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This was hilarious and awesome. Best piece I've read in awhile here!

Oh, poor woman! Great read.

Even though that was a retarded photo shoot...you still look smokin' hot. In that, uh, Glenn Danzig way.

Well the photo sucks, but "Jennifer Albany"'s bod is smokin' hot. Abs do a body good.

Very funny read. The photo is better than you made it out to be!

"Angry! Angrier! I just ran over your puppy! Get angry!" I am crying here. I would love to collaborate with you in a photo shooting.www.induztria.com

Wow! I was seriously considering glamour photos but reading your story, I think I'll just settle with my friend taking pictures on my Canon!

"An unphotogenic woman"? Sorry, going to have to disagree - Jennifer Albany's got a hot bod. I'd offer to take your picture, but the only thing I'm good at taking photos of is my cat. Good luck in your quest!

What an awesome story! If you're in the Atlanta area I could refer you to a friend of mine who shoots for the Atlanta Nightlife crew. He's good and he's the nicest guy. Otherwise...good luck!

HEY! Danzig is no has-been!

haha! Oh dear! If you still need some shots doing, get in touch. www.bearwitnesspictures.com

I don't know--this author is judgmental and superficial from the first paragraph, which made it hard to enjoy the story, or trust her account. And someone who (she herself admits) was so dumb in the set-up of this should probably not be looking down her nose at other people. I'm also curious as to whether the abs are photoshopped on.

in response to LT... this is jennifer albany, and NO the abs are not photoshopped on....jealous?

you need to have at least a few conversations with them online before you meet with them! I've done this plenty of times and have gotten some really commendable results. And make sure you're more assertive. You should've snuck out of that joint before she started riding the couch. Good thing you came out safe and were inspired enough to write about it..:) this article made me hyuk hyuk

LT - You're wrong about the photoshopped abs. She actually works out a lot and really does have a hot body. The superficial and judgmental? I'm not going to comment on that one ;-)

I found the three characters in the story equally tragic, comic and disturbing. That men lure women into their basements in order to please their insatiable crusty wives is not out of this world, but that a woman who pretends to know better would be willing to be nice and hope it is over quickly....? And then turn around and play oh no! and oopsy! So flip and cavalier. This is the space where women happen upon serious acts of violence, right? Isn't that the implied danger? Isn't rape just down the hall? Ah! Maybe I'm just being a poo-poo head. The girl had fun and the pics and the story, well they give her street cred, dont they? Shoot! She so krazy! You go gurl!

Too funny, thanks for sharing!! At least all your shoots can only be uphill from here!

That's so insane. Glad you survived. Nice abs!!!

I am a crusty, old guy photographer. I have a show tomorrow, it is a collection of nudes. To successfully get women half my age to consent to get naked in front of my lens requires a bit of skill, and most of that falls under the heading of common courtesy. It is important to make sure your models know you are a legit photographer and not some skeez in search of a quick dry humping. You make sure your model brings "an assistant" someone who she feels safe with. If the photographer needs an assistant, s/he should offer to get one of the same sex as the model, again to let her know this is both legit and safe. Finally, the photographer should be able to provide references - either a web site that the model can consult to show the photographer is legit or some people the photographer and model know mutually to vouch for the photographer. This is long winded for two reasons, 1. reading this account made me, as a photographer, feel icky and scummy and 2. because I wanted to give others out there searching for a photographer a basic set of guidelines as to what they should demand from a photographer. Good luck on searching out your next photographer

Here's the thing: you get what you pay for. More importantly, you get what you deserve. 1) More than likely that guy didn't have anything to do with the pictures he sent you and claimed as his. Had you at least had the sense to use a real (real Internet, anyway) photographer/model networking site, you'd have been able to look at the comments. If the site's been up more than a few months and nobody's claiming the guy's stealing photographs, he's *probably* legit. Otherwise, why would you believe somebody who won't even set up a free page on a site? 2) Next time you want something, pay for it. If you can't afford it - don't get it. Right now even getting ripped off at GlamourShots probably looks better than what your "free" photoshoot turned out to be, doesn't it? I would be a little more empathetic if you were the typical 18-year-old ditz who usually has these kind of stories to tell, but you're obviously intelligent and I don't get the sense that you're quite at that level of naivete. Next time don't be lazy, don't be cheap, and use that brain you've got.

Next time try searching in http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/photoserve/index.jsp . Good luck & best wishes.

I'd suggest heading to flickr.com. It might take some searching and you'll likely have to sign up for the site to be able to contact people, BUT! Lots of talented-but-not-professional photogs use the site, and if you can find someone whose work you like who lives near you, you might be able to work out something on the super cheap with them. I use flickr voraciously and many of my pals do, and a lot of us have been downright flattered when we've gotten offers to take photos for fifty bucks. *shrug*