Internet Modeling CAN be More

Don't forget to use more than the Internet, you don't have to only be an Internet model, counting your hits and clicks each day. You can be more. But you need to be active within your modeling career, the best modeling tips are based on being aggressive towards pursuits and goals with submissions. Don't be afraid to submit to agencies, talent agencies, commercial print modelign agencies, even a few photos, a smile, a headshot, a body shot, and it doens't have to be a nude or bikini body shot, it can be you in a dress, or jeans, just showing your personality. Commercial modeling and print work is best for petite models, and there are agencies that accept petite models, you just have to make your photos look very commercial, as if you are selling a product in them, think of ads and editorials you see in magazines like Cosmo, Marie Claire, Glamour, etc. Also Don't be Afraid to mail your photos to a magazine, because becoming a model means putting effort into your pursuits.

Getting with the Agent

Getting a modeling agency is the petite models biggest question, and constant struggle. The best advice I can give is to NOT go to fashion agencies first. I think it is best to submit to the agencies that will welcome you with open arms, like commerical print modeling agencies. There is a modeling agency in NYC that accepts petite models called Flaunt Models, (google it) and I think if you pick up a Ross reports you will find many talent agencies that also accept models of petite heights.

Submitting to a modeling agent or modeling agency is like submitting to your first corporate job. You submit to the entry level positions because you are more likely to get into the position compared to submitting to be the CEO. You submit where you will be accepted, get some experience and then aim higher!

After you build some tear sheets you can then submit to fashion agencies, but petite models, shorter models, will always struggles with that because fashion agencies base their models off of the runway standards. Still there is So much modeling work you can do in magazines, editorials, modelign products, tradeshows, commercials and print ads! Don't forget that!

Modeling Advice: Modeling Poses

Here are some tips on how to pose and tell a story.


1. Don't forget your body parts....use your hands as an accessory, a simple finger to the chin, or lean an arm against a wal or hall way, or holding a sassy handbag can make a shot that looks intriguing, and that is the point right!

2. Use props like even those glasses you hated to wear in fourth grade are now a perfect way to spice up a look at your shoot.

3. Give your shoot some depth,(see photo) act as if you are on the go!

4. Don't stand next to anything taller than you, unless you want to look even shorter.

5. Sometimes if you focus too much on your pose you will get stiff so if the photographer is talented he will know how to pose you to make your body look good, if you need to direct your self then you can always count on the mirror and practice standing ,sitting, laying and watch what happens to your body, I suggest this because you also can see things from the photographer’s perspective and it is good to know what the photographer is seeing so you can be a better model.

Modeling Tips: Simple Tricks of Posing

Here are some tips on how to pose and tell a story.


1. use your hands as an accessory, a simple finger to the chin, or lean an arm against a wal or hall way, or holding a sassy handbag can make a shot that looks intriguing, and that is the point right!

2. Use props like even those glasses you hated to wear in fourth grade are now a perfect way to spice up a look at your shoot.

3. Pose with your toes pointed, your legs look longer, even in heels!

4. Next stand next to anything taller than you, unless you want to look even shorter.

5. Don't forget to arch and stretch your body when you pose and to stand straight, it does matter!

Petite Modeling Tips: A Realistic Model

Modeling doesn't have to be a full time career, but it is a great way to make extra money, and use your petite proportions to the fullest! A lot of girls tend to model for their ego, or because someone else said they should or because they want to feel sexy or seen. I don't think any of these reasons are the right reason. The best way to approach any business, or pursuit is to feel capable at first, to want to learn as much as your can about modeling, and to pursue it because you know you should take a chance because it is something you can commit too and treat it like playing a sport, it will be hard, it will be a challenge sometimes, but it can be so rewarding. A lot of models think modeling is only about posing and being tall or beautiful and adorned. They forget to consider that as an aspiring model, especially as a freelance model to learn how Business works. How the brands pick their models, what agencies they work with and how the stuff that happens inside the magazine doors, and ad agency doors work. Modeling isn't just about the modeling agency. As a savvy model you can get work on your own if you research not just modeling agencies but also try to learn as much as you can about how brands work, how you can promote your self to them with or without a modeling agency. For example if there is a brand or magazine you want to work with. I would hit up the marketing departments at the company/ or the photo editors or booking editors at the magazine.

It is hard to self serve, but that is what the world is about these days and when you are petite, modeling is a challenge, and it is a challenge based on the fashion industry challenges, but if you put the fashion mindset aside and instead market your self as a commercial print model and work with quality photographers so you have the right photos you need, and if you are persistance and do not wait for the phone to ring and even try to book your own jobs you will start to understand the ins and out of the industry.

Modeling isn't just about posing, it is also about making it happen for yourself!

Petite Modeling Tips: Using more than your BODY

During my next pod cast I will be talking about how using the Internet can help you get exposed but how the Internet isn't the end all when it comes to your modeling pursuits. It is so easy to take off your clothing and be another Internet model or glamour model, and it is a lot harder to run with the tall lanky Giraffes and the work with the agencies, get an agency and start pursuing work beyond showing your booty, but petite girls shouldn't get discourage or think that " since I can't get with an agency then I guess the only modeling I can do it glamour modeling." This is simply not true. I encourage petite models to open their eyes, and to not be limited, and know that there is a lot of modeling out there for you and that you just need to focus on making your photo shoots based around not just your curves and sexy body, but also based around your energy because the commercial print modeling world, does accept petite models, so there is no exuse anymore. Start focusing on getting a comp card and submit it to agencies, get over your amateur shoots and start being professional!

If you are shooting your body, refer to the photo enclosed and pair the shoot with necklace or a pair of jeans and shoot it like an ad! photos like this will lead to bigger work and put together a comp card and submit it out! So stop wasting time with the silly afternoon shoots where you pose like a muse for 100 dollars and start making real goals, target your photos to be something you can really use....and go for it!

goodluck!

Modeling Tips: The fall of the Internet Model

The Internet is a very helpful but also entrapping thing. Magazine's and advertising agencies still work the old fashion way and find their talent and models from agencies, so remember to is ok to use the Internet as a way to promote yourself but you will also have to learn how to be your own agent, and hustle yourself, print a compcard and mail it out, or get a modeling agency to really start getting ahead.
It is possible to promote yourself and book your own work, but remember the Internet is a tool, not the only way!

Petite Modeling Mistakes

Remember that there is more out there for you than only one type of modeling if you are a petite model. There is many options to consider. The best thing to do is to not get hung up on hits and clicks on Internet modeling websites, or relying on sources beyond yourself to launch your career, such as paying for being apart of a modeling or acting site. I don't think that is best way to go. It might sound old fashion but you need a compcard, you need to do a photo shoot that will really benefit you as a model. Sometimes you might be absorbed with using the Internet as the only way to promote yourself and sometime it CAN work, but it can't be the ONLY way you work. You need to not make mistakes by posting only one type of photo, like only showing lingerie shots. Yes it will target you as a lingerie model, but if you have a pretty face, or unique hair you need to also consider getting some beauty shots, and commercial looking shots. I think a lot of girls make the mistakes of becoming a glamour model without a clue who doesn't know how to market her self to agents and magazines, and brands.

When I think of modeling, I think of marketing, and I think of how I can get into the ad campaign and into the agency door, and what it will take. Usually it means adjusting my photos, re making or making a comp card, approaching photographers who have worked with magazines before and also who are driven and ambitious and learning how to self serve and getting over the fact that you might not be the most famous Internet model, but you might get a chance to be in an ad campaign if you start promoting yourself a little harder!

Modeling Tips, Get it for Free- Photos and Quality

I wouldn't pay for photos before you first try to get some for free. It is expensive and also usually you need more than one, usually many photoshoots to get the images you need, so before you pay consider these tips: You don't have to pay for photos if you are savvy,smart and have a plan. That is my motto. Don't leave home without it. If you want something you have to always consider, " why would someone want to work with me?" and " what can I bring to this opportunity so it benefits both sides?" I think it is best to contact photographers who appear to be eager and mabitous and driven and who WANT tear sheets in magazines and who take photography seriously. Once a photographer shared with me his seriousness by whippin out two magazines at the book store we were meeting at, which featured his work. That was impressive and I knew he had the drive to get HIMSELF in a magazine then he would like my personality towards getting exposed and working together to benefit both of our books! So pitch photographers who seem ambitious and open to ideas. Second, bring an idea, throw something different out there, shooting at the beach is boring, but if you say shooting at the beach with some jewelry from a designer I know of, or in a playful way or in an editorial style, and pitch some creative ideas you have. Usually a photographer will be interested in working with you. It isn't always about the MONEY...it is also about getting the tearsheet, getting exposed and getting more work, so photographers are like models in that sense, we are all hustling for work and want to work with driven people.

Petite Modeling Tips: The Model in YOU

If you want to model or are curious I think the first step is really understanding the type of modeling out there for you. I think it can sometimes mean forgetting the fashion world all together and to start first focusing on the brands, products and magazines that accept models and need models of all heights.

Glamour Magazine, Allure Magazine, and Fitness Magazines all especially need models

What about skin? Don't forget that modeling isn't just about showing your skin but also USING IT to get work. Petite models can become the face or the body of an ad campaign just by taking care of your skin.

Shoes, jeans, skincare, hair, beauty products even tampons need models.

So the next time you think of the word model...it could be you.

Modeling Tips: How to Look Taller

Being petite means you have to focus on your proportions when you model. Arching your back isn't the only method to looking taller. Here are some mistakes some models make when trying to look taller:

1. Only heels. Did you know that you can wear sneakers and look tall too? Put on some running shorts, and start posing or working out and now you have a perfect shot for your modeling portfolio. Stretching and seperating your legs, bending your body will make you look leaner.

2. Long Hair. If you are petite did you know that long hair can make you look shorter. Hair to your butt is not the way to go. Make your hair style shoulder length or at the chin, it will make your neck longer and your body not so heavy looking from your hair holding you down.

3. Short Skirts. Sometimes a shorter skirt can make your legs look even shorter....Put on a pencil skirt or a suit and the balance will make you look taller. Pair it with some high heels and you are ready to go.

4. Layering it. If you are petite wear clothing that don't just show skin, but allow you to feel lighter too. Heavy layers for your photos will only burry you. Keep is basic and simple. Don't overload with accessories, unless the necklace is ALL you are wearing in layers.

Petite Modeling Agencies

There are agencies that accept petite models. They best thing to do if you are petite is not to Target yourself to fashion agencies. The quickest way to get an agency is to stick to either commercial print or talent agencies. Even if the height requirement is still 5'7' at these agencies I would still submit, usually a print agency is more likely to accept you if you send quality photos and they like your look. Images mean everything. They are what speak for you. At some castings sometimes you don't even speak you just hand over your compcards and portfolio, so really it is your images, your personality and your look that needs to come through in your images.

And not to get down if you don't get an agent right away because even without one you can still get work as a model.

Why not mail your photo to a magazine yourself? Why not look into brands, stores, and launching brands that might need a model. This could involve going to a tradeshow, taking a trip around your town, going to a barnes and noble or borders to check out the magazines that might need models like Hair magazine, Craft and food and travel magazines, lifestyle and bridal magazines. Remember modeling isn't ONLY fashion. Usually if you can build a portfolio and get a few tearsheets and agency will accept you.

I never think an agent is enough, I think no matter what you need to be a hustler, hard worker and always looking out for your own goals.

Modeling Scams, How to Avoid and Get Through Them

Sometimes when you are entering the modeling world, trying to figure out the modeling world, and finding yourself and trying to find your way it is easy to be scammed or let down. Here are three tips when it comes to getting through and avoiding mistakes as an aspiring model.

1. Ask questions no matter what the shoot, casting, meeting, etc. Ask where it is, then google the location and find out more in detail where it is, ask what the meeting, photo shoot, casting etc, will involved. Usually the more you know the more you can tell if the situation is good,safe and productive for your pursuits/career as a model.

2. Think about how every single shoot and job you do can lead to more, but also sting. So when you are submitting to modeling jobs, meeting photographers, and doing photoshoots remember: It isn't just about the NOW, it is about the later too. And how this shoot will effect you later!


3. Go with your gut. Most people aren't going to be aggressive to help you and your modeling pursuits, most people wont go the extra mile to make sure you get in the door, get the job, and get ahead, so be careful who you trust. If the person you are working with, speaking with, and shooting with isn't ambitious and can prove it to you in their language, portfolio, and their lifestyle, then why work with them?

And finally: Learn from your misakes, stay driven but don't go back and make the same mistake twice.

Modeling Jobs

5 things to keep in your bag for last minute castings and shoots.

1. tweezers
2. cream for hands, legs, and feet
3. tampons
4. clear nail polish
5. a hair tie or hair clip

Tune into You, Modeling Tips

Each day is an honest opportunity to really grab your goals and start making them happen. Sometimes the smallest thing, like mailing your photos, headshot or reel or comp card out can really make the difference. Making your pursuits an active part of your life is how to make your goals happen.

Goodluck!