First step in modeling
Went to New York to meet with MMG yesterday, and my, the trip was tiring. The ride there and back took at least 10 hours. Yeah, follow me, 10 hours. Lucky for us we were able to hop back on the 4pm bus back to DC instead of 6, or God knows when we’d get back.
The interview itself went alright. The talent manager was really nice, but she wasn’t too impressed with the photos I took for IPOP. Tell me about it, only people with crap stuck in their eyes would think those photos were nice. I mean, the photographer was ok, but the makeup artist should be hung upside down and smacked. Seriously, she was so bad, I remember my mom laughing when she saw my makeup. Yeah, that bad.
Good thing I didn’t listen to my modeling instructor and still brought my glamor shots from Taiwan. Kate (the talent manager) loved them. But she said that those weren’t enough, and now I needed to take some more photos for my comp card and headshot. Crap, and I spent so much money on those ugly-ass ones for IPOP. Argafah. She recommended a great (but REALLY expensive) photographer and showed us some photos she did. Also, she printed out a 2 year contract and let me take it home to look over and sign before mailing it back.
Basically, the whole thing went well, but we had to pay almost $2000 for the photoshoot, comp card, headshots, and web book maintenance. That shocked me a bit at first. They also take a 20% commission, which was more than what the JRP instructors had mentioned. Of course, I started having doubts, so all I could do was pray about it. I prayed that God give me a sign, that if this agency was right, then they’d allow me to leave the SSN field on the contract blank. If not, then this agency isn’t right for me. So I emailed Kate about this, and she said it was fine. We were also able to reschedule the photoshoot from a Sunday to a Monday, which is great because now we won’t have to miss church. Of course, just because I have an agent doesn’t mean I have a job. I’m still worried about this, and will continue to pray for God’s guidance. But all in all, praise the Lord for being ever faithful and loving!Error processing request
