Photographing models

Oh, That’s Easy

January 18, 2012
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Metro Detroit Portfolio Photographers Mary DuPrie Oh, that’s easy… I mentioned to my friend Eric that I liked how retouching sites had rollover images showing their before and after retouching samples.  I actually taught myself how to retouch by analyzing various rollovers.  I would mouse over them again and again, especially paying attention to the [...]

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Catalog Modeling In Detroit…

January 13, 2012
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Detroit Michigan Modeling Portfolio Photographers Mary DuPrie THERE BASICALLY ISN’T ANY… in a nutshell.  Models are not being flown out of Detroit to do many shoots.  Lucrative shoots will be booked out of  New York, LA, Chicago or Miami.  So unless you are signed with an agency in one of these cities those jobs will [...]

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Detroit Acting Resources

January 9, 2012
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Metro Detroit Michigan Headshot Photographers Mary DuPrie This is a list of resources to invest in pursuing an acting career for children and adults in Detroit.  Headshots are not enough unless you just want/intend to be a movie extra, which just requires a headshot and to be the type they are casting for. To be [...]

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First Shoot, First Look

January 6, 2012
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  Detroit Michigan Comp Card Photographers Mary DuPrie I normally have an order when I shoot comp cards for the day.  Today I wanted to shoot on the east side of the building but unfortunately the sun had already gone around to the south side and there were no cool floor patterns to be had. [...]

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Parents Please Save Your Money

January 5, 2012
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Detroit Michigan Children’s Photographers Mary DuPrie Whenever I get an email from a parent asking for 100 headshots or 100 comp cards for their child I know why.  They got accepted to “The Event”… wow supercalifragilisticexpialidocious oh my!  You and every other child whose parents has deep pockets or perhaps a credit card with enough [...]

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Free Detroit Area Modeling Agencies List 2011

September 27, 2011
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Detroit Michigan Comp Card Photographers Mary DuPrie I wasn’t quite sure what I was going to do with the list information I’ve been gathering on local Detroit area modeling agencies.   Perhaps just keep it for clients who booked me for a shoot. I decided to go hog wild and list all the info I [...]

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Modeling Schools Are Not Agencies

September 16, 2011
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Detroit Michigan Comp Card Photographers Mary DuPrie I had a call tonight from a potential client and she mentioned an agency I hadn’t really heard of, Mannequin Modeling.   Hummm… who are they really?   While she was on the phone I Googled them.  The only difference between her and I is how I Google.  I [...]

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Sitting Versus Standing

September 8, 2011
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Best Detroit Executive Portrait Photographers Mary DuPrie I just can’t quite figure out how to have a client sit comfortably for an executive image quickly and efficiently.  I just bought a great new photography posing stool recommended to me by Dave Roberts Photography… Best Senior Photographer in Oakland County!  I’ve been told by another photographer [...]

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