Hanging out
June 26th, 2009
A while back I edited my profile on Model Mayhem with the aim to cut down on the number of models contacting me wanting me to shoot them. I was getting way too many messages that essentially said:
“I’ve been modeling for 15 minutes now and I’ll be coming to your area and I think you should shoot with me. My rate is $300 an hour. And I don’t shoot nudes, so don’t even think about asking me to pose nude.”
I try to respond to my messages, but it was becoming increasingly difficult to remain polite when I wrote back to those models. I kept wanting to say, “Are you nuts?” “Did you even look at any of my photos?” “Who told you you could be a model?”
Anyway…instead of sending messages like that I wrote a profile designed to frighten those models away. It seems to be working. The number of messages like that that I receive has dropped dramatically since I did the new profile.
But, one of the joys of places like Model Mayhem is that occasionally a model reads all that stuff on my profile, looks at my photos and still wants to work with me. And the ones who do that have a wonderful tendency to be both very talented models and very nice people.
Kelsey Dylan is the latest of these fantastic models who I’ve been blessed to be able to work with. She contacted me saying she was moving to Seattle next week and really wanted to do a shoot with me before she left the area. If you look at her portfolio you’ll understand why it was just not possible to say no to her.
So, I decided to give her a real workout and find out just how sincere she was about doing this shoot. I told her to meet me at my studio yesterday morning at 6 a.m. so we could do some outdoor shooting at dawn. Not only did she not hesitate to get started that early, she actually showed up early. Now that’s my kind of model!
We spent most of the day shooting in two outdoor locations and two indoor spots after the sun came up too high and hot for outdoor work. I’m overwhelmed by how many successful photos we got. That’s Kelsey in the photo up top at the first location we visited yesterday.
You folks out in Seattle better be paying attention. This is one fantastic model. Work with her. You’ll be glad you did. And you’ll find yourself in the company of a delightful, beautiful young woman.
Thanks Kelsey. I’ll be looking for a way to work with you again.
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