| The Basics of a Net Model's Site. |
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| Your target audience is photographers and people who book models. They are always short on time and you need to have your information right where they can see it, straight forward and to the point. Your online portfolio is a business site, you do not need to entertain visitors with poetry or photos of your family and pets. Professionals don't want to see gallery after gallery of similar images or your "digital art". |
| Your Name |
It must be somewhat unique, there are a thousand Heathers out there.
Unless your name is Iman, you will need a second name (Heather Marie,
Heather K.) or a made up last name. Never divulge your full name on the
net. Stick to one name or you will confuse people.
Names like Sweet Sarah, Miss Dee or Sexy Cindy make you sound like an amateur pornstar. Unless you are one, you should stick to the less cutesy/pretentious names. Gothic made up names (EvilKitty, PainGoddess, PainKitty, SpiderVixen) just recombine the same set of words and are hard to remember. |
| Your Location | This is vitally important and should be displayed prominently on your website, in all your advertisements, banners, and listings. Also state if and under what conditions you will travel. |
| Stats | Stats are a must, especially height. If you look different from photo to photo, stats are your only clue your current hair color and weight. Don't omit your age and weight, they will know you're hiding something. List any tattoos, scars, augmentations. |
| Availability | State what you're available for and not available for or all you will get is offers to do porn. |
| Choosing Images |
A portfolio should have anywhere between 5 and 25 unique images.
Any more than that and it looks like a vanity site. If you want
a vanity site for your friends to look at that's fine, but
keep it separate.
You're only as good as your weakest image. Go through through them and take out any that are unflattering, redundant, over photoshopped or outdated. It's better to have 5 good shots than a mix of 5 great and 15 bad ones. If you need to, hire a makeup artist and photographer to take professional shots of you. Include a black and white headshot and a full length shot. Be sure that the photographer is the best in your area, and that he is not overcharging you. |
| Display/Organizing your Photos | Do not group them according to who shot them or individual shoots. You're selling you, not the photographer. You may group them according to type like fashion, glamour, art or by your specialties like mainstream, goth, bodypainting. |
| Copyright | If you do not put a copyright notice on the image itself, it will be stolen. |
| Style | The overall presentation of your site should be professional. Keep irrelevant personal information out of it and don't clutter it with animated gifs and useless Javascripts. Be sure to spell check it thoroughly. |