Monday, May 5, 2014

New models!

The modeling world is tough.  I recall a time,  many many years ago,  heading to a bunch of the "big agencies" in LA.  Portfolio packed with jobs and images I was proud of.  Appointments made, outfit perfect and...

"Too old, too short, too fat.  Goodbye."

Brutal.  Whoa.  "Help me to understand this!" I asked the guy who had taken and perused my portfolio at a top agency.   At twenty, I was too old.  I learned, "Lie about your age."  Great.  I'm 18 again.  Short? Can't grow, the higher the heals the better, but, this one could not be overcome.  I was 5'7'' 1/2 - (gotta get that 1/2 in there!)  And too short by 1/2 an inch.  Too fat?  Yeah.  I had lost jobs because my "bones were showing" - and in LA, I was too fat.

Just because one agency wasn't a fit, didn't mean others wouldn't work.  I kept knocking on doors.  I gathered feedback from top agencies.  And applied it - when it was logical.

Recently, I had the privilege to shoot a "new model".  I have a feeling that she will, if she chooses, have a great career in front of her.  Her mother, by the way, models as well. Good genes certainly help.

Check her out: (This is a screenshot from our shoot.) See more images on this link:
Link to Aurora's Images