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doctahjones · **istudio.com? -** 01-09-2010, 02:45 AM

so someone sent me a link to some pictures they liked on istudio.com.

looks -exactly- like modelmayhem.com.

they say they are not associated with MM, and are actually people who were fed up with how MM treated them.

anyone using istudio.com?

oh, and i searched tpf for istudio.com, but it returned no results.

janikphoto · 01-09-2010, 03:41 AM

I think this photo says it all:

iStudio.com - djantz - Sarah

I'd stay away...

StevenGWebb · 01-09-2010, 03:54 AM

Looks like a very narrow marketplace. Doesn't fit my business model at all.

janikphoto · 01-09-2010, 03:57 AM

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Originally Posted by StevenGWebb

Looks like a very narrow marketplace. Doesn't fit my business model at all.

That's the polite way of putting it.

Redneck · 01-09-2010, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by janikphoto

I think this photo says it all:

iStudio.com - djantz - Sarah

I'd stay away...

I don't get it. What's wrong with this picture?

janikphoto · 01-10-2010, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Redneck

I don't get it. What's wrong with this picture?

It is hard to tell if you are being sarcastic, or really think this is a good pic. Internet posts are too vague for me to sense your tone. Hopefully, you are being sarcastic, because that is NOT a good pic! It is a sexually arousing pic, but a very bad quality pic, regardless. My mother has taken better snapshots than this!

Redneck · 01-11-2010, 07:31 AM

No, I wasn't sarcastic at all. I don't think this picture is something you couldn't find at modelmayhem.com either.
If it is a "good" or a "bad" picture in regards to photographic quality doesn't really matter.

janikphoto · 01-11-2010, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Redneck

No, I wasn't sarcastic at all. I don't think this picture is something you couldn't find at modelmayhem.com either.
If it is a "good" or a "bad" picture in regards to photographic quality doesn't really matter.

Well, if that's the kind of thing to expect on MM, I'm glad that I haven't bothered to check it out. As a man, I couldn't help but thumb through a few pics at istudio.com, before I closed the window. However, the raunchy, slutty factor will only get you so far - such as a cheap, amateur photos porn site. Many of those photos look like point and shoot snapshots. The words model and studio are being used VERY loosely.

Again, I'm not saying the world doesn't have a niche market for trashy, low quality soft porn - it has a large market for that stuff. I'm just saying this is NOT real modeling and photography that will land jobs with fashion, editorial and commercial clients.