Core Values

ModelOverDrive.com Core Values and Beliefs

1. Honesty above all else, nothing less.
2. The Internet is the "Great Equalizer."
3. No photographer knows it all—not even those with Pulitzers.
4. No model knows it all—not even those with tearsheets.
5. We all have faults.
6. The printed word often sounds harsher than the spoken word.
7. Photographers, though helpful to models, are not agents.
8. People shoot pictures and other people, photographers take photographs.
9. Photography is an art when created or admired by those who understand form.
10. Model releases don’t allow for use with libel or malice—even when signed.
11. Glamour photography can include nudity, but nudity is never a requirement.
12. What is acceptable to one isn’t always acceptable to all.
13. Respect is earned, not given.
14. Leave final editing to editors, not family or friends.
15. All photography is subjective
16. Photographers make enlargements, they don't "blow" things up.
17. Photographers should never force or coerce a model to do something she doesn't want to do.
18. Models should be on time, photographers should be reasonably patient.
19. Tearsheets should never be unethically created.
20. Always give at least a 96-hour notice for cancellations.

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