Stupid question about a pretty model
 

Hey I am to have a shoot next week and I get this email from her,
Hey Tom,

I need a realy huge favor. I am stuck over here in Cali and I have not money to get me home. The company that I was working for has not found me any work and I am soooo tired of it. I can not find any way home. If you could help any at all You copuld take it out of my pay and That would also mean that I would be able to shoot with you right away this week. I can understand if you can not help but you are my last hope.Please do not get mad at me.

Ive shot her before, but should I go a head and buy her a plane ticket? it's only $251.00 *shrugs* what would you do?
Thanks

TOM

If she wants to be partly paid in goods/services, go for it. Just make sure you pay her at least some cash (better for the release), mention "and..." as additional payment on her release, and that you don't buy the ticket until after the shoot, unless you *really* trust her.

Depends how well you know her.

To me sounds like she is desperate for cash. I would probably tell her you can't or not respond.

Than again I don't know her...

Well, since you can just take it out of her pay, it doesn't seem like that big of a deal...

I would fly to cali....do a shoot on sight and then fly her home. :)

Problem she is in LA i am in Virginia so couldnt shoot her till she gets back, Like I said I shot her before, I don't know her all that well and Not good at making these types of judgment calls so that is why i am asking hoping some content providers out here would give their feelings.

TOM

I would do it - remember the time you dident have money to go to Vegas - this is your chance to give something back

Is she hot? Can you easily afford to loose the cash?

Then it might be worth it, but she's probably just trying to rip you off...

Thats the problem, If I do this and she bolts and I don't shoot then IM fucked lol but on the other hand she is fucking hot imo



I would do it - remember the time you dident have money to go to Vegas - this is your chance to give something back

I know and would be a nice thing to do,
TOM

I would do it but I have been called a sucker before too. :2 cents:

From her letter it looks like she's on the level and intelligent enough to be trusted. If she's pretty and you plan on working with her again anyway, go for it.

If she ends up stiffing you, then announce her publicly and she'll be blackballed. She'll soon learn when she applies for modeling work with some other local photog and get's told "no, you fucked over va2k, sorry, no work for you bitch"

use that money to hire a different chick.. or two chicks...

buy the ticket dont give her cash

and pick her up from the airport and shoot her that day befor she goes home so at least you got your end of the deal


Tanker

Gotta pic Tom?

fuck it... they all try to play the guys...

tell her to get a credit card or go proz herself on the street for a nite then fly home...

gotta give her tuff love dude... :thumbsup

well I am paying her a total of $1000.00 for 1.5 days of shooting doing anal, hardcore, softcore and some dialogs so yea I think you all are given pretty good info so I may just do it.

TOM

HELL NO!

Don't even think about doing this, Tom. I am not goig to bother reading the rest of this thread.

Trust me...Don't do it!

250 bucks from california to virginia. Is that on ghetto airline

Post a picture of her so we can see what she looks like.......

dayum, she can't be that hot if that's all you're paying her for anal and hardcore etc for 1.5 days (12 hours!) ?????

exactly what i said...

except i added she could work on the street for a nite to pay for her ticket :1orglaugh

http://www.virginiaamateurs.net/dana.jpg

19 years oldhttp://www.virginiaamateurs.net/2.jpg

She looks more cute than hot :) Very nice.

Buy her a Greyhound ticket and tell her its the best you can do as you have other things to pay for. :winkwink:

2-3 days on a bus will give her perspective to NOT traipse off for a job that isn't iron clad.

have you seen the girls i use to shoot???? SHE IS FUCKING HOT compared to my other honies :1orglaugh

not too shabby... when you're done with her ship her up to Montreal :thumbsup

think she'll do an anal gangbang?

prolly hehe she was awsome on the shoot very good to work with the last time.

TOM

well if she has no problem with ultra hardcore (we get better each week!), then maybe it's worth it for her to come to MTL

of course if she's like most girls, she has no passport, driver's license or credit cards? :1orglaugh

What I meant was that she looksmore of a cutie than a classic hottie, which in my opinion is way more exciting... You should do some lesbian shots with her and another cutie. Would sell good...

Dean's out there.. get him to shoot her for ya.. and then send her home.

If she looks that cute and she cannot get work here in LA then there is something strange going on. I can put her in touch with an agent here who can get her work tomorrow.

I know guys in San Diego who would also shoot her

This all smells a bit, be careful

Cindy
XX:helpme :helpme

:thumbsup get another photog/ content guy to do the shoot

Thanks guys and gals that is what im going to do get somone from the La area to hook up with her :)~

Sorry, I am slow. In that case, it's a really tough call... You don't want to lose the money, and frankly its hard to trust anyone.

You could try it as a gamble. Can you afford to lose $300, in order for a chance to get more content? You could always tell her you will do it, but because of the risk it would have to be an extra day of shooting... and ruin her if she doesn't do as promised. ("She never turned-up after I paid for her ticket to the shoot" would get most photographers' attention.)

http://www.legalpictures.com

I think these guys are in or near LA and i know they shoot every day. Hit them with an e-mail i am sure they can help you out.
Cindy xx

:helpme :helpme :helpme

Aaron and I have both had bad experiences with lending money to models in hard luck situations.

Here's one of my stories: I was all set up to do a g/g shoot in a nice hotel room. One of the girls is already there. The second girl shows up after phoning to say she'll be a half hour late (some models think nothing about wasting the time of 1, 2, 3 or more people by showing up late for shoots). When she shows up, she says, "I don't know if you can shoot me today, look at this." The other model and I watch her take off a wristband to reveal some gause. When the gause comes off, we see some deep cuts in her wrist. She says, "I got so pissed at my boyfriend this morning I put my hand through a window." These didn't look like the cuts you'd get by breaking a window, unless you rubbed your wrist over the jagged glass remaining in the frame. She offered to do the shoot with the wristband on and added that she needed to to pay her rent, but I felt that since the cuts were open, with the skin parted showing the flesh underneath, she needed to go to the ER for some stitches, so I told her I'd pay her for the shoot if she'd make it up soon. I gave her a large check for the shoot plus some cash for a taxi to the ER. Since then, she has been very difficult to reach, never having the time even for a brief conversation when I've reached her. Apparently, she's stopped modeling entirely. However, how has my kindness and generosity been rewarded? A year has gone by. Has she sent me a check for the shoot money I lent her? Has she proposed even a repayment plan of say $50/mo for 5 months? The answer is no. I will never see that money again.

Take that for what it's worth. I'm sure Aaron and I could tell you other stories of kindnesses unrewarded. The bottom line is, once the girl has the money, you are in the collections business and your chance of collecting is iffy at best.

There's that, too. I have seen local Portland girls go to LA and even though they are not supermodel material, they are beating the agents and photographers off with a stick.

I was waiting for someone to come up with something that made a little sense.

However, she cannot find work in LA. :helpme

Hello, reality check.

DON'T DO IT TOM, don't trust these ho's.

this college skank started working for me and suckered me into lending her $100.00 when she needed an advance for her car payment or something, then she dipped out and dodged me and blocked me off her buddy list and shit.

so i sent the college a nice letter about how she works for an escort service and how we were taking her to court.

TOM dont trust a girl who is willing to do an anal gangbang. Find some other girl. She looks like she needs to pay off her crack dealer.

Thanks now this is what im talking about, the big boy content guys coming to my rescue and saying what I felt in my tummy DONT DO IT, so I will set her up with a guy in LA to shoot her so she can get home, if she don't then I know I would of been fucked.

TOM

If you want her to work as fast as possible let me know, maybe my shooter can shoot her tomorrow or Tuesday and she'll have enough to get a plane ride home.

Send me a couple other pics of her at [email protected]

Something is definitely wrong, she must have hooked up with some guy who was lying when he told her he was part of the porn biz cuz a 19 year old who is that cute can work practically everyday.

UPDATE just got an email from her,

I finally got in touch with ryan and he helped witht he money so I can get home now. I am so sorry that I had to ask you. I may be shooting some Freebies today So I will see if I can send them to you so that you can get me some more work. I just got up and it is # back home.HAHAHA


Thanks seems like she was on the up and up *shrugs* should of went a head and did this last night eh?

TOM

Just my :2 cents: even though this is a moot point now...

I've done this sort of thing before, and would again. Its true that more often than not kindnesses are not repaid, but thats not the point.

My theory is to go through life going the extra mile to help people in any kind of need. Sure, sometimes you get taken advantage of, but there are lots more things than dollars and cents in the long run.

If I thought the model was being genuine I would take a chance. One time we had a model that showed up ill for a shoot, and we drove her home round trip (5+ hours) to another state. Months later when she had a chance to return the favor on something, she didn't.

But that is her loss, not mine. Helping people out of a jam is its own reward.

Good point and well taken
:thumbsup

Tom this girl has been around L.A. before or was this her first trip and she's been out there awhile? Cuz I sent her pix to my video guy today and he just got back to me - he's already shot her, months ago.

That is an elegantly perfect solution to hook her up with some work so you don't have to risk it.

Not an issue now I guess, but I've totally bought plane tickets and such for models in a jam before. Yes, I've had people be all like I worked for free when actually they traded for expensive airfare, but I've also had people who were totally cool and where I got to feel like the world is a better place for being able to do the nice thing.

Just because a girl models nude does not mean she is trying to hustle you or looking to streewalk. A nineteen-year-old might just not know who to contact in LA and it is expensive to stay here if you don't know anyone. Anyway, nice work thinking of setting her up with work to get home.

--Amelia G