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Modeling Agency Submissions: 5 Tips for Taking the Photos Agents Want to See
The Modeling Photos That Will Score You an Agency Interview
1. Au Natural
Agents want to see what you really look like. Generally they will request photos with a clean face, i.e. no makeup. (Cheat a little if you have a major blemish and want to cover it, but make sure you appear to have no makeup on!)
2. Good Lighting
If you are shooting outdoors (often the best light), aim for a sunny day at dawn or at sunset. That’s when natural light yields glowingly gorgeous results. If you are shooting indoors, play around with turning lights on and off in a room, posing across from a window, aiming a lamp toward you face to wash out dark circles. Take some trial shots in various locales and find where you look best, then use that spot to shoot all of your photos.
3. An Uncluttered Background
Don’t have a mailbox, toilet, dirty laundry, or anything busy or unsightly in the background. A bush or attractive fence, if you are outside, will do just fine. Inside, try to find a plain wall.
4. Just YOU!
Don’t send in snapshots with friends and make agents play “Where’s Waldo” to find you!
5. These Photos…
If the agency’s website gives you specifics, read carefully and send exactly what they ask for. Most likely they will want:
-A headshot (this is a shot of your face straight on, just to about your shoulders)
-Your profiles (both, as they won’t be the same. Read up on Showing Your Best Side!)
-A full-length shot that shows your body (in a bikini ideally, but not anything that will look like a submission for Playboy! Risque does not work, unless you are looking for a sleazy agent). Several full-length shots from different angles can’t hurt (unless those angles are less attractive!).
-Optional: if you have great professional modeling shots, by all means send them in addition to those listed above. Not all agents have the eye to recognize potential without the handiwork of a professional team (photographer, makeup artist, hairdresser, and stylist) working their magic. BUT don’t go out and spend a ton of money on professional shots without getting some expert opinions first (feel free to send your snapshots to me; I’ll be gently honest. And Enter the Modeling Mentor Model Search while you are at it!).
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Good luck! Jill
My daughter ms a beauty! How do I submit photos of her? E mail me at Onalaya2912@icloud.com. Than you!!!
I’d love to submit pictures of my 16yr old daughter if you can tell me how to do it! She’s a real natural beauty I promise you that! Please get in touch with me at my e mail address! Thank you for your time!!
Please submit to my model search if you haven’t yet! https://www.modelingmentor.com/blog/how-to-enter-the-modeling-mentor-model-search/
Good luck!
Jill
Hi Brenda, I just learned that I lost a bunch of submissions in cyberspace! Argh! Please submit again here: modelsearch@modelingmentor.com
See model search details here: https://www.modelingmentor.com/blog/how-to-enter-the-modeling-mentor-model-search/
I’m looking forward to seeing your submission and am so sorry for this technical glitch! —Jill
Please get in touch with me about my daughter. You won’t be sorry!!!
I want to be a model and I need someone who can assist me with that
You should enter my model search! The details are on my blog home page: https://www.modelingmentor.com/blog/how-to-enter-the-modeling-mentor-model-search/ I’ll be ramping up the search again this year
Have you entered my model search? You can find details here: https://www.modelingmentor.com/blog/how-to-enter-the-modeling-mentor-model-search/