Response to I want to spend the next year of my life emulating this guy's work. Does that make me lame?

And anyone can shoot a supermodel - if they've got the bucks to hire them for a day. Once you've mastered the basics (like how to load the camera and point it in the right direction), I'd say stop wasting time shooting your girlfriend and save some money to hire a decent model and makeup artist. And if you're really serious you'll leave Topeka as soon as possible.

This is a special question for John...

Now in NYC, where I live and shoot, what you say is clearly untrue. If an agency wants a model to shoot for someone, they will, even if there's no pay at all and if they don't think a photographer's skills are worthy of the agency's models, no amount of money will change that.

But is it true where you are?

Because if it's true that shooting the right models will build a person's career and all it takes to shoot the right models is money, this might be the right way to go.

Is this something we should be looking into?

Brian

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