Where to find models?

[ProfJohn]

I would like to do more people photography, but I don?t want to pay for a ?real? model.
So anyone have suggestions on where/how to find people to pose for free?

Has anyone tried craigslist.org and the model for portfolio thing?

 

[Anubis]

CraigsList
post an add stating what you want, and they you arnt paying, people will respond, just tell them you will give them prints or images,

 

[virtuamike]

Craigslist is more often miss than hit. Try modelmayhem.

Or just shoot friends and family until you feel comfortable shooting people 😉

 

[IeraseU]

I agree with Craiglist being hit or miss. While definitely possible to get lucky (and I have), I've also got some really unprofessional responses there.

 

[Brainonska511]

My friend put up an ad on Craigslist got several responses, including getting to shoot a small concert. Though, some responses were kind of sketchy.

 

[ProfJohn]

Originally posted by: virtuamike
Craigslist is more often miss than hit. Try modelmayhem.

Or just shoot friends and family until you feel comfortable shooting people 😉

Great site, thanks for the info.

But it is highly intimidating looking at the quality of some of those shots.
Those are professional quality shots and here I am taking pics of my niece and nephew at the park 😀

 

[virtuamike]

Originally posted by: ProfJohn

Originally posted by: virtuamike
Craigslist is more often miss than hit. Try modelmayhem.

Or just shoot friends and family until you feel comfortable shooting people 😉

Great site, thanks for the info.

But it is highly intimidating looking at the quality of some of those shots.
Those are professional quality shots and here I am taking pics of my niece and nephew at the park 😀

Everyone starts somewhere. I had flowers and landscapes in my portfolio for the first month. Give it a try 🙂

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: virtuamike

Originally posted by: ProfJohn

Originally posted by: virtuamike
Craigslist is more often miss than hit. Try modelmayhem.

Or just shoot friends and family until you feel comfortable shooting people 😉

Great site, thanks for the info.

But it is highly intimidating looking at the quality of some of those shots.
Those are professional quality shots and here I am taking pics of my niece and nephew at the park 😀

Everyone starts somewhere. I had flowers and landscapes in my portfolio for the first month. Give it a try 🙂

if you dont mind me asking, how much do you usually have to pay your models?

 

[virtuamike]

Originally posted by: Aharami

Originally posted by: virtuamike

Originally posted by: ProfJohn

Originally posted by: virtuamike
Craigslist is more often miss than hit. Try modelmayhem.

Or just shoot friends and family until you feel comfortable shooting people 😉

Great site, thanks for the info.

But it is highly intimidating looking at the quality of some of those shots.
Those are professional quality shots and here I am taking pics of my niece and nephew at the park 😀

Everyone starts somewhere. I had flowers and landscapes in my portfolio for the first month. Give it a try 🙂

if you dont mind me asking, how much do you usually have to pay your models?

I don't pay 😉

 

[randomlinh]

Originally posted by: virtuamike
I don't pay 😉

gotten to the point where they "pay" you now 😉? Gotta say I'm always rather jealous of your pictures anytime I click on your link, good stuff. I need to motivate myself somehow...

 

[virtuamike]

Originally posted by: randomlinh

Originally posted by: virtuamike
I don't pay 😉

gotten to the point where they "pay" you now 😉? Gotta say I'm always rather jealous of your pictures anytime I click on your link, good stuff. I need to motivate myself somehow...

There's a lot of trading involved. I get something for my book, the models get something for their books, the MUAs and whoever else is involved get stuff for their books, and so on. Money enters in the equation if one or more of those conditions isn't being met (ie - I don't really want to shoot this model, this model doesn't really need shots from me, and so on), but it's a lot simpler just finding people that are all on the same page. Money also comes in for commercial work (if someone's going to profit from your work, then get paid for it).

So it's not all fun and games, but I still like it. I meet and work with a lot of cool people, I get to learn about the industry, and gigs pop up time to time to pay for my toys 😎

 

[ProfJohn]

Originally posted by: virtuamike

Originally posted by: randomlinh

Originally posted by: virtuamike
I don't pay 😉

gotten to the point where they "pay" you now 😉? Gotta say I'm always rather jealous of your pictures anytime I click on your link, good stuff. I need to motivate myself somehow...

There's a lot of trading involved. I get something for my book, the models get something for their books, the MUAs and whoever else is involved get stuff for their books, and so on. Money enters in the equation if one or more of those conditions isn't being met (ie - I don't really want to shoot this model, this model doesn't really need shots from me, and so on), but it's a lot simpler just finding people that are all on the same page. Money also comes in for commercial work (if someone's going to profit from your work, then get paid for it).

So it's not all fun and games, but I still like it. I meet and work with a lot of cool people, I get to learn about the industry, and gigs pop up time to time to pay for my toys 😎

Some very nice work there.
I have the landscapes and flowers bit down, trying to move into people because let?s be honest that is the only place there is any money to be made.
(Although it seems you can make $50-60 a pop doing real estate photos, but not sure if there is enough of that work to make a living at it.)

Like you I would like to eventually make enough money at it to buy more toys.

 

[Rottie]

I always ask my friends to do modeling for me or I take model of myself.

 

[pradeep1]

I belong to another photography site and there are some professional photogs on there. Many do nude and erotic work, and all they do is approach attractive women at malls and other public places and hand them a business card and ask them to model for them. Once they get them in the studio, they build up a relationship and create greate images.

Time for Prints (TFP) is a common method to get free models.