- The Unique Stereotypes
- 02. 09. 2022 13:522022-09-02 13:52:40
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Reakce na Kees Terberg: You are right, LaHala pinpointed the issue perfectly. I am too old fas...
Don't take it too personally. They are not satisfied with selfies only (although some really do) but they also are not looking for high-quality photographs but photographs from star photographers who have a well-known label, today's world is about labels not about values
If they don't get the label, they prefer to get the money, cause even the most brilliant photographs have on social media a 20ms lifespan only
... that's where it all begins and ends, this world is really a mad one, unfortunately
- Kees Terberg
- 02. 09. 2022 12:142022-09-02 12:14:49
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Reakce na The Unique Stereotypes: Hard to say, but Jipo shoots TFP and claims he has no reason to change...
You are right, LaHala pinpointed the issue perfectly. I am too old fashioned and my stye of photogrpahy is no longer interesting for the new generation of models. If I want to work with a model with my current style of photography, I will have to pay more than I am prepared to. If I have nothing new to offer, the old TFP principle no longer applies. Perhaps it is not the modelling world that has gone mad but me. I am just too old fashioned to keep up with the constant changes. I guess that if models are happy with their selfieshots in the bathroom mirror... then who am I to offer them anything more conventional.
- Kees Terberg
- 02. 09. 2022 12:082022-09-02 12:08:27
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Reakce na L. Hala: The world has gone mad and or I'm too old fashioned to understand the...
You are completely right. Amen.
Reakce na Kees Terberg: " It seems pretty obvious, Kees must be doing something wrong" I wo...
The world has gone mad and or I'm too old fashioned to understand the new way of working with models sounds like a childish protest. I think, you understand the new way of working with models perfectly, but you don't accept it. You' re used to work with models for free or for your photos and it doesn't seem to be working anymore, so you're frustrated. From all of this there are only three possibilities, your photos are no longer valuable enough to pay most models for them, you don't make enough money to afford models, or you're just too greedy :D The world is fine, it just doesn't match your vision of what it should be ;)
- The Unique Stereotypes
- 01. 09. 2022 23:422022-09-01 23:42:07
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Reakce na Kees Terberg: " It seems pretty obvious, Kees must be doing something wrong" I wo...
Hard to say, but Jipo shoots TFP and claims he has no reason to change anything, he wrote literally "this works for me well"
I see the benefits in working with models if I can pay them, therefore I never work with TFP models, but I also can say this works for me well ;)
You, on the other hand, are claiming the world has gone mad, which I translate like neither of these two versions are working for you. So where is the snag?
- Kees Terberg
- 01. 09. 2022 10:022022-09-01 10:02:20
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Reakce na The Unique Stereotypes: Obviously we both have a fundamentally different approach to photograp...
" It seems pretty obvious, Kees must be doing something wrong" I would like to find out what that "something" is. I am not prepared to pay the rates that new models are charging for their services. I guess that I have no ambition to work with these new models with their modern mentality. A model who writes me to ask if I am prepared to work with her as she likes my work and then informs me that she charges more than I ever earned in my life... that is enough for me to conclude that I am too old fashioned to understand the new way of working with models.
- The Unique Stereotypes
- 31. 08. 2022 22:462022-08-31 22:46:05
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Reakce na jipo: oh yes, i like how every amateur is shooting prepared "projects” for t...
Obviously we both have a fundamentally different approach to photography and experience with models also, I could almost say that I see most things you wrote the other way around, but it doesn't really matter, your TFP approach to collabs with models works fine for you, you're happy about it and wouldn't change anything on it. Mine works perfect for me too and I wouldn't change anything about it either. So the good news is, the world hasn't gone mad yet, there is nothing to complain about ;)
It seems pretty obvious, Kees must be doing something wrong :D
Reakce na The Unique Stereotypes: It's simple, TFP collab creates a huge room for various misunderstandi...
oh yes, i like how every amateur is shooting prepared "projects” for the portfolio. I am the simple one, shooting for fun. I have usually very rough idea what to shoot, I do last minute changes of the location etc. Even the genre is usually not defined, and usually changes, it depends how fun it is, without the discussion about the genre dependent rate change :-)I see two major paid model categories. first one, looking for easy money, compensating something wrong in the life. Can be a person who does not perform well in real life easy to handle in a photoshoot? The second one, overexperienced model visible in many porfolios, with a rate based on genre and also counting hours ( another very funny topic :-). Shooting every 2nd day. Can it be fun with her? Maybe, but i bet in general less fun that with girls doing it for fun only. I can tell you a secret, 90% models does not have something like portfolio. Also known face is definitely not advantage for me ( same for tfp). This works for me well, to go shooting without the words like work, porfolio, contract, money etc. Yes, sometimes you are not compatible and it is not that fun, but it is easier to shorten it, but not discuss discount based on performance :-)
- The Unique Stereotypes
- 30. 08. 2022 22:402022-08-30 22:40:24
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Reakce na jipo: maybe you can start with the explanation how exactly is beneficial to...
It's simple, TFP collab creates a huge room for various misunderstandings, unfulfilled expectations and the resulting conflicts. There've been endless discussions here on this topic. Compared to all that, collab for money is a pure matter. Who pays determines the task. No unnecessary discussions, no unfulfilled expectations on both sides, a simple connection of interests, she wants money, I want to shoot what's in my head (not what fits in her portfolio), and then, we talk about an absolutely negligible cost compared to the total cost invested in photography, so what's the point ;)
I see very clearly benefits in what you call pseudo commercial nonsense :)) and among other arguments, maybe if you stop looking for values that no longer exist and find values in the existing ones, you'll stop being convinced that the whole world has gone mad and you're the only one sane :D
...your turn ;)
Reakce na The Unique Stereotypes: I'm afraid I need a little more precise explanation :O
maybe you can start with the explanation how exactly is beneficial to change mind and adapt to this pseudo commercial nonsense instead of stay yourself- The Unique Stereotypes
- 30. 08. 2022 14:242022-08-30 14:24:03
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Reakce na jipo: "Your conclusion only confirms my experience with this place in genera...
I'm afraid I need a little more precise explanation :O
Reakce na The Unique Stereotypes: Once again, after a long time, an intense debate, but it ends exactly...
"Your conclusion only confirms my experience with this place in general, there are only ultra-conservative photographers left who don't change their minds, no matter what arguments were made, no matter how much the world around them has changed (or, if you prefer, gone mad)."well, exactly opposite. problematic ones are people that change their minds very easily :-) strictly-for-free photographers are more on the radical side, not on the conservative.
- Ivo Habran
- 27. 08. 2022 10:292022-08-27 10:29:16
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Reakce všeobecně na vše
Jsou tady dvě strany mince:
1.strana je profesionální fotograf a profesionální modelka, oba dva dostanou za to zaplaceno, je to jejich práce, potřebují si na sebe vydělat, to beru. A ptám se kdo koho platí? Musí existovat třetí subjekt, který jim zaplatí výplatu - nějaká si agentura.
2.strana je amatérský fotograf či amatérská modelka.
a) amatérský fotograf (což považuji i sebe), rád fotím, baví mě to, snažím se tvořit, a tu svoji tvorbu pak rád ukazuji, nejprestižnější pro mě je pak výstava (například: Kladenský zámek), fotky o velikosti až 70x100, většina z nich vytvořena formou TFP. Když pak Vám vyjde článek v novinách o výstavě na zámku a je tam fotka s Vašimi fotoobrazy, to pak máte nos nahoře. Když zjistíte, že Vaše fotka o velikosti 50x70 s pózou modelky, visí u ní doma v ložnici už 8 let! Kterou jsem ji vyfotil v roce 2014 a byla to uznávaná modelka, má tady na FP supr fotky, která se tím živila (nebudu ji jmenovat). Na FB v profilech jsou Vaše fotky, u některých dodnes. Proč si je nepřehrajou novějšími, lepšími fotky? Největší boom u mě byl rok 2012-2014, spoustu focení, spoustu formou TFP, spousta fotek v profilech na FB a na jiných fotografických serverech. Nemám žádné ocenění a ani po něm neprahnu, odezva pouze od svých přátel, kamarádů, to mi bohatě stačí. Lajky, body ty nepočítám, uznávám pouze komentáře ať pozitivní či negativní, nevadí mi to, každá nehativní mě posouvá výš a když je oprávněná rak 2x tolik. To je můj cíl.
b) amatérská modelka, která chce mít supr fotky, ... nevím, nemůžu za ně mluvit, nejsem modelka, ... :)
A pravda je, jak se zde píše: svět se zbláznil, svět je jiný, většina prhane po penězích, ať je to tady, ať je to v politice nebo někde jinde, všichni chtějí prachy, ostatní je nezajímá.
Pak se může profesionální modelka divit, že licituji, že určitě nebudu platit jejich profesionální honoráře, za to mě to nestojí. To si raději počkám, až se nějaká objeví, či někde jinde naskytne rozumného, a je chuť něco společně vytvořit. Krásnou fotku dokážete vyfotit i s amatérskou modelkou, ale oba dva musejí při tvorbě spolupracovat, popřípadě pomůže třetí osoba a to je vizážistka.
Žádné umění, žádná radost. Tak si to umění dělám sám pro sebe, pro své přátele, jednou za čas vystavím, oni přijdou na vernisáž, pokecáme, zkritizujou mi to, dáme si skleničku a je nám dobře.
Modeling není jen zábavný koníček - ale nikdo už se neptá, co amatérskému fotografovi stála fototechnika, vybudování mini ateliéru, tvorba fotoobrazů, a pak worshopy, modelky a když s Vámi v uvozovkách profesionální modelky při focení nespolupracují a jsou tam jen kvůli penězům, tak to mě hodně mrzí.
Profesionálnímu fotografovi agentura propůjčí fototechniku a jde pracovat.
Očekával jsem a kolem roku 2012 jsem považoval tyto stránky pouze pro amatéry (forma TFP), kteří se domluví a půjdou něco hezkého vytvořit.
Amatéři se divějí profesionálům.
Profesionálové se díví amatérům.
Krásný den Všem :)
- The Unique Stereotypes
- 27. 08. 2022 09:422022-08-27 09:42:14
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Reakce na Kees Terberg: I am an experienced amateur and yes, I do use the camera as a tool to...
Once again, after a long time, an intense debate, but it ends exactly where it begins !!
Your conclusion only confirms my experience with this place in general, there are only ultra-conservative photographers left who don't change their minds, no matter what arguments were made, no matter how much the world around them has changed (or, if you prefer, gone mad).
A really curious fossil place. Contemporary thinking photographers has disappeared from here for years.
- Kees Terberg
- 26. 08. 2022 18:522022-08-26 18:52:22
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I am an experienced amateur and yes, I do use the camera as a tool to create art, but also as an excuse. I can admire a beautiful woman through the lens and capture magnificent images. If I would stare at a similar woman without a camera or an objective to create art, I would be considered a pervert or a dirty old man. Thankfully my models know me but if they would not, I can see how the camera is a great excuse for anyone.
I must also say that I do not know many amateur photographers who charge professional rates for their services. The same can not be said for todays models. Do I understand them? Sure, for the same reason that a photographer should be paid. Who needs the service, and who is prepared to work with an artist with an objective to create?
TFP is starting to be a thing of the past. I accept that. If there are any TFP models interested in collaborating with me, please feel free to send me a message. All the paid offers will be gracefully declined.
- Go4Conceptual
- 26. 08. 2022 17:272022-08-26 17:27:57
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Reakce na Chasin the Trane: Jasně, že si můžeme hrát na... Já jsem typickej příklad, hraju si na f...
Proč hned mluvit o shazování, takový záměr v mém komentáři nebyl. Kdo si hraje nezlobí a často si hru užije víc než ten co se focením musí živit. S názorem od Lotte, že každý kdo má dnes kameru je fotograf ale nesouhlasím, takže jsem ho okomentoval. Většina jí má podle mě jen na hraní a nemá v úmyslu vytvářet fotografie v kvalitě co by stály za povšimnutí ani na amatérské úrovni ;) chtějí prostě jen fotit nahaté holky a k tomu mít dobré společenské alibi :D
Takhle vypadá většina dnešních amatérských "fotografů" a na tu se nastavili i dnešní amatérské "modelky"
Jinak se ale mohu pod tím co jsi napsal jen podepsat. Prakticky každý fotograf co se propracuje k uznání a slávě sklouzne postupně do bodu, že fotí už jen to o čem ví, že "funguje" a jelikož nejlépe funguje to co lidi znají (třeba zase od jiných uznávaných fotografů), tak výsledek je, že na světě přibývá každý den miliony profesionálních, uměleckých nebo jinak technicky zdařilých fotografií které nikoho nezaujmou na déle než na půl vteřiny :)
To je zároveň i odpověď na to, proč modelky preferují peníze před fotografiemi ;) těmi dnešními už nikoho neohromí a účet za elektřinu s nimi taky nezaplatí :D
- Kees Terberg
- 26. 08. 2022 16:292022-08-26 16:29:42
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If you own a camera, you own the tool to be a photographer. If you are a professional, you earn a living with it. Being a professional does not mean that you are good. If you earn good money, they you are. I love the work of many amateur photographers and yes, I understand that many models are using their physical shape to earn a living as well. This does not mean that everyone has to be a professional. I am now an amateur and I guess that as an amateur, I will continue the passion while working primarily with amateur models. It just reduces the number of people whom you can choose to collaborate with.
- Chasin the Trane
- 26. 08. 2022 15:502022-08-26 15:50:11
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Reakce na Go4Conceptual: "everyone with a camera is now a photographer and anyone with a physic...
Jasně, že si můžeme hrát na... Já jsem typickej příklad, hraju si na fotografa už roky a nestydím se. Myslím, že tak má většina zdejších uživatelů (a ten kdo se tím živí pravděpodobně zde prezentované fotky stejně neprodá). Proč to stejně nemohou mít i modelky?
Pro mě osobně mnoho profesionálních fotografů (nebavíme se Šibících, Salgádech...) vytváří velmi nudnou tvorbu, která je naprosto zaměnitelná. Chápu, že je víceméně požadováno. Noviny už jen přebírají z ČTK, ani nevím kdy mě zaujala fotka z časopisu.
Jestli mě chcete kamenovat, tak mi napiště pro zajímavost nějakého českého komerčního fotografa s jasným rukopisem.
To my umělci (ode mě je to asi dost drzé) máme výhodu svobody a můžeme tvořit co chceme a hlavně jak chceme. A díky tomu zde určitě tvoří několik výrazných fotografů (proto bych určitě neshazoval nikoho s odkazem "hraje si na ..").
Přesto mám pocit, že individualit tu za posledních 10 let výrazně ubylo. Sleduji různé fotografy nebo takovou polskou FP a zdá se, že nám tu trochu ujíždí vlak.
Není i to důvod, proč není zájem o fotky a preferují se prachy?
- Kees Terberg
- 26. 08. 2022 10:262022-08-26 10:26:24
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It is great to see that most of us agree with the same things. Yes, the world has gone mad and yes, where there is a demand, there will be offers. The "truths" all follow the same line. Are we ready to point the finger at who is supposed to be responsible for ths? I guess not, and it would not serve its purpose.
This is not really a discussion or a debate, but more like a rant and venting of my own frustrations. I am wondering if I am the only one with this opinion or if this is something that is also experienced by my fellow colleagues.
For a long time, I only worked TFP. When photography was my profession, my job, my bread and butter, I used to exchange my services as a photographer with the services of a model. My camera gear needed to be paid for as I had a hefty loan outstanding to pay for the equipment and as photography was my only source of income, TFP became a means to work on non-commercial projects. During these sessions, we collaborated on artistic projects with the goal of obtaining images that would suit us both. To date, my best images were obtained through TFP sessions, even with extremely professional models.
Ever since I moved to Prague and put my old paid off equipment back to use to shoot entirely as an amateur, I have met a lot of magnificent girls who use their modeling skills to earn some extra cash. Over my years in the Czech Capital, I have started to pay a set fee for up to 2 hours of fine art nude work. Many of these models have become friends and not all the sessions result in a paid exchange but still, I do not believe that the 2000czk that I offered for a session was a bad rate. The payment became a business transaction that facilitated the use of the obtained images in exhibitions and international publications.
In my search for new faces, purely for the joy of working with light, a nice setting and a beautiful figure, I have come to one rather disturbing conclusion. An amateur photo model charges more than an experienced prostitute. Photo models are not prostitutes but a recent discussion with a pretty young lady who works in the escort industry, resulted in some pretty amazing images. With respect to the young lady, I will not be sharing any of the results on social media. Just to clarify, I was not aware of her profession but the website we used to hook up was more intended for sexual encounters rather than the arrangement of photo sessions. (Tinder)
The starting rate for an escort is around 40E/1000czk per hour. The lady offered any service that I requested and when I asked her to just let me photograph her, rather than use her body for gratifying my sexual fantasy, she was hesitant. We met for a drink and we ended up shooting body details where the photographed parts were difficult to recognize or anatomically place. The photo session was only agreed as she would not be recognized but the resulting images were personal and intimate. (www.adultprague.com)
The conversation that followed was an interesting one. She had friends and colleagues who would also be interested in working on fine art projects and be happy to work with me for a fraction of the agreed rate as long as no reference would be made to their actual profession.
In my inbox on FP I received various responses from models that I had contacted before. The rates that they quoted ranged from 1400czk per hour, with a minimum of 2 hours, to 500usd for a session without open legs. I have no intention to publish a picture book intended for gynecology students and anyone who is familiar with my work will know that I respect my models and never shoot anything that would compromise or degrade them in any way.
The current rates to work with an average model exceed the rates for an average prostitute. We are all shouting that fine art and nudity is not porn. Modeling is not prostitution and respect is essential. I love my models and I have enjoyed working with each and every one of them, but the rates that are currently being asked for by people without any of the grace, elegance or artistic ambitions that I was used to, will make me think twice about working with a paid photo model.
What is your opinion on the current range of "professional" models and the rates that they charge? My time of working with these new "professionals" has come to an end as they do not offer anything inspirational, new or worth their fee. Perhaps I stand alone with this verdict but I had to vent it regardless. Thank you for bearing with me and for having read my thoughts.