modeling

The Professional's Guide to Modeling
$24.95
Thank you Mr. Talley, for writing your book. Save $1500US+, frustrated time & heartache. The advice & information is priceless & absolutely useful for the Australian & Asian market i.e. if you're not between 5'9" and 6' tall with long legs (female), to be forwarded for mainstream work, you've got to play the game, with the smaller agencies, who don't get enough work for their models, so they compensate by charging for photo shoots, classes, etc...with NO GUARANTEED return. Furthermore, the book offers unparalleled advice & honest truths, regarding, industry games, modeling conventions / searches, scams, the games photographer's play & Internet Modeling. A. Butler:[...]

The Model Posing Guide For Fashion And Glamour Photography
$14.99
This is a great book to bring along on a shoot for ideas. My use of the book, which obviously affects my rating, is as a begining photographer looking for a portable modeling guide for women that have never modeled and need pictures to illustrate for them what to do.

The book is intended for the model and not the photographer but is easily used by both. The first 20 pages cover modeling basics, posing, what to bring and do before a shoot. This book isn't as thorough as Billy Pegram's "Posing techniques for photographing model portfolios." While that amazing book is a manual on posing, this is more of a picture book to generate ideas for posing. This is where the book does a great job. There are many ideas you'll get and ability to illustrate poses. The book is small enough to pack along. Keep in mind the intent of the two books and you won't be dissappointed.

Most of the pictures have the model in a leotard or fully covered, though some are in underwear. This helps if you have someone that you wouldn't want to expose revealing pictures to. At around $15.00 it's great for what I use it for.

The only negatives are the pictures are b/w, low dpi, sometimes lacking in texture and contrast and small but easily viewable. There are several pictures on a given page though.

In summary, it was a good purchase for me.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Being a Model, 2nd Edition
$18.95
This book is good if you really have no idea in the whole universe about modeling. I thought it stated a ton of obvious information. Instead of being "a complete guide" it really is an overall "introduction". I think this book is aimed at teens and pre-teens, as an adult I thought it was written retardedly. Don't buy it. Get a different book about the industry.

Modeling Clay (Box 24)
$4.99
The bright colors make this clay appealing to my preschool age child. Just the right amount of clay in this package for child just starting working with clay.