The more time I spend looking at trends on social media and how they translate into my community, the more I notice the differences between how most models and model …
Communicating About Limits with Models
No matter what styles you shoot, the model’s limits are likely to come up and should be clearly understood for every shoot.
When Photographers Ask About Limits
As a model, you have limits and part of pre-shoot communication is clarifying those limits so that you and the photographer are on the same page.
10 Tips for New Models
Here are ten simple tips I’d like to share for new models. These aren’t in any particular order, but I do think they’re all important and many of them are …
Finding Photographers for Trade Shoots
As a new freelance model you may find that you need a little helping finding photographers for trade shoots. It can be tough learning to make that initial contact or …
Should New Models Hire A Photographer?
Let’s talk about whether new models should hire photographers and what they should look for in a photographer if they do.
5 Ways to Deal with Negativity
Whether you are a model or a photographer or an MUA, stylist, or designer, you’re going to deal with negativity in your creativity, especially if you use social media. Here …
Dekilah’s Guide to Understanding the Escort Issue
Model escorts are a huge topic in the freelance modeling world and I think a lot of the hubbub about them is due to misunderstanding and lack of education. Some …
Communication in Posing
I’ve been asked many times to write an article on posing and instead of trying to cram everything into one article, I thought I’d cover small chunks at a time. …
Initiating Contact with Models
If you’re a photographer who wants to work with models, chances are you are going to have initiate the discussion at least part of the time. I’ve put together this …