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Originally posted by Feynman
Now that I run my own show, I always meet the girl for a chat, coffee or lunch before the first (test) shooting. Most of the time, I often don't even take pictures of her at this first meeting. Just chatting.
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Absolutely. I have rarely...very rarely ever... shot a girl on the first meeting, with the exception of when I was doing audition shoots for other producters. Then I would do 10 to 15 test shots of each applicant right away.
My usual method is to meet with each girl first, talk to her and allow her to get to know me a bit, which usually puts most of them at ease. I've always found that having a professional attitude helps greatly, because I think this is what most nervous newbs want to see... they want to see professionalism, not an amateur idiot that seems like he is just playing around or playing them.
I usually then set up a first shoot if that first meeting goes well. At the first shoot the paperwork, model release forms and I.D. check are squared away, and usually about a 3 hour shoot commences. In 3 hours I can get usually around 250 to 350 shots, if it's just a straigh modeling shoot.