Hi Mat thanks for posting, I wasn't going to reply, as my question has been full answered now Nixies, answered it best
Thanks for saying I'm very attractive, I'm tying my best not pigeon hole my look, I have done trashed Goth type trash shoot which is totally different to style of shoot I normally do. I am willing to try any style once to see if I like it or not, if I like I will continue to-do it
I don't think my argument with Britney Spears 'Hit Me One More Time' video, and the St Tinian's films are at weak at all. I needed an example which most people would know, I wasn't just saying those two individually. I meant the whole style gene etc, I don't wish to offend either, but I was using them as reference because I have done that style with a few photographers and I wanted to know what people thought. Like I said Nixies, explained it perfectly
to say Britney wasn't in the school girl outfit for the whole video, only for the first 1 minute 30. That's that's irrelevant, it doesn't matter if she was in the video for 3seconds or 2 hours, she was dressed a school girl and that's what she portraying. It doesn't matter if that was only one and only time she adopted that particular look for a video, ask someone to name Britney video and 9 out 10 times it will be 'Hit Me One More Time' video, she didn't need to-do it again.(the video did what it supposed to-do) To say she looked older than 18 years old, you may think that, I bet there are 1,000 of people who would say the opposite
I understand what you mean about people perception, but that's based on that individually I'm sure
Have ever seen those black n white ink pictures that doctors use, mostly in films and they say €śwhat do you see€ť some people see a butterfly, some people see two people dancing.. It's a bit like that.
€śYour comment about €śSomething you need to consider with that look is, when someone looks at that image they don't see Shelly the 18 year old playing a school girl. They just see the school girl. They don't know you, or the situation that image was taken in. Instead they perceive and imagine based on what they see€ť.....
Let's forget the school girl & Britney for a minutes because I don't want people focusing on just that, what you're saying I agree with, but that goes for many of the photos I have done..
This photo of me
www.madcowmodels.co.uk/modeling_photo/id/17641/Shelly18s-photomanipulation-modeling... This is what you said €śsuch as the black and white shot of you on the bed, dated October 27th 2011. That is a lovely image in its own right€ť
I have had people rip me to bits over that, saying same thing, I look underage, I look young etc it's disgusting... so you see where I'm going, if I listen to everyone I may as well shut down my profile and give up on my ambition
After reading post's I have come to conclusion it's not about if I'm dressed as school girl or not, I it's about if I'm purposely involved in shoot where the tog is, trying to make me look under age(school girl or not) .....Just (Like what Nixies said) which i have never done and I will stay well way from.
you also said €śyou need to consider your long term career. Would you be happy with these pictures in 10, 20, 30 years time, maybe when you have kids?€ť
I can't think like that being a model, if I did I would stop modelling, I don't know what around the next corner... but hey slowdown 30 years from now I will would be like 50 lol at that age I wouldn't give shittttttttttttt what people thought lol and kids phffffffffff i dont think so lol
Please don't take anything I said personally , I have got the info and advice I needed from this post and I know what I'm going to-do from now.
Thanking everyone again for posting
Shelly