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Modeling!
Hi everyone!
I've recently become interested in the idea of doing some modeling work for the experience and the extra income! Is anyone involved in the industry who can point me in the right direction, and give me tips if they have any? I would love to do fitness work but realistically I need to step up my game if that's going to work out, which I plan to do.
Any advice, comments, and other things of the sort are very much appreciated. 🙂
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Hi 🙂 I've been a model for 4 years now. I have to say, it is hard to make any money, if you want to do fashion/fitness and so on. It took me two years, where I had to do a lot of free shoots, to build up my portfolio. I make money on it now, but it has taken alot of work, so you need to be determined.
I would suggest that you find photographers in your reach, that you like. Send them an email, saying that you wish to build up a portfolio, and that you would like to do it like TFP (nobody pays eachother, you both get pictures for your port) Then when you have some pictures, you can start contacting agencies, if you want. If you want to do it without any agencies, then upload your port to modelmayhem.com deviantart.com and facebook. Facebook has groups for models and photographers, and I myself have gotten quit a few gigs via facebook.
I do have to say, if you want to make money fast in the industry, it is most likely not going to be in fashion or fitness, but in babe/nude, and its important never to be tempted to do that, if you dont really want to. Also remember, when the pics are out (regardless of style) they will never go away. You have to decide if you want your pictures all over the internet. I know it doesnt seem like a hard thing, if you are not doing nudes, but when my fashion pictures started sky rocking, I found myself alittle overwhelmed.
One other important thing, practice. Practice in front of your mirror, doing poses and different faceial exspressions, because the photographer & possible co-models, will most likely not want to work with you again, if they have to pull it out of you.
I hope I havent scared you of or anything, But I know the industry, and I think its best to just be honest. If its the money thats driving and not so much the pictures, then theres a great chance, you'll get disappointed, because those first years, are rough.
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Thanks so much for replying so quickly, Steffie!
I haven't got loads of pictures of me that are usable on modelmayhem.com so I was thinking of trying to connect with am amateur photographer at my uni. I've got a friend who is an actor/pretty boy model so I feel fortunate to know someone who can help. 🙂
Out of curiosity, what did your first few shoots look like in terms of themes/styles?
Is this do-able even if I'm not very tall? I know I won't be what most places are looking for since I check in at 5'2".
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Well, first off, Im 159 cm, so yes you can do it even if you are short! 🙂 But it does require that you are a reeeeally good poser 🙂 My first shoots, were fashion. 🙂 I dont know how good your friend are at photography, but its important that they are somewhat professional. The more professional, the better. If youre friend is not used to using photoshop, you and him, can send the pics to me, and I'd be happy to edit them for you. For free. Always want to help out a starting model. You can check some of my work in my album here on sv 🙂
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And here is some more edits from a photographer I work for as a model and photoshopper. Everthing in the album is edited by me.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.365731633499193.83171.191948400877518&type=1
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https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.365731633499193.83171.191948400877518&type=3
The first link doesnt work for some reason 🙂
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Oh, you're not that much taller than I am! You're proportioned very well, you could have had me fooled!
Thank you so much for your kindness, Steffie. 🙂 I really love hearing anecdotes from people I know who do this sort of work because it's difficult to tell what's real, what's not, and what I can really expect.
I'll be sure to put a lot of practice in!
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Steffie, I absolutely love your work! You've got such an ethereal quality about you, it's lovely.
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Thank you sooo much Darling 😉 There are ways to "hide" your height in photos, which you will learn yourself 🙂 A good tip is to never stand beside a car. Aka no car-shoots for us smaller models 🙂 I do also get catwalk jobs, but ofcourse not as many as photoshoots. Anyway, feel free to write a message if you have any questions, or want something edited 🙂 I hope it works out for you, because it IS alot of fun, and you get to meet great, creative people aswell.
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