Diva Calendar Shoots

Each year over the past three years I have designed a full sized calendar called the Pagemaker Diva’s Pinup Calendar. I did this to help new models gain experience modelling and to help them with some print work. Each model was given a calendar for their print work.

The first year went great and models were eager to join in and take part of this calendar. Although it was hard to get models to actually show up, I discovered how many flakes are out there. Two out of three models who had confirmed that they wanted to be in the calendar never showed up for their shoots and after rebooking them a few time I learned that it was better just to find another model.

I had thought that this would be an easy task and only take a month to get all the models, do the shoots, edit the photos and get the calendar off to the printer. I soon learned that it took almost a year to get all the models photo shoots done, edited and off to the printers. So the first calendar we had done, did not get to the printers until mid January of that year.

The second calendar I started early and booked several models for the shoots but found again several models did not show up for their shoots and again had to replace almost half of them. I did however get the calendar done on time and each model that wanted one got them before Christmas. The calendars looked Awesome and went over great with all the models.

Well here we are again for another new year and another calendar. This year we have decided to make two calendars one is called the Pagemaker Diva’s 2014 Pinup Calendar and the other is the Pagemaker Diva’s 2014 Plus Calendar. The second calendar will be designed for plus sized models because after all real beauty has no size. We are just getting started with the photo shoots for the two calendars and we again hope that it will go well and that we will not have to replace too many models who do not show up for their shoots. Each model for the calendars will receive a free calendar that Pagemaker Studios pays for. I just don’t get it some times why models don’t show up for shoots. I know that paid shoots take top priority to TF shoots but come on most of the models are not pros and do not get paid shoots very often if ever unless they are truly committed to their modelling carrier. What we have found here is most models do it just for fun and the ones who are had at making a carrier out of modelling are the ones who rarely miss a shoot even a TF shoot. Go figure.