why models think they are worth so much
 

I just test shot this very nice girl, she was cute not oh my god but cute. She wants to do hardcore and I took test shots for some of the sources I have. Well she hasnt done many but one of them was with one of the bigger websites. He pays her $1000 to do a scene now this girl thinks thats her rate. I tired to explain to her but I dont think it will sink. Why do people insist on overpaying, it screws it up for the rest of us lol.

Yea, I agree... the answer is work with "fresh talent". I generally don't shoot girls that have shot for others... I did make an exception while in Vegas, I shot a star http://www.sweetcuties.com/girls.html

I always say shoot your own content find your own girls brand new to the porn world and mold her your way women already working for someone else is going to want what they give her nothing less thats what she thinks she is worth sad but true

I recenty had a model reply to my first email by quoting me an hourly rate that is more then three times what I pay the models I work with. Kindof hard to work from there... not to mention unrealistic.

I dont know why models are so cheap.

I can't believe some girl would take her clothes off on the internet for $100 and get a facial and a pearl necklace for $200.

I'd think they'd want a lot more money, this is content that will be around to haunt them forever.

For the most part the girls that do this, aren't working and they need $$. If you're a girl working for $5 an hr and some guy approaches you and says you can make "x", she'll do whatever :2 cents:

shoot your own content name your price for her if she has never done it before if she doesnt like your price then find another woman to shoot its that simple you run the shoot the person being shot doesnt

I could not agree more..

Just think about it, a site with 20 girls, let's say they pay $20.000 total for the content.. That right there is less than 1.000 members to make that money back...

Although it works for my advantage -cheap girls- the fact that w/o them we would not make any money they should be paid more..

BUT, I m not gonna be the first one to pay them more.. hehe...

I still do not understand why would a girl get cum on her face on video for $300 !

Most girls 'think' they are worth alot because many photographers just pay whatever. True, there are girls worth more but most aren't.

While getting first timers is cheap, there are some drawbacks potentially.

On the hardcore stuff, I understand but for regular pics, most girls are over-priced. I just name my price and if they do not like it, oh well.

Too many girls out there in the world to be bending over backwards.

You would not open a restuarant and let your customers pay whatever they thought the meal was worth to them would you?

Mogul
Mogul Networks Inc.

I just said that in s0 many words ^^^^ you run the show not them its your business you have to make money so do they but if you over pay them your shorting yourself thats why i say find fresh new women to shoot and have a set price not women thats been around.. exclusive content is what its about now days anyways..so always new fresh faces that can only been seen on your site and what you pay them not what they name as their price millions of women out there

girl cancelled her shoot today. guess how much? $720 for a half day of photos, no video. no money in that, we were shooting her basically just to keep our customers satisfied.

i think the girls deserve to be paid well, this girl was going to be paid too well though.

believe it or not you will find alot of women willing to do shoots for like 200 bucks for 3 sets for like an hr or 2 from strip clubs first they are use to getting naked second its fast easy money not the high n mighty strip clubs either but thats where you will find hot chicks low prices...thats where we find alot of our women and it works......

there are NOT millions of girls out there looking to do this kind of work. BIG MYTH. Ask any of the guys who shoot content how much of their time is spent recruiting models. Ox and RK have not been around that long, why are they shooting in California now? Because they've shot every girl who will do this in Florida.

The talent pool in Los Angeles, the porn movie making capital of the world, is alot smaller than people think. That's why you see the same faces popping up all over.

In the smaller cities where there is only one or two people shooting nudes you can do nicely but if you had to shoot for more than a few sites you'd soon be out of fresh talent.

Perfectly put Mutt...

Their are strip clubs all over the us and 9 out of 10 girls in them are willing to do the shoots I live in L.A. and we got 95% of our girls from them.. and when I said their are millions of women out there i didnt mean there are millions that will shoot just more to pick from is all

hey Dax

i got something for you to read, from LukeFord.com

<P><img border="2" src="http://www.lukeford.com/scarletissues.jpg" width="299" height="261"></P>







<P>--- There was this girl (picture above) who I will name Scarlett Issues.&nbsp;

She has issues.&nbsp; She's deep in issues.&nbsp; She came from Florida with

this agent named Paul Miller who practically attached himself like a leech to

her.&nbsp; A very nice girl, she seemed like she had the IQ of room temperature.&nbsp;

A smashing salesman for a major company has an experience that'll make him a

Legend.&nbsp; Everytime I saw her, the agent was right behind her.&nbsp; I could

tell right away the guy brought her to Vegas to fuck her.&nbsp; But the salesman

got first dibs and took her out to a party with the agent in tow.&nbsp; We went

to a satellite cable company party where the agent kept clinging to her while

she was talking to the salesman.&nbsp; Next thing you know, he's demanding she

come back to the room with him or she will lose her room, her flight, and her

money.&nbsp; The salesman who was looking quite orange and perky told the agent

to fuck off and took Scarlett Issues back to his suite and fucked the shit out

of her.&nbsp; The next day, poor Scarlett had no place to go.&nbsp; When she

came to my booth, I avoided her like the plague.&nbsp; She was slurring her

speech, she had no money, and she had even more issues than ever before.&nbsp;

Apparently, she borrowed a cell phone to call her mother from a porn director.&nbsp;

Next thing you know, the mother was calling the porn director telling him she'll

call the cops cause she knew he'd kidnapped her and holed her up in Vegas.&nbsp;

Nevermind, he wasn't anywhere near this poor monstrosity.&nbsp; 100's of calls

rained on the porn director's cell phone.&nbsp; 100's of calls rained on the

saleman's cell phone.&nbsp; I suggest poor penniless Scarlett hang out at the

Circle Bar for a while.&nbsp; She'll get propositioned, earn enough money for a

flight home, and learn to suck dick in the meantime.</P>

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I'll find you some. Pay a finders fee? Do out of state work?

I dislike that guy Paul Miller...

My wife is from WI and I got two 20 yr old very pretty girls to pose nude solo for $20 a hour They are excited about the money. Since its a small town solo nudes is all I am doing. Do you think I could get those girls to get crazy for $50 an hour hell yeah lol . This idea of paying the girls very well because its porn, if a girl decides to take a load in her face for $200 thats her choice nobody is twisting her arm. She just has to show up where we have a ton of expenses to bear .So starting at a low price makes good business sense. Also I dont want to shoot some hot very experienced model, first off she is going to cost a fortune and secondly everyone's already got her pic. To me from a selling point she is weak for business.

i can't pay a finder's fee, not worth it to me. But there are people who will pay a nice finder's fee for a girl who is worth it.

if you find a really cute model, not shot too much, send her pic to
[email protected]

I'm talking about girls that have never been shot at all. I can find em. So some photographers will shoot girls from out of their area?

I'll say it again get you some business cards and have a set price on what you charge then go into a strip club and ask them they get naked alreadsy and its easy fast cash we get 95 % of our girls from them and some from the ads in the paper....but have a set price and be in control

"there are NOT millions of girls out there looking to do this kind of work. BIG MYTH."

Think I said a million or something like that. Of course, I am just throwing numbers around. I used to shoot porn movies online many years ago and LA is where I basically lived out of.

Personally, I pay a slight finders fee, nothing over $100.

$720 for 4 hours is stupid for just pics unless she is fucking awesome. Me personally, I can make back the money no matter what I pay the girl. But for someone who is just a photographer, that much for pics may be a stretch. Course, keeping the clientel happy can be priceless.

I pay as low as $50 an hour (broken down) for pics. Yes they come. Depends on area as well. In LA, it is tougher but those that want $100 and hour can be had for less especially in dry times when they need work.

Movies were different. $500+ per scene per girl was normal and up to thousands depending on girl and action.

If you let the girls set their own price, you will lose lots of money. Now, there are girls that out there that I would gladly let tell me their rates. The Money Girls.

Fuck. What am I talking about. This is turning into a book :)

Mogul
Mogul Networks Inc.

why do you people think so many now shoot in other countrys
it is so easy to get people to work and they are veyr happy for what they are paid for i can say this ,, i pay them way better then what they are paid here to work

i can just tell you this much , here in the philippines ,, you can work this place belive it or not HARD ROCK CAFE and get this you pay for 11 to 12 hours for the day is on max 6.00$ a day
and what i pay to shoot my models they dont make that in a few days and only have to work a couple of hours for me

Look, if a model asks for more than you think she's worth you can't get all pissed and take it personally. It's a lot worse on the receiving end as a model when you know what you are worth and a photographer is clearly trying to low ball you. I know tons of models that have been screwed out of modeling fees- I've never heard of a photographer that paid a fee but didn't get any pictures. A model is an independent contractor just like designers or anyone else in the industry. Of course she's going to quote on the high side- just like you're going to quote on the low side. Just work it out so it makes sense or shoot someone else, don't get all bent out of shape if she's out of your price range.

For the record we almost only shoot "fresh" talent who haven't worked for other companies. Pros are more expensive and the content is usually less valuable due to their overexposure.

Talk about girls wanting $$$, I have a friend who keeps trying to get local strippers in the DC area to do photoshoots and cam sessions. These girls are already making good money and he can't seem to understand why they won't pose for a cpl hundred dollars.

I keep telling him to run ads or find starving (but cute) college chicks who need some extra $$$.

He will learn one day!


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Micro niches pay!

http://www.tymanagement.com/watch-list.htm :Graucho

next time please type in english

Thanks for a great thread guys and an insight into something we webmasters rarely think of.

:thumbsup

PS:

Jammy: He typed in English.

Punctuation may be a challenge but it was definitely English.

Quit nitpicking, anal is not cool.

Don't go with old pros, go with newbies. I only did 1 photo shoot. I offered $30 CDN for 1 hour, she happily accepted. For you Americans, that is a little under $20 for 1 hour. Exclusive rights to the photos. :) Hell, she would have done it for free if I had found another chick for her to play with, but I couldn't.
ZoiNk

Okay,

As someone who has never paid for a shoot what are the going rates (just ballpark) for the following?

Solo Nude Photos
Blowjob and Facial Video
Hardcore Video

Etc.

Just curious as I have no idea what the average costs are.....

wrong

Really nice site/content there Mutt :thumbsup

I want to travel to South America to shoot.. but I have no idea as to how to deal with the legalities and the id's...

That is exactly why:)

Also, it builds a reputation and pretty soon you have many girls WANTING to work for you!

Treat the girls nice and you will stay off that list Mutt pointed out. It was interesting to see some of the names on that list. Maybe we should create a symbol for "Asshole free" content; kinda like dolphin safe tuna?:winkwink:

The only reputation it builds is this fool will pay alot of money. I dont pay alot but I shoot galleries for the girls own use. I filter emails for them from those horrid model websites(talk about scum) I test them for mags and everyone I tested I got jobs with magazines. My wife can get shoes and lingerie at cost, they have access to that. We have a excellent rep but I still would never pay a girl the amount some sites pay. A major mag I test for pays $500 for a eight hour day pics and video clips. I think thats very fair especially for a girl who couldnt make $7 a hour in the real world lol.

I forgot to make my point lol I want my rep to be the nicest,fair great photographer who doesnt attack you, who treats models with the greatest respect. Not the guy with a fat checkbook and trust me you could be a huge asshole but if you pay out big money no model would care lol.

Tony404,

You don't even know me, and you are calling me a fool?

Come to Europe to shoot.

2 Basic Advantages:

A) Much better models
B) Much lower RATES !

Plus More fun, models are not at all spoiled and they are easier and more fun to work with.

No wonder Playboy and all the big names are here all year round.

:Graucho

I am sorry, you didnt state it was you. You stated it like it was a theory. Once again I didnt mean to offend you.

Me personally I wouldnt want my rep based on my check book but thats me.:)

"Look, if a model asks for more than you think she's worth you can't get all pissed and take it personally. "

Yea, that is what most people do. It is just business.

Also, if you are going cheap, you need to get used to 'NO' :)

Keep plugging.

Mogul
Mogul Networks Inc.

Yea, I've been a full time "porn bum" for 2+yrs based on this theory.... and I have no problems getting fresh talent :2 cents:

someone calling out plugger???? no way plugger will eat ya for dinner and shit ya out and screw your chic he's got pimp game OTP for life :glugglug

Tony404,

NP, I just wasn't sure if you were calling ME a fool :)

I do pay a bit above average, but I also treat the girls with respect. They are, afterall, our lifeline . ..

A friend of mine is looking into doing some shoots down here in Argentina, his girlfriend is a lawyer so he got some nice research done for free.
Basically you can do whatever you want except for public nudity here, just ask a photocopy of her "DNI" (national document of identity) and a short contract in spanish that i can provide you with :)

amen...

Roberto...

Thanks for your reply..

Im not so worried about legalities in Argentina, as much as the legalities here.. From what I have heard, the feds only accept passports as form of legal identification from other countries but the US.. so that is my problem..

How many ppl actually have a passport.. Now if the feds would accept any ' tarjeta de identificacion ' or ' documento nacional de identificacion ' I would be all over south america shooting.

Thanks again and take care!

You're saying there is no money in video?