This is sure to be a contentiuos topic... you may not realise that around half of all shoots we have booked are cancelled on the morning of the shoot, due to grooming issues. This is usually bruises, insect bites, or shaving rash. As you could imagine, this plays havoc with our schedules, staff satisfaction, model satisfaction, and productivity.
Because we only employ amateur models, and most people are not perfectly groomed all the time, this is a huge problem for us. We have a pretty good system of informing models what our requirements are ahead of time, and explaining what issues are lilely to be a problem for our shooters, but most models undersell the significance of their grooming issues before the shoot day, so we end up cancelling on the day.
Many members will have seen the odd bruise, acne, or rash here of course, becuase we need to shoot SOMEthing.
Lots of other sites and producers have this problem, and they fix it simply: applying make-up pre shoot to problem areas, and photoshopping other areas in post production. Of course, some producers go a lot further than this, using photoshop to change body shape, eye colour, remove texture.
Should this be something we consider to help us be more productive? We seem to have painted ourselves into a corner with our "no photoshop!" and "no make-up!" claims, and it's becomming more of a problem. What do you think about us applying make-up to selected areas (never on the face), and photoshopping out particularly bad blemishes?
Because we only employ amateur models, and most people are not perfectly groomed all the time, this is a huge problem for us. We have a pretty good system of informing models what our requirements are ahead of time, and explaining what issues are lilely to be a problem for our shooters, but most models undersell the significance of their grooming issues before the shoot day, so we end up cancelling on the day.
Many members will have seen the odd bruise, acne, or rash here of course, becuase we need to shoot SOMEthing.
Lots of other sites and producers have this problem, and they fix it simply: applying make-up pre shoot to problem areas, and photoshopping other areas in post production. Of course, some producers go a lot further than this, using photoshop to change body shape, eye colour, remove texture.
Should this be something we consider to help us be more productive? We seem to have painted ourselves into a corner with our "no photoshop!" and "no make-up!" claims, and it's becomming more of a problem. What do you think about us applying make-up to selected areas (never on the face), and photoshopping out particularly bad blemishes?
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