Comparing my model development and subsequent marketing plan with that of a modeling school as well as the cost to benefit ratios.

In my opinion, modeling schools are a waste of time and money. The reason for this is, in print work, the commercial photographer doing the shoot directs the model. It is his job to illustrate the advertisement. What you have to do is to prove you can take detailed direction and look commercial, not in generic classes but in front of the camera. With great direction, your proof sheets will show you your best poses.

No model can know exactly how they look in front of the camera but a directing photographer does. Therefore, quality of direction to conceal the negative and reveal the positive is extremely important. This is where I come in. Take a detailed look at my "un-retouched" before and after photos and you will know no one can teach you how to present yourself at your very best like I can.

When I do your hair, make up and photography, I direct you with such detailed interaction you look like a seasoned and relaxed Pro. If you depend on classes to teach you generic poses, you will look like a generic small town model. Some aspiring models cannot tell the difference. Those people I never see. Some people are impressed with expensive furniture and a well-decorated office with pretend cosmopolitan photos. Keep in mind I worked in Hollywood for 11 years as well as short stints in Paris and London for many years. I’ll put my un-retouched work up against any in this country or abroad. Why do I live here? I have traveled the world and I like it here.

If you rely on a model agency, especially a modeling school agency in a small market you will have to stand in line to land a job. My way stated above, you go directly to the people who hire models and you save agency commission and in the end you have spent about 1/5th as much as you would have spent with many modeling schools with much, much better results. Even with my more efficient method of model marketing, there is no guarantee of the volume of work to be had.

Many of the modeling schools' photos that they show are heavily retouched and unrealistic. Glamorous perhaps, but not practical. My photos can be achieved with makeup and their retouched photos cannot.