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Originally Posted by AmeliaG
It may just be that my situation is different because I am a known quantity i.e. it is unlikely that anyone who fit my shoot criteria would be 100% unfamiliar with me or what I do. I am not seeing indications of what many of the folks in this thread shoot.
I still don't get how you decide to book someone at all, when you know so little about them that you are iffy on their gender. How are you selecting talent and what are your criteria for who makes the grade?
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Maybe I'm reading this wrong but IMHO your response appears to say:
"I am famous - no one in my field doesn't know who I am.
Things are different for you unknowns.
I can verify identity and character through text and email, because of my fame. "
Do you know what gender I am? You might assume I'm male (and you'd be correct) but you have no proof. When I contact someone via email or text, I have the same lack of proof that I am corresponding with the person that I believe I am hiring. I'm not sure how being a luminary like yourself changes that.
In pro-am, or ama, you work with unknown and/or newbie models sometimes. In some cases they are so clueless that they wouldn't even know a VIP like yourself. These newbies and unknowns may not have actually decided independently and fully to enter this field - they may have a "manager/BF" or "agent" who is pushing them. These guys may post ads, answer emails, texts, etc. They may agree to shoots, ask for funds, etc, then, when the shoot happens, the models either a. flake (costly) or b. Say they weren't told about or didn't agree to X (costly and risky) or c. Show upon set with "Manager/BF" (drama)
A simple phone call fixes all that. Mitigates risk. Increases productivity. Reduces stress. Maybe fame does all that stuff too, but, as you point out, I wouldn't know.
I also see at least 10 other responses that agree that a call is a good thing. NaughtyRob, Duke, Paul Markham - these are well known folks - hell Paul was on Reddit
. Maybe fame means you don't have to explain yourself. David Bowie will explain fame for us: