LA it is

A photographer friend of mine has encouraged me to continue my blog and detail my continuing adventures in the modeling business. So what started simply as a way to let friends and family know about my trip to NY will now progress into something more and maybe a useful tool for all the newbies checking this out.

To summarize the trip to NY, there really isn't much work in NYC right now for the standard working model. The economy has hit that city so hard that it isn't the ideal place for someone like me at this stage in my career. But Manhattan will always be fashion mecca for the US, 2nd only to Paris, so when things do get better it will definitely be the place to work. But for right now the best place for me is LA.

I have only been back home for 4 days and I already have 3 jobs lined up and 2 big ones in the pipeline. I have a job at Smashbox on the 15th, a job for a bridal gown company in SD the week of the 20th and a shoot for a clothing boutique in Laguna Beach on the 20th. The 2 big jobs are Axe Body Spray and Smiffy's, a UK costume and lingerie company. The Axe job shoots next Thursday and Friday and pays VERY well and the Smiffy's job shoots on the 21st and pays almost as good for 1 day as the Axe job does for 2 so I am keeping my fingers crossed for that one!

I also signed with a new agency the day after I returned from my trip. I am now represented by Jet Set Models, based in La Jolla, and I have a really good feeling about this agency. Everyone I met with was really cool and passionate about their job and my potential and those are all very important ingredients to a successful career. I know they will be working for me and with me to develop my career to the level I want it at. I will be sending them bikini snapshots tomorrow to be submitted to their contacts at quite a few magazines in LA and NY (Glamour, Shape and Self to name a few) so I'm looking forward to seeing what happens there. Would be nice to be in a magazine again after about 8 yrs :)

My goals:
Jet Set asked me to send them a list of clients I have worked with and a list of clients I would like to work with, which I think is a great tool for them and for me. Here is what I came up with, let's see how I do over the next 6 months...

1. Beauty Story in magazines such as Allure, Cosmo, Self, Shape, Glamour
2. Any Cosmetics Company
3. Target/Wal-mart/Kohl's - major commercial/commercial print job
4. Bridal Gown designers (i.e. Vera Wang, Monique Luillier)

This was all I could come up with on the spot. I think, and so does my agency, these are all realistic and attainable goals so wish me luck! :)