Got to Business
Added 2019-11-04 02:50:11 +0000 UTCSat down and did the worst part of modeling: reaching out to people to see if they're interested in hiring you. I feel like a telemarketer, but I finally learned last year that that's what some people actually expect you to do. It's scary to get rejected or at least put yourself in that risk! Most people are nice. Those occasional offensive replies can really throw me out of wack, but I've started to strengthen up and roll with the punches. It isn't just an artist thing. Rejection has made it easier to get rejected everywhere lol. Life is one rejection after another, but there aren't enough positions for every job or space out there! It's hard not to take the rejection to heart and wonder why I'm not enough, but that really isn't how it is. I think about the times I've had to reject someone, and it rarely is personal or because they're inadequate. The networking, while feeling scary and sometimes discouraging, is also so rewarding. Maybe because the modeling is really what's rewarding. Any success after grueling work makes me feel justified and like I know what I'm doing. Though really, I'm always learning and always making adjustments, like I do everything.
Photo by Jessica May Theiss
Comments
It's both. Preferably they contact but most of the times photographer's won't see your travel notice and some prefer being messaged first
Astrid Kallsen
2019-11-04 03:56:31 +0000 UTCWow I really get to learn about the business reading your posts. I had no idea you had to contact the photographer's and not the other way around.
Don Williams
2019-11-04 02:53:00 +0000 UTC
