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Important Lessons from a Meathead
Earlier this week I was very excited to have my fourth cover with Australian Iron Man come out (second this year) and the first featuring a good friend and colleague I've worked with now for several years. Since the magazine's release to the social media sphere I've...
Why No One Cares About Detergent
We all buy dish detergent - well most of us anyway. However our purchasing decision for dish detergent is not a long, difficult process. It typically involves either picking up whatever is on sale, whatever we have a coupon for, or whatever we bought the last time. It...
The Need for Personal Projects
If you are like many professionals in the creative industry (photography, graphic design, modeling, makeup artistry) you have the tendency to get entirely consumed in your paid projects. From one project to the next you work on what the client needs of you. Often, at...
A Word on Originality
No two individuals live the same life in complete unison and parallel. Each of us have our own story, our own experiences, our own challenges, obstacles and accomplishments. We have our own fears, goals, setbacks and successes. The footprint of our journey is as...
No One Right Action
Not every talent who has been signed to a talent agency followed the exact same path to achieve that goal. Not every model who has appeared on the cover of a magazine did the exact same thing to accomplish that feature. Not every model who has worked on a commercial...
March 2014 Featured Talent: Nicole Matthews
Leaders are all around us. They don’t look any different and often times are completely unassuming. Upon first meeting Nicole Matthews you might not think she is a leader. She has a quirky charm to her demeanor and a humorous persona. Yet, in her own way, she has...
I Didn’t Realize
Yesterday I saw an advertisement for a college student looking to paint houses as their summer job. I, needing a fresh look for my house, contacted them. They responded letting me know they could provide me with an estimate for the work. I responded, "Oh, I didn't...
The Leaning Doing Gap
QUICK SHAMELESS PLUG: The team will be shooting in the Los Angeles area April 11-13 and are available for gym and studio sessions! Now... onto this morning's article. There was a group of us in college - all journalism majors - who spent a significant amount of our...
Why Models Should Print a Portfolio
You as a talent have been shooting for let's say one-to-two years by now. You currently have a pretty extensive library of images you've done from different photo shoots with various photographers. Your marketing efforts of these images have included posting various...