Journal

Sep
30

Day 33 The wait!

Worst thing in life is waiting. Ok. I might have to take that back. Waiting in traffic is pretty bad. Mine is more about once you have done a casting and you wait. You wait for the responses. You wait for people to figure out their schedule. It is time watching the clock and wondering if you are going to get the answer that you are looking for. It is the wait.

The best thing for me to say to you who are also waiting is to make sure that the person knows that you are waiting. Your time is valuable and if you offered them two dates. Let them know that those dates are not going to be on hold for them forever. That you can make your wait shorter with a little nudge in the right direction.

Sep
27

Day 32 Printed Memories

I love the apps that let you print out your pictures. I love the albums that I have collected over the years that have brought me back to some of the best and worst memories of my life. I love that when things go wrong that I can look at a very beautiful beach sunset. I love when I am just angry, I can tear up a pic that reminds me of that situation or that person.

Sometimes I have a pic and I have it for inspiration. Sometimes I have a pic and I just want my world to morph into that. Now if only I would be able to walk into that picture and have that journey.

Sep
24

Day 31 Critique?

I had a conversation the other day and I was a little baffled by it all. I had someone who had been shooting for a very shot time period tell me that I needed to be on a certain platform of social media. I digress. I am on various social media and don’t have time to keep up with them all. And then there is the fact of you can’t be social if you are updating all of your social media all of the time!

I appreciate the critique. I find that we all do our modeling businesses differently. We have our quirks. How we operate might not work for some but, then it works for others. You just have to find out what works for you. Some people love that they take a selfie about everywhere that they go. Some people work well with live videos. There are a million ways to have your presence and make your own footprint. Whether you walk your own runway in heels, flats, or running shoes…it is all up to you. Just take the critique as that.

Sep
20

Day 30 Really you bailed?

I had a few people who had messaged me about shoots and then nothing. I think that they call is ghosting. I am not sure what I would call it other than being annoying. It is work to network. I can’t tell you the hours that it takes to get things planned. I can’t see just throwing things together and hoping that they turn out ok.

I had one photog. His initials are MB and I used his conversation as a lesson to others. I was like. He came to me and said that he wanted to book me again and then once I again gave him information, he bailed! Had another model who wanted to meet and the day before, his initials are SK, he says oh I can’t meet now. I get that things change but, if you are NOT going to communicate, then I have an issue. I guess I need to start issuing a modeling hall pass?

Sep
17

Day 29 Back to Business

It is time to get back to business. It has been some time since I have been able to book some shoots and get some new images up and going on my site. I think that I have my blood pressure incident under control.  Too many doctor visits that I have now done. I am ready to get this calendar booked. I have a ton of new props and outfits that I am hoping to get shot before the end of the year!?

I am limiting things to the Atlanta area. I also am only working with people who can fill out a booking outline. It is not that hard. I find that people who are not interested in making their modeling or photography a business, they won’t fill it out and that won’t work. I need to have all of the details nailed down before I waste time and the shoot does not happen.

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