About Culture shoots

My American Culture shoots were just starting out, I did 3 years as an Art director, flying to New York, to shoot bands in Central Park. I was working with Rex Ts, designing shirts for Macys, and shooting for his campaigns then, tons of models from Agencies.. I wanted to capture what American culture was, I have always been multi layered. I love fashion, and working the amazing designers, and bringing groups together. I studied piano, since I was 13, my teacher was the student of Liberace, so I always use movement and melody in my shoots.

I was complete Art director, of all my shoots…I did all the castings, all the bookings, fittings, supplies, bought the food, booked all the staff. I did about. 15 magazine covers, 3000 models and 30 large shoots, 500 runway shows, 20 big designers campaigns. …

Issues from shoots

Copyright

ALL IMAGES ARE COPYRIGHT PROTECTED.

NO REPRODUCTIONS OF ANY KIND WITHOUT THE EXPRESS CONSENT OF THE MODEL AND THE PHOTOGRAPHER.

2nd shooters

I never had a 2nd shooter in any of my shoots. I wouldn’t let anyone go behind me, or shoot, Mainly because they were exclusive to me ..there is not one photo from a 2nd shooter- ever, I wouldn’t allow it. people flip photos and sell them.

Do I have copywriter infringement,…. all the time, and. they have been fined for using my photos..

The shoots were on private property, not in public domain.

I paid for all the rent, fees, pulling cost, ex…

Funds and Payment

I would never ask anyone to collect the funds……

I have an individual contract with each client, that was personal. The models/ clients, paid me, no one else. or it was TF.

Models had different relationships, for other work, other shoots, favors, extras, so it was an individual contract.

Models sign a release and are not supposed to talk about money, Some models paid from other shoots, or this was there bonus shoot, but so many from different agencies, and contracts, actors, friends, clients friends, ex… everyone had a different contract, to think everyone pays the same in most fashion shoots or gigs is unrealistic…some shoots had top designers with 150,000 dresses.

Staff - TF and Paid

I made sure each /mua and hair.. knew in advance.. that the large shoots were community non profit shoots, and they would not be paid. it was free…. I did pay for solo shoots, after they worked in the large shoots.

Some came to me asking for money-even though I said, its TF enough times, to I was blue in the face. the group shoots were trade.

- so I had to go over it with them enough times in detail like they are 2 years old………..when you say its free, it doesn’t mean your getting any money, its just photos…… write it down , have them sign it.

to understand, lower frequency souls like 0 hertz sabatours.. have no ability to conform to morals and ethics… the higher the frequency, the more virtue you have. All tribes have a different frequency.

Assistants/ help/staff workers

I never paid any assistance, models, actors, friends to do any set up work-

often models would hold the reflector for free, I had so many helpers, wanting to be on set.

If they didn’t want to hold the reflector, they didn’t have to.

I always had 2 extra helpers

On gone with the wind, some model helped glue little flowers on a dress for 20 minutes, an expected a billion dollars for hard labor. but those flowers all fell off, anyway.

Some models have major entitlement issues.

I would never pay anyone for NON PAYMENT to do any work..

iron clothes, steam clothes, hold the reflector…….pull clothes, or subject anyone to non payment, for work I never asked them to do. People actually used me as a write off!

Changing my entire…………. TAX BRACKET…

I made it perfectly clear, to everyone I worked with, that I would only pay them with a photos.- that this was a non profit-

Greed 0 hertz vs Charity 500 hertz is the duality of……… LOW VS HIGH IN FREQUENCY

Every MUA/HAIR knew it was trade…TF … work for networking, and photos and experience on vintage styles.

Besides, I was putting in 100 times more hours, so community work is charity work, they were only here a few hours -I didn’t feel that bad.

I was trying to, get more funds, to pay staff and models- but in the beginning it was just trade, while riding investors. I didn’t force anyone to be there , or promise anyone to be paid.

The issue was the biggg brotherrr part, a few shoots were inverted and defunded.

Each MUA/HAIR knew… I would pull from the big shoots, if they were good, for paying clients for solo shoots.

An example.

A hair stylist artist went to school, paid about 40,000 dollars, but she only knows 3 hair styles…

same 3 boring hair styles, over and over… she wanted to learn fifties hair styles, I sent her videos and pictures, but when she was here, after 2 hours she was way out in left field, and it was birds nest!

so I had to get another artist to, show her, but she showed no effort in learning new hair styles… So I probably won’t use her..again….

why is she even here, if she didn’t want to learn

Model Drama

I had many issues with MUA/HAIR Drama , and model Drama….

Each shoot, paid for the next, some shoots were funded by wealthy people. Although, prominent actors, top agency models, and the duality of not so happy people being in their shadows, made some of the big shoots, an episode of biggg brotherrrrr!.

My staff, took funds, and the issues sustained with other shoots, even years later…and problems with intrusion of my financial helpers, caused order out of chaos.

It was a non profit,……

99.7 % of the staff was amazing, harmonious and team players..

Most were in school, and many learned from each other. Especially vintage hair styles. they learn a lot about working in groups-

Many become close friends, and network with other projects.

I had an abundance of people interested in my shoots- although casting were selective, with pleasant, attractive arc types, but always a few models, not getting casted, often turn vindictive and sardonic.

Castings have its issues, with rejection and again, duality.

The duality is the undertow saboteur qippoths in lower frequencies, they have no virtue essence, so they vamp , loosh,… and invert reality. Hollywood is flooded with them.

There is always one or two, models, needing more attention. They suck all the air, out of the room.

They have that blackhole mentality. Dealing with so many Narcissist on a daily basis, you become aware of their tactics, and how they use their ace card.

Most agency models were professional and terrific, and to have them in the shoots, was a pleasure.

Most models were hardly making money- starving, eating baby carrots, rolled in bibb lettuce. They had no money, but were popular on social media and had contacts.

You can’t squeeze, blood out of turnip. they could barley eat, let alone pay. I am a virtuous soul, it’s about the ART.

It wasn’t in any Agencies and managers, best interest, to support American culture art.

Sexual Harassment

I am an empathic, old soul star seed.

We don’t hurt other souls, unless attacked, but thats a frequency thing.

I usually function better above 700 hertz with virtue and harmony.

Hollywood is kind of in a low 0 - 200 hertz…

Most the models are very good looking , and to cross the line would destroy my reputation.

I am in clean health, I do not have HIV.. I do not have herpes.

Drugs and Alcohol

Living in Hollywood, I often would have to meet with clients, and drink. I didn’t like the dark side of Hollywood.

I stopped drinking for 8 years now, and lost 120 pounds. I am in good health.

The professionalism and no touch policy worked best for me, no sexual remarks, or making the model feel uncomfortable.

I was pushed into a more sexual content with certain clients, mostly groomed with money, more like derailed,

I was doing Couple shoots involving dates, with my models. I became a couples pimp, lol

that was not my intention, to turn my photoshoots into the bachelorette, or romance novel shots.

Its such a small town, word gets out so fast on social media.

Hollywood Witches and Warlocks

I would say.. the entire industry is under a spell.

Most the models were amazing, friendly and fun

Anyway……

Hope this better explains everything…

The last 20 years I been documenting the decades from , each shoot.

Enjoy

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