Modelling?

niavie

okay so im not sure if this is the right place to post this so feel free to move it..but id love to get involved in modelling...i was approached on grafton street when i was younger but my parents wouldnt let me go ahead with it but now im older id love to pursue it as its always been a dream of mine...i was involved in a fashion show a couple of years ago for charity and i absolutely loved it...could anyone point me in the right direction? thanking you

Fajitas!

Well, first things first, you'll need a portfolio. Starting out, you're best off to get shoots with experienced photographers that will do 'time for print' or 'time for CD' which means you don't get paid, but get prints or a CD of the photos of you. Put these towards your portfolio, you could join a modelling agency, or advertise yourself online (I think imapp is one of the most used). You could also send applications into colleges that require models. Experience is quite nessicary though, you'll need to learn how to pose, which is why you'll have to start learning through time for print/cd.

I'm sure after a shoot or two you'd get the hang of it fairly fast.

cp251

You need to go to a model agency and talk to them. Of the top of my head I can only think of Assets model agency. So I suggest you start there. There are others. Really it depends on what kind of modelling you want to do. If you want to be the new Katy French or Kate Moss. The latter is harder to break into. To be a model of the Katy French type you need to be prepared to pose in your bikini on cold February days to launch a new type haemorrhoid cream or stand for hours in uncomfortable shoes handing out brochures at events. Glamourous it is not.

As for fashion modelling, well if your face (and body fits) you might have a chance. It's a bit of a lottery.

I'm not a model but I have many model friends. So all the glamour has been demystified for me.

Assets also supply people for commercials which pay rather well. On that note I suggest you join Movieextras who as the name implies supply film and TV extras. Additionally commercial makers use them too. If you have the look they want you may well find yourself doing an ad or two. It's kind of a back door into modelling. Oh and film extra work is not glamourous either or well paid. I know because I do quite a lot of it. Also it's not a back door into acting either. You won't be discovered there but you may well get modelling work and have some fun.

niavie

thanks guys...yeah im a member of movieextras..just recently in fact tomorrow is the first audition ill be attending...im not really sure what to expect but im sure it will be fun...

Morlar

Just as an fyi imapp is closed down now - it reopened under the name of www.folio32.com

If you post up on there you will find lots of experienced photographers who do portfolio work with models on a TFCD basis and have references etc