Model Lifestyle

Good morning!! I woke up today trying to think of all the topics I had been mulling over the last few days. I kept coming up blank with the exception of this one idea. Perhaps my most underdeveloped so far but we will just go with it. Creepy photographers are more relevant than I would like to give thought to. Usually its a male photographer and usually there are multiple red flags beforehand. I have always been cautious and tried to follow my gut feeling about shoots. Which has resulted in a handful of photographers getting confronted and even canceled on by me. But it can be hard to draw the line when trying to be professional. I wanted to lay out as many red flags as I can possibly think of in this post. In addition I wanted to be able to give some advice for how to handle the situation in case you're actually in it. RED FLAGS: 1) The first one I can think of is if they are brief or vague when explaining what they are looking for in the photoshoot. Some photographers like

As a new model it can be hard to determine what is acceptable treatment in the industry and what is not appropriate. I remember first beginning modeling and thinking that the photographer had so much authority and control. I was always scared to say no and was terrified to insert my opinion in the conversation. Thinking I did not know what was best or was too inexperienced.  Inexperienced I may have been but there were plenty of times that a photographer asked me to do something I did not think was best or was uncomfortable with. But many times in the beginning I went with it anyway. Fearing that the photographer would ruin my newly forming reputation before it even had the chance. I would like to emphasize that no single photographer holds this kind of control. If one photographer does not like you or decides to spread rumors about you it does not affect your career as a whole if at all. Not everyone is going to want to work with you in this industry or even like the work you do. Th