[GlobalMan]

(08-18-2015 02:35 PM)AneroidOcean Wrote:  

If you want to be a great photographer and this guy really is as good/renowned as you describe him, do everything you can to make the best of this mentorship he's offered you. If you pay attention, study him, and provide value to him, you can get immense value in return. Ignore the others on here saying that there are tons of opportunities like this, there aren't.

Take the opportunity to become somewhat immune to women's beauty. Focus on learning the craft and be professional, but no reason not to be friendly/charming while not pursuing them. Wait until you're established before doing anything more than establishing rapport with the models. You have to take the long term approach on this. You are looking to learn a skillset that will benefit you for years to come both professionally and game-wise if you take advantage of the opportunity presented.

This is absolutely correct. With the quality of cameras available these days and the ease of use, everybody and their brother is a "photographer", which has diluted the shit out the art, and in reality very few have any kind of eye or vision for it, and even fewer are getting paid to do it, and fewer still are skillful enough to shoot models professionally. If your buddy is doing it, forget the girls for now, take in every scrap of knowledge he drops. I can assure you, if he's doing this for a living he's not playing fast and loose with the models, at least not on set, and if you want to be around this regularly you'll have to similarly professional.

If I had this opportunity I'd fly anywhere in the world to meet up with him and improve my skills and make connections. You can bang girls anytime, but you don't get the chance to learn from a true pro photographer in action very often, if ever.