Post by Janice Dickinson on Feb 21, 2016 21:26:14 GMT -5
Welcome to our first panel! As I have stated many time, this shoot is designed to give you and us an introduction to your portfolios. This week, we judged based on modelling content, theme connection, how well the picture was executed, as well as how much potential we saw in you, based on your submission, and what we know of your portfolio.
Hel: That's sad. Looks like those bags are making you climax.
Oh, settle down. This round is "sex sells" so it's completely appropriate. I really like how you were able to work the theme in well while keeping a great level of fashion. I've always believed that you don't need eye contact in a shot as long as we still get emotion from the photo and you've done that. Although, the hand by your crotch may flirt with the line, I think this is a great week for yo.
Janice: For me, what stands out the most in your modelling is your fantastic jawline. It's casting an amazing shadow, and your neck still looks fantastically long. On the negative side, your hand clutching the purse is very claw-like. The handbags are front, centre and numerous, though. As for your sex appeal, it's definitely there, and I think you've done an amazing job
Morgan: Oh honey I would love to be one of your accessories right now, the connection you are making with these objects is very intense! That shadow is doing wonders to bring out your bone structure, you have found the light perfectly in this shot. The balance you have made between keeping the shot sexy and elegant has been achieved well.
Janice: Your limbs look so long and beautiful, and your face is great, however, I'm not entirely sold on this - I think you are trying to sell too many things in the one image. It's either gotta be the jacket OR the shoes in order to be effective. They're both competing for my attention here. Modelling though, you've got it down.
Hel: I was having trouble putting into words what was keeping me from fawning over this picture, but Janice nailed it: too many things are competing for our attention. I do love your modeling, as it's on point, and i see the sex selling. It's just hard to be sure what it is selling. You won't ever be docked for blurring of female nipples since it's complying with Proboards terms.
Jourdan: Oh dear. My goal with this photo was to sell the coat and shoes as a matching Leather pair, not as two separate products. I hope this helps draw your attention to both, that is what I intended.
Janice: You also have the panties competing for the attention. Quite the dilemma.
Hel: You heard Janice: LOSE THE PANTIES, NOW!!!
Morgan: Damn girl you are one fine piece of work, there may be a lot of accessories in this photo but there is only one place I am looking and unfortunately its been blurred out! Yes I know, complying with regulations blah blah blah - well you have got me fantasising about what has been covered! Your natural figure and beauty is doing some effortless modelling here and your face is great. I think loose the hand accessories and the rest of the products would have sold well together.
Janice: I think you should have cropped the text out. It would have made the image smaller, and drew the attention more towards your necklace and neckline. For example. Open the image up in a new tab so you can see all of it. View it from the zoomed out/full picture view. Then go to the actual pixel view. See how much of a difference that makes in terms of showing off the necklace more? It's not a bad picture, but it just needs a bit of cropping.
Hel: Oh dear, I'm not sure I've seen many women dressed like that on QVC.
More like those 3am commercials for 900 numbers!
Still, this is the sex sells round, so that's not a bad thing. Normally, I'd say to try to find an image without the text or to photoshop it out, but the picture would have been perfectly fine just cropping that part out and it may have even been better since there would have been less to draw our eyes away from your necklace. You have a lovely smile and I love the way your eyes are done. I'm not too worried about the size since it's just barely larger than my screen, so it helps cut out part of the photo that I didn't want to see, anyway. In the future, try to keep a eye on the size of your image, though.
Morgan: This could be a naturally sexy photo to sell of those acessories but there are features that are not working for me. As the other judges pointed out the text is way too distracting, theres too much of it to be ignored. And in order to sell the bracelets I feel like your whole arms need to be visible, the way they are cut off and enter into the photo creates a distraction for me. That being said the center part of the photo is dripping with sensuality.
Janice: I think you nailed it. It makes it easier when you have an actual advertisement to work with though, doesn't it.
Hel: This may only be the second round, but I'm already wondering if there are any shots of you that aren't completely gorgeous. The modeling is on point. The sex appeal is there. The product is definitely visible. If I had to nit-pick, it is just baaaaarely oversize. I have to scroll to view the whole image. Otherwise, great work.
Morgan: If I can be a sex bomb like you, I'll buy it. The black and white appeal, the nakedness, simple angling in your body and seduction on your face is making this photo shine!
Janice: Once again, your blind kamikaze method worked for you. The lingerie is front and centre, the colour contrasts enough, and most of the modelling is on point. Just a quibble with the eyes though. They're wonky.
Hel: This is such a beautiful shot. Your eyes do look a little uneven and the image is slightly too large for me (I'm starting to wonder if my computer is now smaller than average with how often this is happening this game when it's not been much of an issue for me before) as I have to scroll to see all of it. I love your hair. Your skin looks great and healthy. The icons are actually so small that it took me a few viewings to even notice them. Overall, a strong shot. Anything you want to add other Hel?
Can we give bonus points for her signature?
Morgan: Oh lord, that lingerie is so wonderfully tight on you and your banging body is selling it perfectly! You have such innocent doll like characteristics which have saved you from looking too sexy in this photo, so the right amount of sex appeal has been achieved. But I do have one question - WHY ARE YOU SITTING ON A BAG? It's very distracting
Janice: I like how clear and crisp the image is on a technical level. As far you you selling the item, I'm not convinced. Like, the purse could be sold without you there. It's like: Are you trying to sell the purse as an accessory... Or is the purse trying to sell you as an accessory? Also... there's something really... Off about your body. There seems to be parts missing around chest and arms region.
Hel: Well, this is a nice shot. No one can argue that the product isn't visible and you are giving us some sex appeal here. It kind of feels like the purse just happens to be there, though. While not completely disconnected, the connection between you and the object you're selling feels tenuous at best. Still, it's a strong enough image that you should have nothing to worry about this round.
Morgan: I have to echo the other judges here. the purse seems like a coincidental object in this shot like it happened to be there when you had your photo taken. I would have liked to see more modelling in your thighs, perhaps lifting one thigh into the air, with both of your thighs resting like that they kind of blend in together. You have such a striking body and face, but you are playing it safe so far.
Janice: I'm not seeing the sex appeal you're selling here. Out of all the submissions this week, this probably has the least amount of sex appeal. On the plus side, the image is beautiful, and the modelling is always on point.
Hel: The connection to the theme in this photo boils down to basically "here's a pretty woman". It makes it so that yeah, there is some sex appeal, but I don't think it was quite what we were looking for this round. I do love the way your make-up is done (I'm a sucker for eyes like that) and it's going to give nice overall variety to your portfolio, but I don't think its quite a home run for the Sex Sells round.
Morgan: I'm impressed with the amount of effort you put into this and as a WoW player in the past I can appreciate the demographic you are trying to appeal to here. You look beautiful in this photo natrally so but not so much sexy. You have such innocent features so to bring this photo to a level of sexy you need to experiment with your posing and fashion to bring it to the next level.
Janice: There's not much in terms of negatives apart from the weird contortions your body is making. That could have something to do with you lying on top of a motor cycle. Your face is near flawless, though I would've liked to see your eyes, they're squinting too much here. I also wish there was more of a way to put the attention on the boxers a bit more.
I'm also a little bit concerned by how smooth and featureless the jocks are...
Hel: Holy shit! Where did your eyes go?
You know how to appease me giving me a scantily-clad hot guy. I have been fine with the objectification of women as long as men start being objectified, too. Equality. I'm not at all concerned with how your body is contorted in this picture (I'd like to see just how flexible you are); I think it shows off your muscles nicely. Like Janice, though, I am a bit concerned with the lack of... definition in that area and with the product you're selling, that's where we should be looking, anyway.
Morgan: You look so relaxed and in control that I wouldn't have thought you were laying on an object that swivels and turns. You have a very muscular body and a face that is naturally sexy so it doesn't take much effort for you to be sexy in a photo, but I don't feel like you are necessarily selling anything. If anything I feel like you are selling the motorbike more. There's no interaction between you and the product, maybe a finger hooked under the elastic might have drawn my attention more to your product.
Janice: Don't listen to Morgan, he's just jealous that his body isn't what it used to be after somehow giving birth to a child. Anyway, was it a bit cold there, Marlon. Things are looking like they want to hibernate. I think this image could have benefited from being bigger, and by cropping one half of the scenery out of the picture - Probably the side with the land. I also think the swimwear should have been a different colour (White maybe? ) Just to help them stand out a bit more, because the setting is pretty dark with it being before dawn. Also watch out for that face.
Hel: Can we just make the rest of the competition be having the models send in half-naked pictures of hot guys? No eliminations, just hot men all the time. The quality of the image feels a bit amateurish to me. I think it could have been helped with more thoughtful cropping. I'm not a fan of how your face looks here, but I am giving more leniency to it since I see where you're going with it and why it's more appropriate for this round than most others. The product's on display, but that's mainly because it's the only other thing in the photo. However, I don't know how well it would sell since it seems ill-fitting and not the most flattering swimsuit.
Morgan: MARLON I THOUGHT WE HAD AN AGREEMENT! And Janice I have you know that my post birth body is looking incredibly toned, I exercise my mouth and digestive system on a day to day basis. My eyes first go to that puff of black thick smoke coming out of your underwear and then to that perfect body and face of yours. Yes you are one hell of a sexy man! Since there is literally only you and a beach in the background I notice that you are selling the underwear and the fact that your pubes are selling it helps too! Cropping the picture and making you full length would have been a cherry on top of this photo.
Janice: I believe the phrase is: Yaaaaaasssss. You better work. You're on a roll. No negatives, only positives.
Hel: If this shoot is used again in future cycles, this is the quintessential image that should be given as an example to people. See you next round.
Morgan: Yes yes yes! I want to dive into that scent filled water with you and frollick like we are mating hippopotamuses. Those piercing eyes are to die for! However I have one small flaw to pick out, there is a stream of white liquid between your thighs which makes me think you have some kind of strange water coming out of your lady parts. I'm not one to judge though, I've had a variety of things coming out of my lady parts in the past month.
Janice: We're not going to dock points for what we thought you should have submitted, but I think we're all pretty disappointed we won't see some Jon K Butt this round (Well, a majority of us).
On this picture itself, I'm not sure if there is a bigger version of this picture, but if there is, I think it would have greatly benefitted from a cropping. Just the lower half to bring focus to the scarf and give the illusion of nudity. You're also missing your neck here. Even though you're wearing a scarf, it's still important to make it look like you're showing off your neck. Currently you're hunched over, and a bit like a turtle and its shell.
Hel:I want some Jon K ASS!!!
Studio shots tend to be risky choices; they can come across as less impactful than shots with background/scenery. Sometimes they work out, but I'm afraid this is one of those times when it doesn't quite do it for me. I'll start off with some positives, though. I love the disheveled look on men and your hair if meeting that look perfectly. I'm also getting some nice intensity from your eyes.
But I don't like your posing and it's not enough to make me buy that hideous scarf. I'm not saying that no one should wear that scarf. I'm saying that no one should sleep with a man who willingly wears that scarf.
Jon: I though this shot is sexy enough and we are selling items and with Jon holding that scarf and showing it into camera for us I though it will match the most. I know it is not his best sexy shot but this wasn't just about being sexy.
Hel: For me, I think what's being docked more here is the lack of production quality. This looks more like a photo from a Go-See than an actual shoot. It's showing your potential to do well with the shoot if you book the gig.
I would have preferred something more like his shot.
Could have been selling watches with that shot. While not a perfect score, it has more of a professional vibe to it. Not the sexiest picture of him, either, but it is about his sex appeal being used to sell the product itself.
I understand what you were going for; it just wound up not resinating with me this round.
Morgan: I like your face in this shot and the action vibe that you have brought to the picture, the scarf itself is not something that should ever be sold though! Because there is action in this shot I would have preferred it to be full length so that your modelling and posing in your legs would fit with the rest of your body. I don't mind the photo personally but it does have an impression of a young model who hasn't yet developed complete confidence.
Badass Blondes
Hel: That's sad. Looks like those bags are making you climax.
Oh, settle down. This round is "sex sells" so it's completely appropriate. I really like how you were able to work the theme in well while keeping a great level of fashion. I've always believed that you don't need eye contact in a shot as long as we still get emotion from the photo and you've done that. Although, the hand by your crotch may flirt with the line, I think this is a great week for yo.
Janice: For me, what stands out the most in your modelling is your fantastic jawline. It's casting an amazing shadow, and your neck still looks fantastically long. On the negative side, your hand clutching the purse is very claw-like. The handbags are front, centre and numerous, though. As for your sex appeal, it's definitely there, and I think you've done an amazing job
Morgan: Oh honey I would love to be one of your accessories right now, the connection you are making with these objects is very intense! That shadow is doing wonders to bring out your bone structure, you have found the light perfectly in this shot. The balance you have made between keeping the shot sexy and elegant has been achieved well.
Ebony Souls
Janice: Your limbs look so long and beautiful, and your face is great, however, I'm not entirely sold on this - I think you are trying to sell too many things in the one image. It's either gotta be the jacket OR the shoes in order to be effective. They're both competing for my attention here. Modelling though, you've got it down.
Hel: I was having trouble putting into words what was keeping me from fawning over this picture, but Janice nailed it: too many things are competing for our attention. I do love your modeling, as it's on point, and i see the sex selling. It's just hard to be sure what it is selling. You won't ever be docked for blurring of female nipples since it's complying with Proboards terms.
Jourdan: Oh dear. My goal with this photo was to sell the coat and shoes as a matching Leather pair, not as two separate products. I hope this helps draw your attention to both, that is what I intended.
Janice: You also have the panties competing for the attention. Quite the dilemma.
Hel: You heard Janice: LOSE THE PANTIES, NOW!!!
Morgan: Damn girl you are one fine piece of work, there may be a lot of accessories in this photo but there is only one place I am looking and unfortunately its been blurred out! Yes I know, complying with regulations blah blah blah - well you have got me fantasising about what has been covered! Your natural figure and beauty is doing some effortless modelling here and your face is great. I think loose the hand accessories and the rest of the products would have sold well together.
International Beauties 2.0
Janice: I think you should have cropped the text out. It would have made the image smaller, and drew the attention more towards your necklace and neckline. For example. Open the image up in a new tab so you can see all of it. View it from the zoomed out/full picture view. Then go to the actual pixel view. See how much of a difference that makes in terms of showing off the necklace more? It's not a bad picture, but it just needs a bit of cropping.
Hel: Oh dear, I'm not sure I've seen many women dressed like that on QVC.
More like those 3am commercials for 900 numbers!
Still, this is the sex sells round, so that's not a bad thing. Normally, I'd say to try to find an image without the text or to photoshop it out, but the picture would have been perfectly fine just cropping that part out and it may have even been better since there would have been less to draw our eyes away from your necklace. You have a lovely smile and I love the way your eyes are done. I'm not too worried about the size since it's just barely larger than my screen, so it helps cut out part of the photo that I didn't want to see, anyway. In the future, try to keep a eye on the size of your image, though.
Morgan: This could be a naturally sexy photo to sell of those acessories but there are features that are not working for me. As the other judges pointed out the text is way too distracting, theres too much of it to be ignored. And in order to sell the bracelets I feel like your whole arms need to be visible, the way they are cut off and enter into the photo creates a distraction for me. That being said the center part of the photo is dripping with sensuality.
International Studs 2.0
Janice: I think you nailed it. It makes it easier when you have an actual advertisement to work with though, doesn't it.
Hel: This may only be the second round, but I'm already wondering if there are any shots of you that aren't completely gorgeous. The modeling is on point. The sex appeal is there. The product is definitely visible. If I had to nit-pick, it is just baaaaarely oversize. I have to scroll to view the whole image. Otherwise, great work.
Morgan: If I can be a sex bomb like you, I'll buy it. The black and white appeal, the nakedness, simple angling in your body and seduction on your face is making this photo shine!
Team Kamikaze
Janice: Once again, your blind kamikaze method worked for you. The lingerie is front and centre, the colour contrasts enough, and most of the modelling is on point. Just a quibble with the eyes though. They're wonky.
Hel: This is such a beautiful shot. Your eyes do look a little uneven and the image is slightly too large for me (I'm starting to wonder if my computer is now smaller than average with how often this is happening this game when it's not been much of an issue for me before) as I have to scroll to see all of it. I love your hair. Your skin looks great and healthy. The icons are actually so small that it took me a few viewings to even notice them. Overall, a strong shot. Anything you want to add other Hel?
Can we give bonus points for her signature?
Morgan: Oh lord, that lingerie is so wonderfully tight on you and your banging body is selling it perfectly! You have such innocent doll like characteristics which have saved you from looking too sexy in this photo, so the right amount of sex appeal has been achieved. But I do have one question - WHY ARE YOU SITTING ON A BAG? It's very distracting
Lionheart:
Janice: I like how clear and crisp the image is on a technical level. As far you you selling the item, I'm not convinced. Like, the purse could be sold without you there. It's like: Are you trying to sell the purse as an accessory... Or is the purse trying to sell you as an accessory? Also... there's something really... Off about your body. There seems to be parts missing around chest and arms region.
Hel: Well, this is a nice shot. No one can argue that the product isn't visible and you are giving us some sex appeal here. It kind of feels like the purse just happens to be there, though. While not completely disconnected, the connection between you and the object you're selling feels tenuous at best. Still, it's a strong enough image that you should have nothing to worry about this round.
Morgan: I have to echo the other judges here. the purse seems like a coincidental object in this shot like it happened to be there when you had your photo taken. I would have liked to see more modelling in your thighs, perhaps lifting one thigh into the air, with both of your thighs resting like that they kind of blend in together. You have such a striking body and face, but you are playing it safe so far.
WTF Slayers
Janice: I'm not seeing the sex appeal you're selling here. Out of all the submissions this week, this probably has the least amount of sex appeal. On the plus side, the image is beautiful, and the modelling is always on point.
Hel: The connection to the theme in this photo boils down to basically "here's a pretty woman". It makes it so that yeah, there is some sex appeal, but I don't think it was quite what we were looking for this round. I do love the way your make-up is done (I'm a sucker for eyes like that) and it's going to give nice overall variety to your portfolio, but I don't think its quite a home run for the Sex Sells round.
Morgan: I'm impressed with the amount of effort you put into this and as a WoW player in the past I can appreciate the demographic you are trying to appeal to here. You look beautiful in this photo natrally so but not so much sexy. You have such innocent features so to bring this photo to a level of sexy you need to experiment with your posing and fashion to bring it to the next level.
Sizzling Sexpots
Janice: There's not much in terms of negatives apart from the weird contortions your body is making. That could have something to do with you lying on top of a motor cycle. Your face is near flawless, though I would've liked to see your eyes, they're squinting too much here. I also wish there was more of a way to put the attention on the boxers a bit more.
I'm also a little bit concerned by how smooth and featureless the jocks are...
Hel: Holy shit! Where did your eyes go?
You know how to appease me giving me a scantily-clad hot guy. I have been fine with the objectification of women as long as men start being objectified, too. Equality. I'm not at all concerned with how your body is contorted in this picture (I'd like to see just how flexible you are); I think it shows off your muscles nicely. Like Janice, though, I am a bit concerned with the lack of... definition in that area and with the product you're selling, that's where we should be looking, anyway.
Morgan: You look so relaxed and in control that I wouldn't have thought you were laying on an object that swivels and turns. You have a very muscular body and a face that is naturally sexy so it doesn't take much effort for you to be sexy in a photo, but I don't feel like you are necessarily selling anything. If anything I feel like you are selling the motorbike more. There's no interaction between you and the product, maybe a finger hooked under the elastic might have drawn my attention more to your product.
Stunning Studs
Janice: Don't listen to Morgan, he's just jealous that his body isn't what it used to be after somehow giving birth to a child. Anyway, was it a bit cold there, Marlon. Things are looking like they want to hibernate. I think this image could have benefited from being bigger, and by cropping one half of the scenery out of the picture - Probably the side with the land. I also think the swimwear should have been a different colour (White maybe?
) Just to help them stand out a bit more, because the setting is pretty dark with it being before dawn. Also watch out for that face.Hel: Can we just make the rest of the competition be having the models send in half-naked pictures of hot guys? No eliminations, just hot men all the time. The quality of the image feels a bit amateurish to me. I think it could have been helped with more thoughtful cropping. I'm not a fan of how your face looks here, but I am giving more leniency to it since I see where you're going with it and why it's more appropriate for this round than most others. The product's on display, but that's mainly because it's the only other thing in the photo. However, I don't know how well it would sell since it seems ill-fitting and not the most flattering swimsuit.
Morgan: MARLON I THOUGHT WE HAD AN AGREEMENT! And Janice I have you know that my post birth body is looking incredibly toned, I exercise my mouth and digestive system on a day to day basis. My eyes first go to that puff of black thick smoke coming out of your underwear and then to that perfect body and face of yours. Yes you are one hell of a sexy man! Since there is literally only you and a beach in the background I notice that you are selling the underwear and the fact that your pubes are selling it helps too! Cropping the picture and making you full length would have been a cherry on top of this photo.
Sugar & Spice
Janice: I believe the phrase is: Yaaaaaasssss. You better work. You're on a roll. No negatives, only positives.
Hel: If this shoot is used again in future cycles, this is the quintessential image that should be given as an example to people. See you next round.
Morgan: Yes yes yes! I want to dive into that scent filled water with you and frollick like we are mating hippopotamuses. Those piercing eyes are to die for! However I have one small flaw to pick out, there is a stream of white liquid between your thighs which makes me think you have some kind of strange water coming out of your lady parts. I'm not one to judge though, I've had a variety of things coming out of my lady parts in the past month.
Three Amigos
Janice: We're not going to dock points for what we thought you should have submitted, but I think we're all pretty disappointed we won't see some Jon K Butt this round (Well, a majority of us).
On this picture itself, I'm not sure if there is a bigger version of this picture, but if there is, I think it would have greatly benefitted from a cropping. Just the lower half to bring focus to the scarf and give the illusion of nudity. You're also missing your neck here. Even though you're wearing a scarf, it's still important to make it look like you're showing off your neck. Currently you're hunched over, and a bit like a turtle and its shell.
Hel:I want some Jon K ASS!!!
Studio shots tend to be risky choices; they can come across as less impactful than shots with background/scenery. Sometimes they work out, but I'm afraid this is one of those times when it doesn't quite do it for me. I'll start off with some positives, though. I love the disheveled look on men and your hair if meeting that look perfectly. I'm also getting some nice intensity from your eyes.
But I don't like your posing and it's not enough to make me buy that hideous scarf. I'm not saying that no one should wear that scarf. I'm saying that no one should sleep with a man who willingly wears that scarf.
Jon: I though this shot is sexy enough and we are selling items and with Jon holding that scarf and showing it into camera for us I though it will match the most. I know it is not his best sexy shot but this wasn't just about being sexy.
Hel: For me, I think what's being docked more here is the lack of production quality. This looks more like a photo from a Go-See than an actual shoot. It's showing your potential to do well with the shoot if you book the gig.
I would have preferred something more like his shot.
Could have been selling watches with that shot. While not a perfect score, it has more of a professional vibe to it. Not the sexiest picture of him, either, but it is about his sex appeal being used to sell the product itself.
I understand what you were going for; it just wound up not resinating with me this round.
Morgan: I like your face in this shot and the action vibe that you have brought to the picture, the scarf itself is not something that should ever be sold though! Because there is action in this shot I would have preferred it to be full length so that your modelling and posing in your legs would fit with the rest of your body. I don't mind the photo personally but it does have an impression of a young model who hasn't yet developed complete confidence.
how she has more sexappeal then me??
