Coopetition Among Modeling Sites

A Model Mayhem member brought up an interesting concept the other day in this thread. He was inquiring about the benefits of building “bridges” between competing modeling/photography networking sites to facilitate such functions as contest, events, mentoring, etc. This brings up an interesting concept. Although that thread focused primarily on event driven functions, I want to expand the discussion to something much [...]

Tiered Nude Modeling Rates Deconstructed

I occasionally see modeling site forum posts from photographers who object to models using tiered rates for lingerie or nudes vs clothed shoots. Some refer to these as stripper rates as a means to disparage models who do this. The rationale given is that nude modeling requires no more effort than clothed modeling so it should be the same. Well a picture for a flyer cost no more to produced than the exact same picture used for a product label but most smart photographers will price the product shot much higher. Same effort, different [...]

Season 6 (2009) Project Runway cast list

After a long delay due to legal battles, season 6 is finally ramping up. The show gets a new home and a new network moving to Los Angeles from New York and moving from Bravo to [...]

Tyne Stecklein Performs With Jennifer Hudson in Michael Jackson Memorial

If anyone wondered who the blond singer was next to Jennifer Hudson singing “Will you be there”, her name is Tyne Stecklein and she is one of just 12 dancers selected to perform alongside Michael Jackson at London’s O2 arena. US dancers Charles Kapow, Ricardo Reid, Tyne Stecklein, Misha Hamilton, Mekia Cox, Nicholas Bass, Danielle Rueda-Watts and Christopher Grant. As well as, Timor Steffens from Germany, Australian dancer Shannon Holtzapffel, Daniel Celbre and Devin Jamieson from [...]

Forget about Transformer. Here comes Robogeisha!

YouTube – [Trailer] Robogeisha.

Are you ready for a Google operating system?

If they can pull this off, it may pose a significant challenge to Microsoft. Netbooks changed the landscape of mobile computing forcing Microsoft to extend the shelf life of Windows XP. Vista is too resource hungry to run on netbooks and if Microsoft didn’t offer XP, manufacturers will be forced to move to Linux. In the short time netbooks have been on the market, Microsoft has captured a 70% market share. Linux netbooks are returned 4x more often than Windows XP netbooks. I’ll be interesting to see if Google can distribute a version of Linux users will [...]

Breakout stars from Michael Jackson’s memorial service

If you saw the Michael Jackson memorial and the rendition of “Heal the World” and “We Are the World”, no doubt you saw a breakout performance by an unknown Asian singer. The mystery singer was Judith Hill, a Pasadena, California-based vocalist who was recruited to be one of the backup singers for Jackson’s This Is It! concerts at London’s O2 [...]

Michael Jackson Memorial Service Rejection Email

I read some people were selling their rejection emails on ebay for a couple of bucks each. I’m a giving person so here it is free of charge.

Michael Jackson Memorial Service Rejection Email

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Firefox 3.5 and color management

Firefox 3.5 was released a few days ago and no doubt a few people are anxious to upgrade. The most notable change is Firefox 3.5 is now color managed by default resulting in accurate colors for images saved in color profiles other than sRGB. The other feature some may find useful is private browsing (aka: porn mode). When this feature is enabled, you won’t leave a single browsing fingerprint behind for others to discover. You can slip in and out of private browsing mode quickly, so it’s easy to return to what you were doing before as if nothing ever happened (you can also browse privately all the [...]

America’s Next Top Model Cycle 14

I was looking at the casting requirements for Cycle 14. They have gone back to the normal height requirements of 5′ 7″ or taller. No more shorty season. But something else struck me when looking at the local auditions. The list of cities seem to be designed to exclude major modeling markets like LA, NY, Miami, Chicago. I’m wondering if their new spin will be “ANTM: Hometown Hotties”. Anyone have any insight into [...]


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