Expert: Charles Taylor - 9/30/2008

Question
Charles,

I put an ad on craigslist to try and get some adult video work and I keep getting emails from people with free email addresses (like hotmail or yahoo) for nude pictures so they can see if I "have what there looking for". I am very pretty woman I have no tattoos or stretch marks but by the time I send the pictures that they want they never respond. Am I doing something wrong?

Kelly

Answer
It really would depend on what type of pictures they need, here is an example done by Penthouse Magazine-


http://www.penthousemodels.com/pages/tips


These are the standard shots needed for most "adult/nude modeling" gigs.


You might also want to find a better place to look for work as well. craigslist, backpage and xpeeps are good places to network with people....but truly horrible when it comes to finding quality work. You also mentioned that your employers used free email accounts....this is another point in someone tricking you into sending them free nude photos of yourself. Now I cant deny that some people still use those type of free accounts that are truly legitimate business people but its almost 2009....anyone who works for a real and legit company will most likely have an email address at a domain...either their website or the corporate website domain account. So I would tend to be some what suspicious of a person using anything then other then a real @TheirDomain.com/@companyDomain.com email address.

You may want to also consider going with an manager or agency….that will make everything run way more smoother from the get go….no more responding to “pic hnters” just pretending to be a job when they really aren’t.


Here are a few links for representation-

http://www.type9models.com
http://www.worldmodeling.com
http://www.deepdishmodels.net


Good luck!