Postponement With 60 Minutes to Go!

[OrcaBob]

Had another TFCD shoot scheduled tonight with Maya. She emailed me one hour before the shoot was supposed to begin, to tell me she wasn't feeling well and we'd need to reschedule. Given that it takes 25-30 minutes to get to her place, she was cutting it wayyy too close. It was actually more like 30 minutes' notice before I hit the road.

Normally I'd consider the late notification close enough to a flakeout and if she had a bad track record already I'd consider not working with that model again unless she paid.

However, Maya has earned a great degree of trust. She's been ultra-thorough and prompt about communicating with me and she's been generous and professional in her conduct at the one shoot we had. And all along she's been completely honest with me. So when she says she's not feeling well, I believe her. And due to the lateness of the email, I could easily picture her trying to tough it out and finally deciding she just couldn't do it.

This is where honesty and professional behavior pay off for the model. Sadly, the flakes will never understand that.

[Steve (FloppyDog)]

I get the feeling from how you've spoken about her, she's a pretty good girl. I'm sure you're right, she probably tried to tough it out and made a hard decision at the last moment. She might also have considered she could make you sick, which would have been wreckless and irresponsible on her part. (I chewed out an employee a couple of weeks ago for this very thing) I'd be willing to bet she saved you both from some misery.

[john101477]

Close call but better safe than sorry on your end. last thing you need is to get sick again. Flakes tick me off to Bob

[OrcaBob]

Well, so much for trust and goodwill.

In the first shoot, Maya told me about her very religious husband who disapproves of nudity in any context. Okay, I'm glad I didn't end up meeting him. But when Maya rescheduled, she wanted me to meet the Hubby. I told her that it could be awkward, given the likelihood he'd ask about the nature of the shots being taken. If asked if we're shooting nude (we were planning on it), I didn't want to be put in the position of lying to the model's spouse.

That's the last I ever heard from her.

She signed the model release, so I can use any pictures from the first shoot, but since she's gone into silent-running mode I can't get her to pick her TFCD pictures as per our agreement. Oh, well. Her choice.

Had another flakeout this week and an outrageous one at that, but that's another post.