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Plant your feet in front of them and say, "Hi, you have a great look.

I'm a photographer and I am always on the look out for models, if

you'd be interested please give me a call", then hand them your card,

and be done with it. Do not ask them for their phone number, name or

anything else. Be professional and be polite, and remember that there

are a lot of creeps out there so don't be pushy. You could also have

a few work samples ready if THEY pursue the conversation further.

Make sure your card has your web site address on it [you do have a

site, right?] so that they can see additional work samples.

 

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If you�re lucky, you will get about a 75% success rate.

 

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Good Luck!

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...and if you're going after the most beatiful women you see in a

crowd of thousands, you'll see up a lot of noses; but don't ever take

it personally, cuz just when you think she's way too beautiful to work

with "me", she ends up being the one who is dying to work with

you...and loves your work...now multiply that by every

one-in-a-thousand model you meet, approach every one (and for g*d

sakes, get out and LOOK!), and you'll have to keep a schedule just for

all you models...

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I have had no problems recruiting models, and virtually all of them

were found working somewhere. For people in low paying jobs, putting

together a modeling portfolio is one way to find a way into better

work. I've had success with coffee shops, bowling alleys, bars,

tranvestite bars, restaurants, farmers' markets - you can try just

about anywhere. Have a business card, this will make a big

difference. Always offer prints (which I have found is more

appealing to amateurs than money) and get a model release signed.

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Go to art exhibit openings and offer to photograph the artist with

their artwork.<p>

Robert's advise is good, although I try not to use buzz words like

"look" (If you want to photograph fashion models that would probably

be okay, though. Personnally I don't want to photograph fashion

models, they look too self aware/concious... like <i>deliberately</i>

something/one instead of <i>actually</i> something/one). <p>Instead,

I'll say they've got a great face or hair or tattoos or just the

right attitude for an image or project I've been thinking of or I'm

working on (all true, never bullshit people, you'll get busted and

deserve it).<p> I'm making a small portfolio of portraits and other

work that I will carry with me everywhere and which I will use as

Robert suggests.<p> Put an exhibit of portraits up in a cool busy

coffee shop and hang there, you'll see lots of people worth

photographing and they'll know you're serious, since your stuff's

<i>right there</i>. At the worst people will say no, right?... t

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Get a postcard printed with some of your best images. That way people

will be able to evaluate your work beforehand and know if they want

to participate.

 

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I think the area in which you live will greatly influence your

success rate. I live in a sleepy area--Monterey, CA--where people

don't do much except retire and die. The energy in a cosmopolitan

city like San Francisco or L.A. is much more "up."

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