That's a shame Bill, I've enjoyed many of your model shots. Is this because many of the models are amateurs or just starting and not used to the demands of studio work? Years ago I did a number of model shoots with both professional and amateur models, and the professionals were by far the easiest to work with: they expected to work hard, have changes of costume, not afraid to show some skin, but the new starters amongst the amateurs were much more difficult.
John in Brisbane -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of William Robb Sent: Thursday, 31 December 2009 5:27 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: I'm done with "models" I've had it. Too high maintenance. Too frustrating. Too much drama. This past year has been incredibly frustrating for me. I had wanted to hone some of my studio skills, which are getting decidedly rusty. I arranged about a dozen shoots during the entire year, five happened, none were especially satisfactory. Last minute cancelleations, flakes, models not prepared to shoot (cancelling after they walked in the door) was more the norm than shooting. I shot this on my kitchen counter last night. Personally, I think it's one of the better pictures I've taken this year, and I didn't have to wait for a no show. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/newer_still/4362.html I think I'm going to spend 2010 shooting rocks, flowers, blades of grass and old wrecked buildings and cars. The portait studio is closed until further notice. I'm done with that crap. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
