Walt, MM lists 7 young ladies who live within 25 miles of Paduca, Kentucky who will work TFP (ie trade-for-photo).
All you need to do is come up with an idea for a shoot, eg theme, location, wardrobe, any props, and approach these folks with your shoot description. If they think your shots will benefit their portfolio they'll agree to it. Be prepared to show some of your best work (edit brutally) and they better have people in them. :-) Here's one who is a fitness and bikini model: http://www.modelmayhem.com/1648238 If you read her resume it says "some experience". If you examine her portfolio you see that she's had one fitness set of pro-level shots done and a whole lot of snapshots. She needs more good shots for her portfolio. She's a good candidate to approach. She may want gas-money if it's a fairly long drive to the location. On a first encounter they'll likely want to bring a friend. You can put the friend to work holding a reflector or helping keep the model's hair tidy. Anyways, good luck! On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Walt Gilbert <[email protected]> wrote: > On 4/27/2012 7:15 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> >> On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 9:12 PM, Walt Gilbert<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On 4/26/2012 7:23 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: >>>> >>>> Practicing my retouching. Getting quicker now ... >>>> >>>> http://www.flickr.com/bruce_m_walker/7116760695/lightbox/ >>>> >>>> K20D, DA* 50-135/2.8 @ 50mm, f/8, 125th, ISO 100 >>>> Two Elinchrom BX500 RI strobes with 24” softboxes >>>> >>>> Model: Katelin Popiel >>>> >>>> -- >>>> -bmw >>>> >>> Rawrrrr indeed! >>> >>> Great shot, Bruce! >>> >>> I know a young lady who's the spitting image of that model, and I've been >>> pestering her to let me take photos of her for about a year now. She's >>> only >>> 19 and gets hit on a lot by older men, so I figure that's the biggest >>> obstacle I have to overcome aside from the fact that I suspect she >>> doesn't >>> really know how serious a pursuit photography is for me. >>> >>> Maybe in a couple of years. >>> >>> -- Walt >> >> Thank you! >> >> >> Walt, my advice fwiw: don't expend energy trying to persuade reluctant >> folks to sit for you. Once you discover that there are people who will >> crawl over broken glass to have you photograph them, you'll forget all >> about the reticent ones. >> >> Even if you manage to sweet talk or bribe a reluctant or shy person >> into posing, unless you are lucky (or very skilled) their discomfort, >> even mild, will show in the pictures you get. >> >> Put the word out through your family and friends that you're looking >> for willing portraiture subjects, and that you'll give them shots in >> return. Tell them to ask their friends and family. Mention that you >> need help and practice -- people like to help. >> >> Walt, what city are you in? I can do a quick search on Model Mayhem for >> you. >> >> Once you have a bit of a portfolio, show that to people. You'll get >> more positive responses once you can actually show folks what you can >> do. >> >> -- >> -bmw >> > Thanks, Bruce -- for the advice and the offer to help out in finding models. > > I'm in a bit of a sticky situation in that regard, living in a town of about > 350 people, and the biggest town within reasonable driving distance being > about 35,000 (Paducah, Kentucky). Though, despite the lack of a big > population center, I don't really have that much trouble finding people to > pose for me. In fact, I constantly have people asking me if I'll take > pictures of their daughters/sons/grandkids, etc. The biggest challenge is > getting people to follow up after they ask me. I've come to the conclusion > that, for a lot of people, when they find out you're a photographer, they > just like to say things like that as a means of small-talk. > > Normally, when someone asks me to do something like that, I stipulate that > I'm not by any means a pro photographer with a studio and lighting and > backdrops. At that point, they say, "Oh, I don't care about that! I'm sure > you'd do a great job!" Then, they never bother contacting me about it. > > Which is really OK with me, to be honest. Whenever I try to talk someone > into posing for me (like the young lady I mentioned), I'm looking to take > very casual portraits. I manage to get decent results whenever I do it > completely impromptu -- even when they're shy or reluctant. I just try to > catch them in unguarded moments. (I'm not quite sure I'd be all that > comfortable in a formal "sitting" situation, myself.) > > I guess my approach could be best described as getting someone to simply be > somewhere (or tell me where they're going to be), let them just do what they > do and be who they are, and tell them to just try to ignore me -- or at > least pretend I'm not there. That's why I like to shoot at gatherings and > events. I just love capturing candid moments, and I'm pretty good at putting > people at ease once I've had a chance to mingle and blend in. > > > -- Walt > > -- > 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
