Being nervous in a room full of opportunities
If I could explain how fortunate I am to have the opportunity of being a model, I could go on and talk about it for hours. Being a model is a huge commitment and I love being committed to something that I am actually passionate about.
I am lucky enough to say that I am being presented by an agency now. As I mentioned previously how I would continuously post pictures on Instagram to out myself out there because I quickly established that having a professional social media presence can go a long way if you want to get scouted and noticed by an agency. My modeling journey was no different. I started off by freelancing in my country but even though I believed that my Instagram presence was pleasing and attractive, it was hard to book jobs. It had come to a point where I was reaching out to designers and clothing brands for a potential work opportunity. I really wanted it bad, and I was not going to giving up anytime soon.
Soon enough I booked my first job as a freelancer and the designer of the brand Six5sixtreet loved and appreciated my work and kept booking me for their shoots. I remember how nervous and overwhelmed I was the night before my first photoshoot ever. I remember calling up my other model friends and just taking in their advice upon how I should prepare myself the night before and what I should be knowing before going to the set. I am lucy that I have friends around me who were able to guide me and make me feel comfortable before going to the set. As soon as I got to the set, I saw how the designer was helping the stylist get all the looks together. The camera woman was testing the equipment and made sure that the lighting was perfect and just as required by the client. The other models came in shortly and we just introduced ourselves to each other just to make ourselves feel more involved and more comfortable. Being on the set was a lot of tension for me since it was my first shoot and rest of the models were fairly more experienced, but I just reminded myself that they booked me for a reason and that I deserve to be here. After a couple minutes of settling in, the stylist handed me the clothes for my first look out of the three looks that I was supposed to shoot that night. Now remember, it is a designer brand, and the clothes were amazing, I instantly fell in love with my look. As soon as I changed and showed it to the stylist, she loved my look and told the make-up artist about how she wanted the shoot to be and how she wanted a certain look for me.
It was good, I was happy and working hard by being on my toes at all times while on the set. I started posting more pictures from my shoots and I was shaking when an agent who I had been following for a long time reached out to me and said he would like to meet me and discuss further about the opportunity that him and the agency had to offer. I met the agent the very next day and he talked about how he would like to represent me as a model and sees a very bright future for me. After thorough research about the agency and the agent, I agreed to the terms and conditions and signed with the agency called Savino Yhome.
