Subject I've wanted to cover awhile now. This information is for all the aspiring and amateur pinups that are brand new to pinup & publishing. There's a lengthy process to gaining publication. The process isn't a difficult task, but it's lengthy and definitely takes time, as well as patience. I've noticed so many gals entering pinup failing to comprehend that there's a biz side. As with any and all career fields within an industry, there's always a biz side. There are dolls that assume pinup is easy and they can jump right into a brand new field and industry, and have overnight success. Those that have success within pinup have been at it for years and years. You can book a shoot, plan the details and your looks, do the shoot and by the time you receive edits and submit, it can be several weeks, up to several months later. There are times I've planned a shoot that was a week away, weeks or a month or more away, took only a week to receive edits, while many other times it took over a month. Then there's magazine deadlines. You may do a shoot for an upcoming issue that won't be published for a couple or even several months away. I planned an epic recreation, took almost 2 months to plan and prepare for, got edits within a couple of weeks and submitted. At that point from booking a date, planning with my photographer, and shoot date arrived, got edits, it was well over 2 months. A magazine offered me a cover with the set. However the issue wouldn't be out for 6 more months! So it took weeks of planning ahead, weeks of communication, weeks before the shoot, weeks after, until I was able to submit the edits. Then 6 whole months more, before the issue was published. If you've been selected to be my featured model in an article, then there was additional work involved by writing and submitting your set plus the article. Time writing, time organizing and labeling each image, and time submitting, along with communication back and forth with mag owners. If you don't plan on keeping biz commitments I'm pinup, aren't sure if pinup is right for you, etc., don't do shoots that are specifically for magazine publication! Stop wasting so many people's time! Gals quit pinup because they can't afford it anymore. They quit because they no longer have the time. They quit because they've entered school, don't want to be associated with pinup in the future. And countless times gals have said they aren't doing pinup shoots anymore because a boyfriend doesn't approve anymore! Or they can't understand, even with no experience or skills, that they still have to invest. Things like mags not paying, you have to purchase issues you're in, etc. All thingsthat have been a part of this biz and hasn't recently changed at all. Things that were there when someone begins in pinup, and things that'll never change. I'm not here to judge why anyone enters a brand new field and industry, no skills, no knowledge of pinup history or current events. No experience and no accomplishments within pinup,.... yet expects success! They expect free shoots with those who are pros, expect pay to shoot, payment to be in mags, and many other unrealistic expectations. However I will judge those who are so misguided that they commit to things involving others, then bail before production is complete! I speak for anyone who is directly involved in helping pinups gain publication. Stop shooting to be in mags if you can follow thru, and can't be patient! I had to pull 2 sets of a single gal recently. One set was selected to be in the biggest pinup magazines in the world, with article! Not easy to get accepted in that mag! They, like most mags, plan ahead. They have deadlines, but have hundreds of submissions every issue. There are endless amounts of pinups, aspiring and pro, who'd die to be in that mag. All the top pro pinups and professional pinup photographers want to or have been in this mag. It totally makes whom ever is submitting look awful to submit, get selected, then have to inform the mag, the set is no longer available because the model flaked! Decided AFTER getting involved, booking and doing shoots, after the time editing, article writing, etc., they no longer want to try and be a pinup. No matter what biz, career field or industry, no one enjoys having their time wasted! Way ,way too many aspiring pinups that don't get involved, make commitments, then bail! Way, way too much competition in this biz and in publishing. I don't care if pinup is a once a year treat, on occasion treat, part time or full time. Aspiring and amateur, semi pro, pro or top in your field, you don't become a professional, and build a solid reputation by acting totally unprofessional! Professionals didn't just wake up one day, soon after entering a brand new industry, a suddenly begin acting professional in biz! The frame of mind, work ethic, commitment level and dedication, was there from day one, and followed them. You act like a pro, to become one! If you can't keep commitments that involve months of work and being patient, then not only is pinup not for you, so is any real biz, within any and all industries. Level of commitment must be there from day 1 and throughout. My advice is, ALWAYS research FIRST, before entering a brand new field and industry!!! No knowledge, then you must gain it. No experience, you must gain it over time. No skills within pinup, you must train and practice. No solid reputation, no social media fab fan, no brand yet? It takes years of investing BOTH time and money. Years! To expect the high level of success a pro pinup has, to happen to you overnight, and without investing, is quite foolish. Regardless to why you don't want to be involved in pinup anymore, KEEP your commitments, then disappear. You, as an amateur pinup may not be fully aware of the entire process, the amount of work involved, or care about building a bad rep,.... However anyone who has, is or will put in all that time, they care! Unless someone makes it completely impossible and extremely difficult for me to keep a commitment I've made, even if I'm done working with them, I finish, wrap up and complete my biz dealings, before I move forward! Shooting specifically for publication, then bailing after work has began, backing out of a commitment, is just as bad as the gal who did countless shoots specifically to be in mags, gained publication dozens of times, and to this day has NEVER once purchased a single copy! Maybe if you're a flake, and plan to never reenter pinup, then you could care less about the bad rep you've built. Don't care what so ever how it makes you look to the top pinup mag owners, how to appear to stylists or photographers. Possibility you don't care about the negative pattern of biz habits you're establishing, that will undoubtedly follow you. That's fine but if you do ever plan to, or there's even a slight possibility you'll return to pinup, START to care! Start to grasp the importance of researching and planning ahead! Nothing in the biz side of pinup has changed! Research before you begin and during. Plan ahead and KEEP your word! If you can't stay in pinup long enough to wait in issues to drop, have a history of breaking commitments, then don't enter, don't book publication shoots! Don't shoot to gain publication, then never once buy a single copy! If you can't afford to be in pinup, wait until you can. No one in this biz who's a pro, will ever be able 15tu relate to spending money, up to hundreds just for a single shoot, that is for publication, gaining publication, then refusing to invest and show support by buying at least one copy, every time you're published. Makes absolutely no sense at All! You get selected to be in the top pinup magazine in the world! Yet you bail because a boyfriend suggests quitting pinup! You gain publication in the biggest pinup magazine in the world, more than once, then years later, months later, still fail to buy a single copy!! Epic fails people! Shoot just for fun ONLY, shoot to get pics for your mate, shoot to add new website content, shoot to post new content for your fans, shoot to get head shots, biz cards, for advertisement and promotion. STOP shooting specifically for publication, then flaking! If you don't care about the negative rep, folks talking and suggesting to not work with you, etc., that's fine. At least care about the negative biz habits you're creating for YOURSELF! Those habits and unprofessional pattern of actions, will follow you and stat with you, unless you make a conscience effort to change. No one I know of, or ever heard of, in biz, enjoys having their time wasted! Delays, set backs, or production completely stopped, because of one person. Being late, unprepared often, causes those negative reactions. Making commitments and bailing causes a negative reaction! Dianna Prince Images of Ann Margret
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