PGM

Models: Preparing for the Shoot

Wed March 12th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
PGM, Photography

Great article for models on what they should do to prepare for a shoot. I always wanted to write such an article for my Photographers Guide to Models series. Now I’ll just like to this article.

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New Model Guidelines

Wed December 5th, 2007 at 4:58 pm
PGM, Photography  |  2 Comments

I’m arranging shoots and got the question, “What should I bring?” for the umpteenth time and decided I need to make a generic answer to that. So I looked at my modeling app and realized I need to explain what each kind of shoot is, and “what to bring” is related to the shoot type. [...]

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PGM: Posing

Thu November 1st, 2007 at 2:38 pm
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This entry is from my series: A Photographer’s Guide To Models.

Pretty girls who want their picture taken are abundant. Models are few and far between.
What’s the differences?
A model’s got skills.
There are a lot of skills a model has, but the two I’m going to talk about are expressions and poses.
The cry [...]

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PGM: Model Managers are the Kiss of Death

Thu June 22nd, 2006 at 9:36 am
PGM, Photography

This entry is from my series: A Photographer’s Guide To Models.

If you are a goth model the kiss of death might be a cool concept, but generally it is a very bad thing.

I met a young woman a few weeks ago and gave her my card. She was cute. She was dress iconically, which I [...]

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Writing an Online Model Profile

Wed May 24th, 2006 at 5:33 pm
PGM, Photography

This entry is from my series: A Photographer’s Guide To Models.

Been cruising the online modeling sites today and can’t help but write something about profiles. By a profile I mean the actual text that goes with your portfolio.

Here’s a few bad things.

Saying you only want paid work when you have a crappy portfolio. There is [...]

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I Centered Writing

Fri February 3rd, 2006 at 5:06 pm
PGM, Photography, Series

“The Complete Book of Scriptwriting” (J. Michael Straczynski)

Babylon 5 used to be my favorite TV show. I loved the 7 year arch. So, being me, I jumped on its creator’s book on screen writing. In one of the chapters he talks about writing for one of B5’s most self centered characters, Londo Mollari. He said [...]

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PGM: Names

Fri October 21st, 2005 at 10:51 am
PGM, Photography, Series

This entry is from my series: A Photographer’s Guide To Models.

I realize some models feel safer if they don’t give their real name out on the internet. That’s OK, but pick a name that isn’t stupid, or that sounds like a stripper/porn name.

Really the more normal the better.

Here are a few I’ve been collecting from [...]

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PGM: Developing a Portfolio

Tue September 27th, 2005 at 1:28 pm
PGM, Photography, Series

This entry is from my series: A Photographer’s Guide To Models.

I’m not claiming to be an expert, but this is my take on what you can look forward to and what is expected of you by photographers.

Your first goal is to develop a good portfolio. A portfolio is a collection of [...]

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