I often work with and mentor new/novice models and introduce them so-to-speak to my network of creative professionals via the Facebook group that I created and share administrator duties with my lovely wife Sharon and another local photographer named Heather Teahan.
Southwestern Ontario Photographers, Models and Creatives
Southwestern Ontario Photographers, Models and Creatives is a Facebook group created to unite artistic and creative people with an emphasis on photographic art and imagery, from the region located in the Southern-most area of Ontario, Canada. At the time of publishing this post, group membership is currently at 137 and we are constantly adding new members who show interest in networking with our members.
Back to the model..
Laurel (last name withheld) is a novice model whom I met on Facebook where she asked me about a shoot. We arranged a time and date and met at my very modest (okay who am I kidding, it’s downright cramped!) basement studio. We proceeded to shoot after some introductions. With a little direction and coaxing, she did very well and gave good, strong expressions! She had lopped her hair off sometime previous to our shoot but didn’t like it short for modeling, so Laurel was wearing a wig of longer hair to shoots. The wig didn’t look too bad but Sharon, myself and Laurel’s mom (her chaperone for the shoot) all agreed that we loved the short hair and that we should shoot it. My two favorite shots of the session were Laurel with short hair. We did shoot the wig and it turned out sexy-cool but the natural, short hair is the winner.
You can find Laurel on Model Mayhem here. Please don’t insult the girl by asking her to shoot free. The models I refer to in this blog really do deserve to be paid and I wish them all great success with their modeling careers! <3
Until next time, here’s Laurel, whom you will definitely see more of in the future!
Ray
