Isobel Wren (OMP Model #113590)
Isobel Takes Action and Wins Sports Image Competition
Isobel (OMP Model #113590) has been modeling for the past three years. She started modeling while she was in college, and has successfully established herself in the business ever since. Unfortunately, Isobel's first experience in front of the camera turned out to be a major disappointment. Luckily it also led her to OneModelPlace.com
Isobel's negative first experience with modeling does serve as a wake-up call for other aspiring models who receive offers too good to be true. She relates,
OMP hasn't just helped her career, it's launched it!
Instead, Isobel has turned into a modern day superhero of sorts. As she puts it, she is "a commercial model by day, art model by night." Her day job is in commercial modeling, but what she really enjoys doing is art nudes, glamour, and fetish work.
In-between her alleged internship duties for the environmentalist group, Isobel keeping extremely busy as a model. Her recent assignments include posing for the cover of Veneer's new album (she says that they are "a local Boston band and are very good, so go check them out!"). She also shot with Steve Azzara and Justin Lane for their new photography books.Isobel appeared in several training videos, and her hands will be appearing on packaging all over Japan for a new cuticle cream ("If I ever get recognized from that, I will be frightened!" she jokes). On the fine arts and fetish side, she achieved one of her long-time goals by shooting with Lew Reubens and she just finished a giantess video with a company in New Jersey.
She is so active in her professional life that Isobel seemed to be a shoo-in to win the One Model Place Sports Action model competition.
Her winning image was definitely something to cheer about.
While Isobel is very active, she reveals that she HATES to exercise.
Her advice for aspiring models is a three-fold plan.
Her advice for future One Model Place competitors is similar to that of other past OMP winners.
ARCHIVES: click here for a list of previous articles
Isobel Takes Action and Wins Sports Image Competition
Isobel (OMP Model #113590) has been modeling for the past three years. She started modeling while she was in college, and has successfully established herself in the business ever since. Unfortunately, Isobel's first experience in front of the camera turned out to be a major disappointment. Luckily it also led her to OneModelPlace.com
Isobel's negative first experience with modeling does serve as a wake-up call for other aspiring models who receive offers too good to be true. She relates,
"I was working the night shift at a 7-11 and this guy came up to me, talking all kinds of B.S. about how he had been a model and was now an agent and wanted to make me the star model for his new alternative models agency. (At the time, I had blue hair and a bunch of metal in me). His boasts and promises sounded realistic enough that I believed him. He took a bunch of photos of me in the back of a hair salon on a wrinkled bedsheet and then I never heard from him again. What a scam! I was mad but I thought, 'Hey, if this bozo thinks I can model, I bet you someone else will think I can as well! So I went on the Internet, I searched for 'model' on Google, and found One Model Place.
OMP hasn't just helped her career, it's launched it!
"Were it not for OMP I would have worked that old nightshift -- being glad of the one-dollar shift differential -- all through college, and graduated with significantly more student loan debt! Right now, I'd probably be interning somewhere and going into hock."
Instead, Isobel has turned into a modern day superhero of sorts. As she puts it, she is "a commercial model by day, art model by night." Her day job is in commercial modeling, but what she really enjoys doing is art nudes, glamour, and fetish work.
"When I shoot for commercial gigs, my image is selling something I may not like, or in some cases have even seen, let alone used. When I'm doing nude work, I'm selling something I really believe in -- me. My mom is embarrassed that I feel this way, but she gets to show all her friends my commercial work and tell them I'm interning at the Sierra Club, so she supports my idiosyncrasies."
In-between her alleged internship duties for the environmentalist group, Isobel keeping extremely busy as a model. Her recent assignments include posing for the cover of Veneer's new album (she says that they are "a local Boston band and are very good, so go check them out!"). She also shot with Steve Azzara and Justin Lane for their new photography books.Isobel appeared in several training videos, and her hands will be appearing on packaging all over Japan for a new cuticle cream ("If I ever get recognized from that, I will be frightened!" she jokes). On the fine arts and fetish side, she achieved one of her long-time goals by shooting with Lew Reubens and she just finished a giantess video with a company in New Jersey.
She is so active in her professional life that Isobel seemed to be a shoo-in to win the One Model Place Sports Action model competition.
"I enter all the OMP competitions I qualify for, simply for the experience and exposure. But I'm totally shocked that I won! 'You love me, you really love me!'"
Her winning image was definitely something to cheer about.
"I'm rather embarrassed to admit it, but that was the advertising still from a cheerleader tease video. It was a really fun shoot with some great guys that another OMP model recommended to me, but it wasn't anything intellectually stimulating. I did get to feel like a Juggy Girl from the 'Man Show' though -- girls jumping on trampolines!"
While Isobel is very active, she reveals that she HATES to exercise.
"You have to trick me into it. Except for my daily 'Pilates for Dummies' routine, every fitness thing I do is exercise in disguise. I hike, rock climb, do yoga, and swim. I love to dance, but I'm just pathetically bad at it. I can't even do 'Dance Dance Revolution' -- I have to play by myself when no one is watching. When I was in high school, I was in crew and paddling, and I was the slowest runner on my middle school's track and field team!"
Her advice for aspiring models is a three-fold plan.
"Step One is get better pictures, get it in writing, and do your research. When you're first starting out, all you have is snapshots and webcam photos. You've got to replace those pronto (webcam shots are an Internet model cliche). If you've got to pay someone to get them to shoot you, do it. Just make sure they're someone good (that's one part where the research comes in). If you don't have the money to pay, do tfps with people who are willing to work with you, but realize it will take longer to improve your portfolio. Never stop working to get better photos. The minute you stop updating your portfolio with better photos than you had before is the minute you stop growing, and that's not good in any area of life.
"Step Two is get everything in writing and keep a copy. I have some really terrible shots floating around the Internet, because I believed someone who told me that I didn't need a model release. Unless you can prove what was agreed upon, you don't have a leg to stand on.
"Step Three, doing your research should be pretty self-evident. Make sure the person you're working with is who he says he is, get model references, look into the project you're shooting for, ask lots of questions, and use common sense!"
Her advice for future One Model Place competitors is similar to that of other past OMP winners.
"Enter every competition that you can... except for the ones I'm in!"
ARCHIVES: click here for a list of previous articles