Say Anything? Chris by macpics

'I don't remember Chris saying no to anything.'

Whenever you're inexperienced with something, especially something unknown, or new, it's important to surround yourself with professionals that you can trust.  This is the case in all professionals, modeling, maybe more than most.  I remember starting out in my own profession, doing a placement as a student.  The response from the seasoned workers were shockingly vast.

There were people who friendly and helpful, people who'd been in my position before and saw the advantages of supporting me in my learning..  Then, there were others, people who just wanted to use me to do the tasks they hated, or to work out their own issues, by taking advantages of the newbie.

Ian (macpics) remembers vividly his shoot with Chris.  Chris was new to modeling, very inexperienced, and more than a little tense.  Normally, Ian would have suggested rescheduling, giving Chris time to either change his mind, or gain a little more confidence or experience with being in front of the camera, especially or a nude shoot.

Ian sensed something else, something beneath Chris' inexperience and his initial nerves.  Ian found Chris to be incredibly determined, with a desire to succeed and create great images.  Chris also voiced being full prepared, both mentally and physically.  He'd been working out for the shoot, and had prepared his body to be camera ready, even fully shaving himself the night before.  Although nervous, Chris was committed, and was ready and eager to get started. 

'Chris was willing and cooperative, and he turned up fully prepared, both mentally and physically. I don't remember him saying no to anything, but because of his inexperience, I also didn't ask him to do anything I thought he might be uncomfortable with.'

macpics

Chris was fortunate to be working with Ian.  Although Chris seemed eager to shoot almost anything, Ian relied on his intuition and paid attention Chris' comfort level more than his words to form the direction and boundaries for their work together.  Although early in his modeling journey, you can see the determination Ian described in Chris' eyes in many of final shots.

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