "Please send me photos for evaluation of your talent." To which I tend to reply that my best work is already posted on model mayhem and Instagram. Yes, I have other photos on my computer, but I don't consider them to be any better than what I have already posted. It's hard for me to articulate what makes me uncomfortable about these interactions. One thing is that they tend to be very urgent and insistent about it. But also, if they are simply "evaluating my talent" and I point them to my model mayhem page (or eventually my website), then shouldn't that be sufficient? Partly, I am uncomfortable firing off high-res images to someone on the internet smply because they asked for them. I would be interested to hear from models who have been approached in this way and also photographers and how they feel about their copywrighted images being shared. Jun 30 19 12:16 pm Link Are these people approaching you first? I smell something fishy going on. Trust your instincts. Jun 30 19 12:21 pm Link You have a good selection on your MM port.
If these requests come from agency specific email addresses then you could contact the agency directly to see what they need. Odds are they've never heard of this person and it is a fake email account. Not that hard to set up. If they are just random Bubbas with gmail accounts, I would simply block them and move on. There is no good reason for a photographer to need high resolution images to evaluate the possibility of working with you. Jun 30 19 12:23 pm Link It's doubtful you're missing any significant opportunities (if ignoring, refusing to comply with, or opting to block the users) when it comes to these kinds of requests as they are most likely driven by ulterior motives.
Simply put: If they're genuinely associated with "industry" (real industry, not Instagram-based "Talent Scouts", etc.) and actually had an interest in working with or representing you, they'd approach it entirely differently and with no need or request for you to email them directly with further or additional hi-res images. *It's rare that any person who is in a position or capability to significantly escalate one's career or visibility (Agency, Talent Scout, Model Manager, etc.) approaches models in this manner for "Talent Evaluation," let alone reaching out via Instagram at all. As far as requests from photographers, specifically... Shadow Dancer wrote: Agreed. Jun 30 19 02:12 pm Link ROUA IMAGES wrote: Ditto Jun 30 19 02:48 pm Link I agree with others. No way would I send hires images. In your case, I'd fear what came next. Jun 30 19 05:23 pm Link I agree with everyone else. Don't send out high res images! Jun 30 19 06:11 pm Link Going to play devil's advocate here and say why not share high res images if asked by a legitimate agent or anyone else. Especially someone who you may expect to pay you or who has great work. I'd ask the person why they needed the photos and if their reason was sound share them. Jul 01 19 06:35 am Link Tony Lawrence wrote: The OP has already given a very good reason for not sharing in that she probably does not own the copyright and is not free to share without the express written permission of the copyright holder. If only other models were equally aware of this issue, we would all be better off. Jul 01 19 06:52 am Link Ayla Gray wrote: Anybody who is too lazy to look at your portfolio before making the above request is not worth working with.
Jul 01 19 06:55 am Link Rob Photosby wrote: Publication of an image isn't the same as sending a high resolution image and again I see few reasons not to share some if asked by a potential photographer or client. Again I would ask why they would want the photo. Websites like this 'compress' images and maybe they want to see details.... I don't know why someone would want a high res. shot but in the world I come from you do what possible clients ask for. Jul 01 19 07:02 am Link A suggestion for a graceful way to handle these requests: My usage license with my photographers does not allow me to forward any copies of the images and they do not provide me with high res images, anyway. My portfolio is all I can offer at this time. Jul 01 19 09:57 am Link I bet they ask hi-res nude photos too? Jul 01 19 02:23 pm Link While certainly most of these requests are scams, I usually don't want to see a model's social media. I want to see 3-5 great recent photos and I don't want to have to sort through tons of other irrelevant, old, or amateur pics. However, even then there is no good reason to send hi re photos to anybody who does not actually book you work. Anyone who wants to work with you should be able to provide 3 model references to validate their reputation. Jul 01 19 02:56 pm Link Since your a Model. It be easy to just say that's the highest rez. you have of the images. If they push it. Just tell them that's all the photographer would given you. Images that where made for the Internet. As a photographer they should understand that. Jul 02 19 10:28 am Link If they need high-rez images, most likely they're for making prints (to sell?), submit them for publication, sell them as stock, or post them for download on a porn site. Jul 02 19 01:40 pm Link Jesus... some of you folks. Anyone today can download thousands of high resolution great images of nude models for FREE. Do you think for a second some magazine is going to publish photos of a model with no release? Again, OP judge the request by who's asking. If its a male model, no. Random photographer, no. Possible paying client or agent then possibly, yes. Jul 02 19 11:35 pm Link Tony Lawrence wrote: Last September 50 million accounts were hacked on Facebook.
Jul 03 19 11:13 am Link Shadow Dancer wrote: How does what you've written connect to anything? If a possible paying client or high level photographer or even a real world magazine or agency asks for a high resolution image you send it. Someone has suggested maybe a magazine plans to publish the shot. Really? I can't imagine any sane published doing so without a release. Another is maybe the plan is to sell the photos? This when anyone can download beautiful large resolution images for FREE .
Jul 04 19 01:44 pm Link Tony Lawrence wrote: No, the idea is to find out who is actually asking for the photo.
Jul 04 19 01:58 pm Link Shadow Dancer wrote: Okay then ask the photographer if its okay to send the image. I mentioned RAW but the OP only said high resolution image. Identify theft? Some of you folks come up with all kinds of convoluted reasoning. I know some of you think your work is special but 99% of the time it simply isn't and nobody is trying to steal your work, sell it for stock, claim it as their own or sell it to magazines or porn sites. By the way its pretty easy to take a on-line image and use free software to create high resolution image with no to little loss of detail. https://makeawebsitehub.com/resize-images/ Jul 04 19 02:18 pm Link Tony Lawrence wrote: We agree on something although I would say that 99.999% of "some of us" have photos that have no monetary value whatsoever, myself included.
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