2/24/2018 0 Comments Artist DevelopmentArtist Development classes.
I want to go over exactly why they are important and what they are. I have covered this before, but I'll go over it again. Being a pinup model with goals means so much! It goes beyond doing shoots, way beyond, although photo shoots are obviously a key aspect. Being the talent, being an artist, WORKING on your craft, developing new skills, sharpening your current skills, creating a solid pinup look, gaining knowledge, utilizing resources, building your brand, gaining experience, setting goals and reaching them. There must be a solid and realistic plan involved, no matter what your goals are or what you need to develope skills and utilize resources. Long term goals need a plan of a year, 2 years, 3 years, 5 years, etc. What level exactly do you desire your career to be at in a year, not next month. Now with that said if your only goal is to gain publication, and you've been successful at it, then I believe it's a great goal, but not exactly difficult to achieve. If you want publication in the top pinup magazines, then more is involved, and high quality professional photography is the key element. It brings more of a challenge because the top 3 pinup magazines are super selective. If your goals include magazine covers, there's gotta be an actual plan involved, and a professional photographer. You can't wing a shoot, try on wardrobe for the 1st time, just before the shoot. You can't decide on your hairstyle last minute. You can't have 1960's makeup and 1940's hair. You can't be in something too modern looking. You can't be in an outfit that doesn't flatter your frame. You can't book a shoot with a photographer for the very first time and expect a cover. Of course it happens, it's happened to me a few times actually. I still say it's rare and even the times it occurred I had my entire look planned out, I knew the location and what to expect, etc. Covers undoubtedly take planning of that shoot. I rarely know I'm shooting for a cover. I just plan every detail for all my shoots and communicate thoroughly with my photographer. I don't wing, a single shoot. I do however know when I'm booked to shoot with a well known pinup photographer, or one of my personal photographers that I've had great success with, that my chances of a cover are higher. Artist Development classes are a great way to begin your planning for success. Building a solid pinup look, developing new skills, getting advice directly from a professional in the industry you're in, and actually planning in detail all the steps, to achieve every single goal you set. If you have a manager or agent, I'm quite sure they have many connections, are you utilizing them to your full advantage? They have knowledge and experience, are you learning as much as possible from them? Asking me questions via messenger, picking my brain during hair styling time, or reading my blogs even, isn't a meeting that's especially for and about your career goals and the plan needed to achieve them. Far from an Artist Development class. Models should spend less time on social media, and more time, or start spending time actually training and practicing at home! Focus on gaining knowledge and skills, less time on photo shoots and publication. Yes you need to be active in pinup to get in mags, which means photo shoots, and gaining experience by shooting. But training and researching is key and should be in your plan, in your schedule and something you MAKE the time to do often. Just like Artist Development classes should be often and ongoing. You should have goals and a plan for the next year, 2 and 3 years. You should be actively working on those goals and implementing that plan to achieve success. What are you doing daily, weekly, or monthly to enhance your career and succeed at your career goals? Talking about it does very little. Weeks should never pass, or more without you working on your craft and producing, if you have many goals, and or major ones. People who are your competitors, whether you see them or not, they are producing often, succeeding often because they implemented their plans, they're actually doing, not wishing, not taking, not waiting for it to be handed to them. Developing knowledge, experience, skills and yourself as an artist, as a marketable pinup, take a lots of work and time! You must have a plan! You must be producing. If you're paying a hair stylists or makeup artist, if you're paying to be photographed, there's a huge chance that those people aren't helping you create a plan to achieve your goals. Sure stylists and photographers are directly involved in success but they aren't being paid to help you create your own solid pinup look, or help you develope skills needed. You pay me as a stylist, that's exactly the job I'll perform. You hire me to photograph you too, I'll do just that. Whatever hairdo, wardrobe, themed shoot, etc., that you want, you'll get. As a manager or a fashion consultant, my job isn't to style your hair and photograph you. My job involves many aspects at that point. My knowledge, resources, and experience come into play. My advice is based upon years of experience and success as a professional pinup model. Artist Development classes should begin when you begin setting goals. They should be valued and utilized as a valuable resource. Until you become a professional, if that's your goal, these classes and meetings should not stop. If you make the time to be on social media daily, make the time to book and do shoots, then you have the time to research and train, to attend classes, especially if they're free. Without production that stems from a solid plan, you shouldn't expect success. Production yo achieve your goals, involves much more than shooting. Pinup Talk host Dianna Prince
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