Originally Posted by ilnjscb

Unless you exclusively book well known agency girls a phone call will tell you it is the talent and not some jackass BF/"Manager" doing all her email and text and pretending to be her. This happens all the time at the amateur level.

Originally Posted by BFT3K

I don't care to "chat models up" - I need to know the person I'm emailing back and forth with is ACTUALLY A FEMALE MODEL, and that they can be contacted by phone in an emergency, should either of us have a last-minute issue before a shoot, or when the model is a no-show you can call her to see what's up.

From now on I will go over all details by email, as needed, but when the model asks for my studio location, I will only let them know verbally, via a phone call.

That's my new rule, so No Call = No Shoot, and that's just how it goes.

Originally Posted by Paul Markham

Or a guy, BF wanting a piece of you, you're being set up, she thinks she's in charge, etc.

Girl can't talk on the phone. Can't get the job.

Originally Posted by JimmyStephans

Boyfriends that call themselves "managers" often pretend to be the girl, pretend to agree to whatever is asked, and later the girl shows up not knowing what was agreed to.

Only talking to the female voice, and listening closely to hear reaction to questions, can assist in planning a perfect shoot. Personality is very important - if the girl is a bitch, if she sounds like she is on some drugs that will make her photograph less than perfectly, she needs to be skipped over for a higher quality candidate.

Originally Posted by NaughtyRob

Ding ding ding! We have a winner!
Not only that, I've text and emailed models at length only to find out it was just people trying to get info or who the fuck knows what they were doing but the girl was fake. It happens.