Hooters by the Dozen

Thanks to my pseudo-flip cousin Tonya, I was scheduled to shoot nine HOOTERS girls for HOOTERS' nation-wide search of candidates for inclusion in the 2011 HOOTERS Calendar.  Tonya put the word out back in mid-January and I received eight inquiries, excluding Tonya.  The girls needed to submit six photos, two headshots and four full-length body shots, printed  4" x 6" and postmarked by March 1, 2010.  Not much time for me to shoot and turn around a lot images. 

My rate for all this work , get this, $60. What A Deal!!!.  Tonya posted a sign at work stating I would charge $60 for my sessions.  Talk about low-balling everyone else.  Tonya apologized for the miscommunication.  However, I figured these girls are working two jobs, and going to school, so I honored that rate.

The images that follow are additional shots from my sessions and were not submitted.  They follow in the order when I shot these young ladies, too.  So first we have Brittney, tall and beautiful, we shot Feb. 6 in the rain, poor thing.   We ended up doinf Studio Work for a majority of the shoot. 

The following Saturday, Feb. 13 was Jackie and Tonya.  I photographed Jackie back in January when Angel needed some Hair models for his submission to VH-1's Hair Wars, and Tonya I haven't shot since December.  the weather was beautiful, sunny and clear and almost in the mid-70's.

This past Saturday was supposed to be four girls on Saturday, Feb. 20, and one on Sunday, Feb. 21, but two ended up getting their images done by another photographer.  No big because that would've been a lot of work.  The three girls I photographed were a blast, Ashley, Erica, and Natalie.  Natalie is Tonya's sister and is with Ashley in the image to the right.

Not much to share on these images, but rather the number of photo shoots in such a short month, too.  Did I learn anything? Oh yeah, plenty.  Mainly, I won't be doing this again unless I can rent a facility and have the girls staged every two hours.  Get them in and out, replicate poses and lighting, and do it early in the month.

Glad that's done and now I can focus on my Tatt'ed Sheets Sessions.  It's interesting to note that I'm booked up to April already, with some girls traveling from two hours away.  Of course when it's free, why not.

Did you figure out why this post is titled "Hooters by the Dozen?"

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