Date: 2008-04-09 11:34 Carib Goodies:
Models come in all shapes, sizes, colors and age groups. Somewhere out their are
clients who need every kind of look. Your job is to promote yourself enough to
the right people who want your type of look.
Specialization is the key. Do an honest appraisal of yourself and determine what
roles you can best play and promote that.
Everyone cannot fit into the niche of super stardom, so the trick is knowing
what path you need to take for success. Every role is not for the six foot two,
eyes of blue guy. If you move away from the chic, ultra slick magazines you will
find plenty of print roles that do not require the chiseled body.
When you truly look, there are a lot of products adertising that do not require
the 10 body.
When you do you honest appraisal of yourself, start browsing through magazine
ads, look at the billboard and poster ads you see, look at the images on the
cartons of products you buy. Everyone of those people pictured are models and
each of those companies are constantly advertising their products and looking
for new means to increase market share and consumer continuity.
Those models came to the companies' attentions somehow. You can research those
companies, contact their corporate offices, ask them who their advertising
agency is. THe advertising agency will know the model agency responsible for
placements. You present yourself to both the advertising agency and the modeling
agency and pitch yourself for the product role.
At worst, you will get a "no" or not even a meeting. At the best, you will be
hired for a job. The compromise middle ground, neither success or failure, is to
get a test shoot out of your meeting. Insist that they let you test. Even if you
do not get the job, you walk away with professionally done sample prints of
yourself (sometimes they will charge you per print you want for your portfolio)
and at the minimum, added experience.
That's my two cents.
Good advice. | 
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