Advice for a part time model.?
Hi, I'm 19, a sophomore art/photography major in college, and putting myself through school with loans and some modeling gigs on the side. I've surprised myself with how many gigs I've been able to get so fast, and how I've managed to act/comport myself so professionally at such a young age. Its really boosted my confidence. But I am currently scheduled to do my first nude shoot. It is with a local artistic photographer whose work I know well enough that I DO trust that the shoot will be artistic/tasteful, that the images wont be sold except in his art gallery, etc etc. But I'm still scared out of my wits. I know posing for artistic nudes comes with the job description, and I know need to grow up and get used to being a model--which isn't always nothing but glamerous/fun shoots (just as a nurse can't choose not to change bedpans, models have to, well, model haha). But that doesn't make me any less freaked out. No guys have ever really seen me naked. Heck I've gotten freaked out just with having to change and be fitted for dresses in big ol busy rooms for fashion shoots etc.....so posing solo in the buff has me scared crapless. I know it isn't professional to back out on a gig last minute, and I know that gigs like this come with the territory, and I know I can trust this photographer.....so it isn't any of that. I just am scared. And want advice and perspective.
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You can't take it back afterward, so you should make sure it is really what you want to do. There is no rule that says you have to take nude jobs. If you are going to turn down the job, don't wait till the last minute. Don't make a mess out of the photographer's schedule and cost him the money for crew, location, props, etc. unnecessarily. On the other hand if you do that job, you are going to find it is not as big a deal as you think it is going to be. I have worked with several first time nude models, and generally they are nervous, for about 10 minutes. After that they relax and have fun with it. Even though there is a robe to use in between shots, they usually forget about it after a bit. As long as everyone is behaving professionally and the model is not being pushed in to doing something she really doesn't want to do nervousness just doesn't last very long. How you feel right now is actually the hardest part.
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