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Standards have dropped in the Tampa modeling industry 1. Standards have dropped in the Tampa modeling industryStandards have dropped in the Tampa modeling industry. By C. A. Passinault.
Agency TFP and dumping the modeling portfolio market 2. Agency TFP and dumping the modeling portfolio market
The difference between TFP and professional collaboration 3. The difference between TFP and professional collaboration
Amateurs pretending to be professionals 4. Amateurs pretending to be professionals
Studio training wheels 5. Studio training wheels
Stumbling in the light 6. Stumbling in the light
The aftermath 7. The aftermath

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Stumbling in the light

Going back to the event where I was banished from the shoot area, the models were all very new, too, and this one model, who was giving me a stuck-up attitude, did manage to tell me that she had only been modeling for two months. Two months! Surely, that gave her the right to have an attitude (even experienced professional models know that it is never a good idea to treat others with disrespect). Oh, she knew what she was doing! I smiled. Whatever she wanted to think. If she thought that I was irrelevant in the modeling industry, let her think that. Both ignorance and making assumptions are self-defeating. She’d be selling herself short, and she would know it once she looked me up online and realized that her attitude cost her any chance that she’d ever have of working with me, and that I was certainly worth working with. As if any of these photographers could do anything for her modeling career anywhere near what I had to offer, as I’m much more than just a good photographer. Hey, if the new model wanted to be stupid about it, why not? In this business, you never make assumptions; you always find out facts before you commit yourself to any course of action. Regardless, it is sad because, other than one other model, the girl certainly had talent, and a lot of potential; potential that her stuck-up attitude would surely shoot down. Poor kid.
I accidently added her as a friend on Fakebook a few days later, and once I figured out that she was the one who had annoyed me with her unprofessional attitude, I defriended her. I also defriended all of the other so-called “models” at that shoot, as I figured that they were tight with certain photographers, and therefor compromised. Their loss, and not mine, especially as I knew how they all really were. I didn’t want to work with them.
So, the shoot started, and I hung out with the mother of the model at the pool. We started to talk about modeling, my experience as a photographer, and about the industry. I also told her that some of those new models had attitudes, and even if they had been professional models, that there was no point to having an attitude. They were being rude to me? Whatever. Here’s some rope. Go hang yourself with what you are doing. I have no shortage of models. They were the ones who had a shortage of photographers, and they all needed the career help that only a professional photographer could give them.
It was all downhill from there, too, with the shoot.
While I waited for the photographers to finish shooting in the studio set, I talked to the mother of the model and some people who had overheard our conversation, but were not involved with the shoot at all. So, the irony was that, without even trying, I booked a composite card design job (praying that I would not end up fixing the mistakes of other photographers trying to make their pictures work in the comps, which has happened to me in the past), as well as a modeling portfolio photography shoot from a mother who wanted to get her 16 year old daughter into modeling. Meanwhile, those photographers, who had paid money to shoot amateur models in risque photography which was totally inappropriate for any new model, toiled away doing whatever it was that they were doing.
The minutes stretched into hours. The photographers were still shooting inside their studio area, using simple studio photography sets exactly like most new photographers do when they first buy equipment and do their first shoots, using a studio set-up as training wheels. One of the photographers was using an F 2.8 70-200 telephoto zoom lense, which is an awesome lense for modeling portfolio work on location, but for which I could see little use in a studio set-up (I asked one of my photographers, another professional, about it afterwards, too, as no one there could give me a good reason why he was using that lense and if the pictures were coming out well. Well, my photographer suggested he was trying to get close-ups, which made little sense since he was using a matte background which did not have to be blurred out with a minimal depth of field, AND using such a lens would have altered the proportions of the face of the model in ways that would not have been as flattering as if he had used a shorter lens - an acceptable compromise on location, but not in a studio. I brought that up, and then my photographer was at a loss, especially when I told him that the photographer was less than ten feet from the model. Boys with their new toys......... If I get a chance to see those pictures, and if they are good, I will be the first to admit it. Maybe he shot at 70 MM? Sorry, amateur, but you have to go short in a studio!).
Then again, it is rather pointless to sit down and try to analyze what an amateur photographer does with good equipment, because there is often no method to what they do. They experiment without instruction, and that’s fine, at least for them. Maybe they will get it right, and become a better photographer, one day. Maybe. That is, if they do not wear out expensive equipment in the process, first.
To my dismay, I saw “models” straggling in, hours late, to the shoot. Because I was banished outside, they were not introduced to me, and they subsequently did not know who I was or why I was there. This led to problems later. I was not, however, impressed with them showing up so late, because had they been professional and on time, the situation would not have been awkward later, because they would have known who I was (Pictures of me on my sites are rare, so, while I would expect people to know the name and the sites, I do not expect people to recognize me in public. This will change. The last time that I was recognized in public by strangers I did not like it, and it was because I acted in a lot of television commercials in the Tampa Bay area, during the mid to late 90's, when I was just a kid). The one professional model who was supposed to show up, and get paid for doing so, never did. That impressed the hell out of me, too (I’m being sarcastic here). Perhaps she realized that, even if she was getting paid $100.00 or $200.00, or whatever it was, that it wouldn’t have been worth it because she was a professional model and she wouldn’t have been able to get good pictures from amateur photographers. Even paid, it wasn’t worth it! That says it all right there!
Professional or not, she was still a no-show, and that was noted, as I am evaluating wether or not I want to work with her (and her collaborating with amateurs, guys with cameras, is something that I’m not thrilled about. It’s fine is she is charging the photographers and is helping to make them better, but I’m not sure if that was the case. Also, she knows who I am and about Tampa Bay Modeling, because she sent Tampa Bay Modeling an email in 2008 inquiring about getting involved with the site. I still haven’t decided, although she is a really good model, so she can impress the hell out of me by being the best professional model that she can be. I am already collaborating with several professional models this summer, after taking a break from collaborative projects since 2007, and these models have a good chance of being featured on my modeling sites, so I certainly have no shortage of excellent models. I can be picky. If she decides to make my decision for me and pass, well, it’s her loss. She can continue to work with amateur photographers, and we’ll see how far that gets her; they are certainly not me, and she isn’t going to find anyone out there like me, or anyone who can do what I do, for that matter. Again, I’m a lot more than just a good photographer; I do not have the limitations that most photographers have).
Tardy and irresponsible models were something that I had learned to work around over the years. The professional commercial photographer who was there told me of TFP shoots where 8 models were booked, and only 2 showed up. He told me of a swimsuit modeling shoots with models who were supposedly professional. The models were paid in advance, and didn’t bother to show up. Of course, he also said that the photographers who had prepaid the models for a job messed up doing so (this is obvious). I told him that I don’t have those issues, as I really don’t. People being flaky might be the norm in the freebie TFP/ TFCD modeling photography hobby world, but I work with real professionals, and these instances are rare for me.
I remember shooting a calendar project back in 2002 with a group of four models in downtown Tampa (Ann Poonksem, Shayna Seaman, Jinelsa Rosado, and Jessica Sturges. I also allowed their escorts to tag along and participate; Ann had none since we had already worked together, Jinelsa had her sister and her mother, and Jessica had her mother. We had decent-sized group). As I had booked five, this one, an NFL cheerleader, didn’t bother to show up; she pulled a no-call, no-show. The models and I waited around for a bit, and then we proceeded with our shoot. I later called out the absent model on pulling a no-call, no-show by posting the story up on Independent Modeling.
A photographer who was trying to rip me off, and who disliked me, pointed it out to her, and she contacted me via email and threatened to get her attorney involved. First, I asked her if she was sure that it was her that I was referring to. Then, I pointed out that if it was her, that she had signed a contract, and that she was in breach, and since she had a copy, that her attorney should look at that before he did something that he regretted; there was proof of what she had done (It’s not slander when it is true, AND she would have been excused from the shoot had she called me). How could she get mad when she was completely in the wrong, there was written proof, and there were witnesses? She didn’t want to be held accountable for what she had done? Too bad! The model backed down, and she later was arrested in Ybor for possession of drugs, which was totally unrelated to her no-call, no-show, but demonstrates the quality of person that she was. So much for the reputation that she had fought to protect. To my knowledge, she is no longer a cheerleader or a model, and was never much of either.
You are what you do, and I’m over irresponsible, unprofessional models. Also, although I rarely encounter bad attitudes from models, as most real models, even back in 2002, know who I am and are super nice to me, it is extremely annoying when I do encounter the stereotypical attitude, so I’m over that as well. Being a model is a lot more than just having a pretty face. Attractive women are, literally, a dime-a-dozen. It is developing a skillset and a range of looks which is marketable and quantifyable; a benefit to companies which use those looks to market a product or a service. Those companies also want it to be as cost-effective as possible to work with the model, which includes the model showing up on time and minimizing conflicts with the image of their company. Being a model is what you do. I don’t take any attitude or none sense from any model, and neither should anyone else. Bad behavior and irresponsibility are things that make a model an amateur, and amateur models are no benefit to anyone, including themselves.
Oh, and another thing. I’m over models claiming that they do not know who I am and do not know about my sites. I’ve been at the top of searches for modeling for YEARS, even before many of these new models, who are now adults, hit puberty, and you’d have to be pretty clueless and negligent to NOT know anything about me at this point (all of the players and the major players in the industry certainly know who I am). I’ve saturated the Internet for modeling in Tampa Bay for a decade now, and the 20 year old new model was 10 years old when this began. There is no excuse for being ignorant and uninformed at this point, and the idiot models who refuse to learn about modeling by spending a few minutes of online research deserve what happens to them. Idiots! It is highly unlikely that the “models” who tell me that they have not heard of me or Tampa Bay Modeling are telling me the truth. It is more likely that they are playing dumb, or perhaps they are idiots who don’t bother using search engines, doing something called reading, and researching modeling. By now, if any model is on the Internet, there really is no excuse not to know about Tampa Bay Modeling. Add to that any model who watches TV, as Tampa Bay Modeling has had a lot of television coverage over the years. If any so-called model in the Tampa Bay area really doesn’t know who I am or about Tampa Bay Modeling, I don’t want to work with them, as I don’t work with willfully-ignorant models. I’d only work with such models if they paid me. Oh, and another thing for people who don’t bother to read anything: Tampa Bay Modeling is NOT, NOT, NOT, and again I repeat, NOT a modeling agency. Tampa Bay Modeling is a modeling resource site, and it’s better than any agency or modeling school. Regarding models not reading the information on the site, that’s their problem, although I recently discussed the issue of illiterate models with my friend, photographer Craig Huey, and told him of my plans to start using illustrative pictures and online videos which could quickly, and easily, educate models. Craig thought that this was a great idea, and videos should start being available on my modeling sites, soon.
I also don’t take any crap from models, or anyone else, because I have resources which make it so that I don’t have to put up with it. I own Tampa Bay Modeling. I own Independent Modeling (and, in 2013, I now own Florida Models, which was one of the first modeling resource sites). I have professional friends in the industry who trust me completely because I have earned their trust, and some of those friends are models and photographers who are the best in the business, and whom everyone wants to work with. I am the gatekeeper, and I have leverage. Those who give me a hard time, well, get a well-deserved hard time in return. If a model gives me a hard time, I simply refuse to work with them, ever, and this hurts their career simply because I don’t help them, at all, and they don’t benefit from any of my resources. This will become especially apparent in the near future as these models find themselves up against professional models who they cannot compete with, and one of the largest advantages that those professional models will have will be me. I have already seen this. A prominent model declined getting involved with my projects years ago. Recently, she noticed that my modeling sites dominated search results for the industry. She wanted my help with her career. Do you think that I helped? Sure, they are not nice until they think that you have something that will benefit them. It’s obvious that I’m far more of a benefit to her career than she is for mine, and I’m no longer inclined to collaborate. She lost her chance to get involved. Back then, she failed to see where this was going. She failed to listen, and sided with the agencies. Things are different, now. Now, she is a professional model, and did not really do anything wrong, and I respect her as a professional, but, really, because she turned down my offer to get involved with my modeling resource sites, I’m really not inclined to go out of my way to help her. Still, if she had gotten involved, look where she’d be now!
Don’t underestimate me, especially when I have a long track record of succeeding.
You know, going back to the shoot, I really was trying to make the best out of being treated rudely, but being isolated created problems later on which could have been avoided. I stayed because it was really amusing, though, and I wanted to see if the shoot was going to get better. It certainly became more entertaining for me.
Eventually, the new photographers with their decent array of cameras and other gear ventured from their den, the light of the afternoon sun, now casting long shadows, making them blink. They looked around for predators, saw me, and were very unhappy. Well, maybe. I was on the phone with my professional model and photographer friends, and I was giving them a play-by-play of the event. They were laughing about it. Oh, a photographer with a monopod! Oh, another one messing up with the composition of a shot which should have been easy (I know, because I know angles). The one professional commercial photographer who was there, who actually did know what he was doing, was handicapped by a new model who had to be posed like a marionette. During another episode, he sat down and told me that there was a model there that he refused to shoot because she insisted on looking at every single picture as they were taken. I told him that it was because she was new and insecure. He said that he hated it when models mess up the flow of the work, and I completely understood.
Well, at least I made one professional connection.
After talking to some of them, and giving them cards and Tampa Bay Modeling flyers (which the organizer was aware that I was bringing to the event. Ironically, I refer to tools like the Tampa Bay Modeling flyers as my little nukes, even though they are far from my front-line tools - Just look at the copyright date and you will find out that they are not new; if what you see is old, just imagine what cutting-edge tools which I am working with now. I never show my best hand, and even the business cards which I give to competitors are several years old, for security reasons), I finally left. I was tired, but it was definitely worth my time to sit back and evaluate them (even if I never arrived to evaluate them. It just turned out that way).
It was only a few days later that I noticed that some very weird things were going on. I was unable to contact the organizer. The others seemed to be giving me the silent treatment, too, even though they told me to get in touch with them. Reflecting on this nonsense, I then realized that something was wrong, and decided to write about it and publish it on Tampa Bay Modeling.
Getting in trouble when I didn’t do anything wrong is getting old. It’s silly of me to think, however, that amateurs are going to behave like professionals. The one person who did contact me was the one professional photographer who was there, so that alone made it worth it, though. I tend to get along with real professionals, anyway.
In closing, to those who have been reading this and are grumbling about it, let me clarify some things. If anyone says anything different, they are making things up and are lying. If you actually got to know me, and knew me as a person, you would know that I have integrity beyond reproach, as well as the professional experience to back up my opinions and claims. Would I be friends with the models and photographers who are at the top of their markets if I were doing something wrong, or had some character flaw? Top professionals are my friends, and they work with me, because they trust me completely. I have earned their trust. If you are a professional, and are straight-up, I would much rather be your friend.
Let’s go over some points now, shall we?

1. I did not do anything wrong, or inappropriate.

2. I DID crack on a model for having an attitude, but my comments were appropriate, and she deserved it. That is the closest that I came to being rude with anyone.

3. I did not interfere with the event or the photography sessions. I talked to people when they were not working.

4. I did not crash the event. I had talked for many hours with the event organizer, and they knew who I was. I was completely straight-up with the event organizer, too, with no intention of shopping them or competing with them. They invited me to their event, which was cool. What wasn’t cool is how I was treated. I was treated rudely, and the experience that I had was the same that I would have had if I had crashed it uninvited. What’s the difference? The difference is that I did everything in my power to do things right, and was sincere about my intentions, which were in their best interest.

And that’s it. If the people from the event wish to see me as evil, or whatever, they certainly can. They will be selling themselves short, though. As long as they are not slandering me, however, it’s cool. Just be warned that slander can get people into legal trouble.

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