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Originally Posted by yuriko
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Mainstream is far larger than adult.
But lots of good info on here have been asking some of these questions myself earlier. But problem is where do you find models ? Strip clubs ?
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No. That is one of the absolute WORST places to find models in my experience.
No matter which strip club, all these women will take whatever was their best night EVER and claim that is what they are making EVERY night. So they want you to pay them the same $300/500.00.
They also tend to feel they are something special. Just because some old drunks, and lonely desperado's will flip em a few bucks. They think that online that will make a difference. It doesn't.
Many of them also do not want to be 'forever online' or have people know about their activities. While I rarely have any customers from around my area, or even this side of the state. They feel that being online would 'out' them to some degree. As well make them a public record. Where working in some shady strip club they feel they have a harder time to be found out, or they can 'out' you for being one of the desperado's. Kinda of like some fucked up power thing.
Have I used strippers every? Yes. Old business partner brought me a bunch of them when we first started out. Nine of 10 were the absolute worst. Same for the Model Mayhem and OMP type sites. They all 'talk' like they want to work, but when you bring them in they suck. Some want to fight you the whole time because they do not like your style compared to some other gumshoe photographer they worked with.
I have had the BEST success recruiting from social networks. I have never been one to walk around like a guido flipping business cards. I set it up in a way, that THEY would come to me looking for work. Then I would go through my three step process before the interview, then do a face to face, and then schedule them.
This solved the no-shows, and other b.s. you would run into.