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aspiring models make mistakes when they're first starting out their careers
in this video I want to give you guys some of the most common mistakes that
aspiring models make and how to avoid them alright so the first mistake that
aspiring models make is working with cheap photographers now you don't
necessarily need professional photos to get your modeling career started you can
actually start your career with just some digital's but they still need to be
high-quality you don't need to work with expensive photographers but at the same
time you don't want to work with cheap photographers because you're gonna get
cheap results now when I say cheap photographers I mean photographers who
are amateur these photographers are also just starting out and they're also just
building out their portfolio if you do want to work with photographers and
build you a model portfolio book you definitely want to work with high
fashion photographers photographers who understand lighting techniques and how
to shoot you and bring out your best features because your beauty portraits
is gonna be one of your most important shots your 3/4 and your full body shots
gonna be very important that you want to make sure that it's high quality
especially when you're submitting to agencies if you submit pictures that are
kind of amateur it shows that you're not a professional model and it's a bad look
on you the next mistake a lot of aspiring models make is applying to the
wrong agencies now I've mentioned this in other videos you have to know what
type of model you are if you're a commercial print model make sure you're
applying to agencies that represents commercial print talents if you're a
fitness model make sure you're applying to fitness modeling agencies so I'm a
hand model mama, a finger jockey we don't think the same way as a face and
body boys do or a different breed so this is a
mistake that a lot of aspiring models make is that they apply to the wrong
agencies and of course they don't hear anything back and that discourages them
so make sure that you're applying to the right agency start off small start off
with agencies in your city look for a mother agency if you can and start from
there another mistake that aspiring models
make is taking rejections personally and I've seen this myself you don't want to
take rejections personal this is a business if you get rejected try to
understand why you are rejected every model is not going to get accepted into
every agency every model is not gonna book every job rejection is a huge part
of the industry so you have to get used to it a lot of successful models were
rejected and still went on to have a great career and I discussed that in a
previous video I did another mistake that aspiring models make is giving up
too soon and I've seen this don't give up if you get rejected if an agency
turns you down that does not mean that you can never be a model that is not the
end of your career figure out what you can do to improve if
it's your body work on your body if it's your walk or if it's your photos take
better photos work with high fashion photographers learn how to walk with
confidence the next mistake that aspiring models make is getting into bad
contracts I've seen aspiring models who recently signed with agencies and then
they didn't read the contract thoroughly or they didn't compare or acts around to
see hey is this normal into contracts make sure you're reading the contracts
thoroughly and make sure your accent around whenever an agency or anyone in
the business presents you the contract is custom to get three to five business
days to review it and decide if you want to sign I've seen some horrible
contracts especially from international agencies or agencies in a smaller market
where they're charging up to 40% commission when the customer is usually
around 10 to 20% Commission I've seen exclusive contracts up to four years
when usually it's a one-year exclusive for most agencies so make sure that
you're reading the contract thoroughly don't just rush to sign a contract just
because you got signed make sure you're not getting into a bad deal guys it's
very important another mistake that aspiring models make especially for the
women is wearing too much makeup to cast ins now when you go on castings and go sees
they actually want to see your natural look so try to keep
your makeup very simple I've seen inspiring models go to castings with a
full face of makeup and this actually takes away from your opportunity of
being casted because the clients or the agency is not getting a chance to see
where your natural skin and what your natural beauty looks like speaking of
cast is another mistake aspiring models make is not dressing appropriately when
you go on castings and go-sees it's very important that you dress appropriately
for the casting usually that's a form-fitting outfit it's a simple white
t-shirt it's a simple black shirt or black tanks black jeans if you can boots
or Hills you definitely want to show off your physique your long limbs this is
very important so make sure you dress appropriately to get casted this is a
mistake that aspiring models make alright guys so that's it for this video
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