November 2011
Spilled.Milk: Models at Photoshoots: Escort, or no escort? →
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Should I have a Chaperone?
By request of Mr. A.
This ridiculous question gets dragged into forums on at least a monthly basis, and chaos ensues. Old timers roll their eyes and say ‘bring one - otherwise the photographer will chop you up into little pieces and stick you…
See, it’s not even me that says I need an escort!
So, attention to all photographers that have been complete asses to me about needing to bring someone with me: I have a major medical condition that may lead to me passing out and possibly ending up in the ER. Don’t believe me? Not only am I very open about the medical problems that I have, my medical problems have been published. Please, check out the article about the shit I have to deal with, and have had to deal with here: http://www.fmcpaware.org/media/newsletters/fibromyalgiachronicpainlife2011sepoct/index.html
And to all of the photographers that have had no problem with me bring someone: THANK YOU for allowing me to make precautions for my health and allowing me to continue doing what I have a passion for! I really cannot thank you enough for understanding that I’m not bringing someone to make you nervous or because I’m afraid. <3
(I disagree with some things said in this post, like saying an escort inhibits the model because I am more comfortable with someone there, but what I just talked about is more important than going on about what I disagree with.) :)
October 2011
Way do I have a feeling this shoot is never going to happen?
Photographer contacts me about shooting together. We go back and forth many times about location, theme, etc. and even other models to involve in the shoot. The last message I get was “Let me get the details together and we’ll work out a date and time.”
That was a year ago.
Yesterday I got another message just asking “Hey, it’s been a while. Would you be interested in a XXXXXX or XXXXX theme?” We went back and forth once or twice and I told him I would be interested, but it’s been an entire year and I would therefore no longer be available for a TF shoot with him. Last message I got was “Let me get the details together and we’ll find a date and time!”
Yeah… this is never going to happen
How DeviantArt has amused me today:
- Someone tried to argue that simply because I was naked in a picture that it was an entirely sexual image and was therefore not are. (Because somehow boobs negate artistic quality, lol.)
- Someone actually asked me if I dyed the roots of my hair to match my skin tone… because I guess there are people that would actually do that.
I seriously burst into laughing when I read both of those.
Problems with Model Insider...
So, I’ve been actively entering images into various PotD and PotD 18+ contest for a little bit now, and most of the time I have no problem, but today I’m just pissed off…
A couple of weeks ago I entered an image into the PotD contest on Model Insider. I knew the top was sheer, but it was similar to shots I had seen posted in that contest by others, so that’s where I entered it. I received a message from someone who oversees the contest saying that the image “contains visible nudity that disqualifies it from entry in the contest. The open weave of the top you are wearing gives clear view of the areola, which is not allowed in the POTD - the image would be fine in the POTD 18+ contest.” So, the image was removed from the contest.
Yesterday I went to enter images into their contests again, and I was using an image from the same exact shoot, so (because we are still wearing sheer garments that allow you to see nipples on both models) I did what I was advised to do in the message I had received and entered it into the PotD 18+ contest. I just received a message from the same person saying that nothing about the image makes it so it should be in the PotD 18+ contest, so it was removed.
Ugh… so, according to the messages I received. Images with sheer garments that allow the viewer to see nipples don’t belong in either contest.
So, ATTN: MODEL INSIDER - WHERE AM I SUPPOSED TO ENTER THESE KINDS OF IMAGES, SINCE EVERY TIME I TRY I AM APPARENTLY WRONG.
(I would just like to point out that both images were not removed from the contests that I entered them into on ModelMayhem, and seems to have stricter policies.)
——-UPDATE——-
I just got a message about how what determines whether an image is in the PotD contest or the PotD 18+ contest (when sheer fabrics are involved) is actually the kind of fabric that is sheer, and not actually the amount of nipple/genitalia that is able to be seen through said fabric…. /facepalm
——-UPDATE——-
And now I get a message saying that once he finally looks at the image, he realized that it actually did belong in the PotD 18+ contest and that he was wrong and removed it for no reason. Ugh…
Fuck people.
Finally able to celebrate Halloween how I want to!
Halloween has always been my favorite holiday, and because of that I have always celebrated for the entire week leading up to Halloween with costumes every day, and the best one for my actual Halloween costume. Because I was in school and had band practice afterwards, they usually had to be small costumes over normal clothes, but this year I can go all out!
So, I will be doing multiple Halloween sets with Pissed Off Pistol Photography this year for my celebration of Halloween. I have 7 sets for the week before Halloween, 1 set for the Day of the Dead, and and extra set brought to you by an awesome fan for sending me what’s needed for it!
So, you’ve got 9 awesome Zivity sets coming for your viewing pleasure! It’s going to be a lot of work on our part to basically nonstop shoot shoot shoot and edit, but it will be worth it!
=^.^=