Saturday, July 23, 2005

A bad experience

Left my house early this morning around 7 plus, rushed to Loyang Avenue in a cab. All I could tell the cab driver was to drive me to a condominium located at Loyang Avenue, but I wasn't sure what was the condo name nor the block number nor the unit number. This was the worst planning of makeup assignment that I ever got.

Upon reaching the place, I kept calling the model who contacted me for this shoot. Alas, her mobile was switched off. I was on time. I reached at 8 am. I was told the shoot is from 8 to 12. Makeup artists have to be on time.

The one-hour waiting time wasn't wasted at all. Tiger - a kitten kept by the guards came and played with me. He is a really friendly chap. He came and rub his head against my knee and my back. He sat quietly beside me to wait together with me. Such a nice little kitty. This is the nicest episode of the day.

My model appeared at 9am. She told me she informed me that the shoot changed to 9am to 1pm and she claimed to have informed me via email, but I came back and checked. It was not true. I was not informed of the change.

Worse was yet to come. The photo studio was actually a private apartment. The place was rented by the photographer, so there was only the photographer, the model and me in the whole apartment. I don't feel good about the place. It feels very sleazy and I'm scared. I keep having a very bad lingering feeling that there is a hidden camera in the changing room.

Overheard the photographer's conversation with the model. He kept talking about the difficulty in taking pornographic pictures, worrying about the lighting, angle, poses, etc. He kept asking the model whether she will ever be willing to pose nude and what are her charges. Oh my goodness. I am appalled. The model is only nineteen years old. The extent a pretty young girl will go for the sake of money. I just shook my head and sighed, hoping the assignment will be over soon. I will not accept such makeup assignments anymore. It is just not worth the while to put myself in a precarious position.

2 comments:

Nausicaa said...

What happened in the end? Why'd she appear at 9am if the shoot is at 1pm? Then what did you do from 9am to 1pm?

JerL said...

I think I meant the shoot is from 9am to 1pm. Typed too fast. Haha