Today’s Post by Joe Farace
Daylight Saving Time ends on the first Sunday in November at 2:00 AM.
In my September 18 post, writing about the current state of finding glamour models on-line, I may have seemed a bit negative. So I decided to add some optimism to the process with a few simple tips for finding models that just may work.
Let’s start with this basic understanding: Finding glamour models is as easy or difficult as you want to make it. If you work at it methodically and consistently, you may—there’s that word again—discover that really good models will find you. Hey, it’s happened to me more than once. Maybe it can happen to you, Here’s two tips that can help you find models and they may work, maybe…
Tip Number 1: Let people know that you’re looking for models. It helps if you have a specific project in mind and have some examples of the concept to show them. For example, on this coming Monday I will be launching a new series and will be “tossing it out to the universe” to see what happens vis-a-vis finding new models.
As part of this process, show your portfolio/website/iPhone/iPad images to everybody that you know. Show it to your friends, show it to other photographers and show it to the waitress at IHOP. If people know that you’re looking for models, they may be able and want to refer new or aspiring models to you.
Tip Number 2: Another source of glamour models is referrals from other models that you’ve previously photographed. Even if you haven’t photographed them in a while, email your models asking them to tell a friend that you are looking for models. At the end of every shoot, I give each model several of my business cards and ask her to hand them to any of her friends who might be interested in modeling, even if that person may never have thought about it. Some photographers give referral fees to models for anyone that they refer and I’ve tried this particular method but it didn’t work for me, while just “tell a friend” has worked several times.
How I made this portrait: Joy was a friend of the amazing Pam Simpson and she had seen and liked many of Pam’s photos, so she called and asked to shoot with me. This portrait is from our second and last session photo together. As you can tell, she’s a natural. Pam also introduced me to Danielle, who I got to photograph several times before she moved to New Mexico. So this technique has successfully worked for me,
I photographed Joy in the breakfast nook of my current home using a Rotolight Anova LED light that was placed at camera left with daylight coming from a sliding patio door on her right and another window behind her, modulated with blinds—as was the patio door. The camera used was a Panasonic Lumix GH4 with Olympus M. 45mm f/1.8 lens with an exposure of 1/200 sec at f/2.2 and ISO 400. The image was color corrected with PictoColor’s iCorrect Portrait, lightly retouched and tweaked using the Glamour Glow filter that’s part of Color Efex Pro. And yes, she was a joy to photograph.