New Motorcycles 2011: Cars and Models

Depending on what we’re talking about, models generally have an overall reputation of being retarded.

If you ever watched an episode of Beauty and the Geek, you’ll know that yes, some models are absolutely freakin’ retarded. There doesn’t seem to be anything but space between the ears.

But that’s not always the case, and sometimes girls end up acting dumb because they think that’s what’s expected of them. (Sad but true.)

I, however, refuse to act dumb. I will continue my education, I will continue to work and learn and better myself. But I also want to be a model.

Here's a shot from my second ever photoshoot... I *had* to play with the checkered race outfit.

It only made sense to me that I’d want to work as a model with cars. Sure, the tattoos are a disadvantage overall with modeling, but come on… Cars? I can do that, right?

Still Uncommon

It’s still uncommon to see female models with tattoos, at least as much ink as I have.

In retrospect, perhaps it’d have been a smarter decision to start from my shoulders and work down, instead of the wrists and work up… 3/4 sleeves then would’ve covered my ink and I probably could do more. Alas, I had to make everything harder for myself. (Figures.)

Thankfully, there are still things tattooed models can do, and I am still actively working on becoming a car model… As much as I can, my location is still fairly limiting though.

Gotta Practice

What I’d like from you, my dear readers, is for you to understand just how difficult modeling actually is. It’s far, far beyond “stand there and look pretty.”

First off, you have to keep yourself to some fairly high standards. Weight gain is always an issue and flexibility helps greatly with shoots.

It’s also pretty killer to stand around in high heels for a few hours at a time, often stretching and contorting your body into unnatural positions just to look natural, only slightly better.

Yeah, I kid you not: looking natural is pretty hard work in front of a camera. It’s a developed skill, just like playing chess or writing code.

Secondly, in the beginning you have to be a great stylist, makeup artist and hairstylist. It’s all up to you to create the looks for shoots, unless you have an idea from an outside source. Then you still have to recreate it. For me and not always being into fashion, it’s been an interesting journey… (I definitely don’t want to default and end up wearing only a few outfits in all my photos.)

Honestly, it’s just hard work and it can be exhausting. You work really hard for a handful of good photos.

Finding Inspiration

My favorite thing to do is to browse through photos and find those that I really like. That way I have some concepts in mind and can find different photographers to partner with and create some of my own images, following my inspiration.

Last Saturday I had a photoshoot lined up, and my partner was my Miata. The very first shoot I did was with the S2000, and since I want to work with cars more I wanted to expand my portfolio to include more car shots… Plus I want some with all of my cars.

I figured I’d share some of my favorite car & model photos, as well as one or two of the regular ones I promise to never do… (Oh, and when I get the shots from this past weekend, I promise to share!)

Eye Candy

I’ll confess, even as a girl I like looking at photos. I either like them, don’t care for them, or love them so much I feel compelled to recreate them!