Modelfolio

Aardvark🎯VonEssfolk said

waist.it said

Modelfolio used to be called Madcow Models and has been around since about 2010, I think. It is run by the same guy who runs Adultfolio. The idea was that Modelfolio would be predominantly modelling images and the porny material would appear on Adultfolio.

Oh ... sorry you said PORNY material !

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Tut, trust you to start horsing around... ;-)

A valuable aspect of Modelfolio (and Adultfolio) arises because the majority of members there also have profiles on PP. So, if you're contemplating working with a PP member check to see if you can find their profile on Modelfolio as references there will sometimes provide a deeper insight into what they're really like to work with than references on PP. I'm not sure whether it's Modelfolio's site policy which permits it, or just that they're tolerant of instances where site policy isn't observed, but positive references on Modelfolio are sometimes used to document what are obviously negative experiences, which will provide valuable additional insight if you're considering working with the same person but via PP.

FiL said

A valuable aspect of Modelfolio (and Adultfolio) arises because the majority of members there also have profiles on PP. So, if you're contemplating working with a PP member check to see if you can find their profile on Modelfolio as references there will sometimes provide a deeper insight into what they're really like to work with than references on PP. I'm not sure whether it's Modelfolio's site policy which permits it, or just that they're tolerant of instances where site policy isn't observed, but positive references on Modelfolio are sometimes used to document what are obviously negative experiences, which will provide valuable additional insight if you're considering working with the same person but via PP.

Did anyone else's brain get befuddled when reading this, sorry Fil just seemed a long way to say one thing

RAWing Waves said

FiL said

A valuable aspect of Modelfolio (and Adultfolio) arises because the majority of members there also have profiles on PP. So, if you're contemplating working with a PP member check to see if you can find their profile on Modelfolio as references there will sometimes provide a deeper insight into what they're really like to work with than references on PP. I'm not sure whether it's Modelfolio's site policy which permits it, or just that they're tolerant of instances where site policy isn't observed, but positive references on Modelfolio are sometimes used to document what are obviously negative experiences, which will provide valuable additional insight if you're considering working with the same person but via PP.

Did anyone else's brain get befuddled when reading this, sorry Fil just seemed a long way to say one thing

Well, I'm just out of the pub after a pre-Easter lunchtime session with some clients, so it's entirely possible that it's all gobbledygook.

FiL said

RAWing Waves said

FiL said

A valuable aspect of Modelfolio (and Adultfolio) arises because the majority of members there also have profiles on PP. So, if you're contemplating working with a PP member check to see if you can find their profile on Modelfolio as references there will sometimes provide a deeper insight into what they're really like to work with than references on PP. I'm not sure whether it's Modelfolio's site policy which permits it, or just that they're tolerant of instances where site policy isn't observed, but positive references on Modelfolio are sometimes used to document what are obviously negative experiences, which will provide valuable additional insight if you're considering working with the same person but via PP.

Did anyone else's brain get befuddled when reading this, sorry Fil just seemed a long way to say one thing

Well, I'm just out of the pub after a pre-Easter lunchtime session with some clients, so it's entirely possible that it's all gobbledygook.

ah that explains it, felt i was going round the same circle

Only about 3 shoots in a year and bit for me

I met some rather good models via ModelFolio especially back in the days when it was MadcowModels.

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HotFridgePhotos

I use it but rarely, every now and again I’ll arrange a shoot through it only if I see enough references for me to trust a photographer.

Whether I’d recommend it, I’m unsure. When using this site on my phone it’s very annoying so I tend to use my laptop for it, and I just use it to fill the blanks in my diary.

Hope you have a better luck with it if you’ve decided to create a profile on there?

waist.it said

Modelfolio used to be called Madcow Models and has been around since about 2010, I think. It is run by the same guy who runs Adultfolio. The idea was that Modelfolio would be predominantly modelling images and the porny material would appear on Adultfolio.

There's quirte a difference between Modelfolio and Adultfolio in my experience (as a member of both). The audience on Adultfolio seems to be almost entirely thirsty dudes who apparently only signed up to see tits shot by other people, most of the prolific commenters don't seem to create very much and just f5 the new uploads page...

Also, while quality varies a lot on every site, there seem to be a disproportionate number of 'togs on that site whose creative vision begins and ends with Reader's Wives circa 1985.

IainC said

waist.it said

Modelfolio used to be called Madcow Models and has been around since about 2010, I think. It is run by the same guy who runs Adultfolio. The idea was that Modelfolio would be predominantly modelling images and the porny material would appear on Adultfolio.

There's quirte a difference between Modelfolio and Adultfolio in my experience (as a member of both). The audience on Adultfolio seems to be almost entirely thirsty dudes who apparently only signed up to see tits shot by other people, most of the prolific commenters don't seem to create very much and just f5 the new uploads page...

Also, while quality varies a lot on every site, there seem to be a disproportionate number of 'togs on that site whose creative vision begins and ends with Reader's Wives circa 1985.

Yeah I think that's a pretty good analysis. FWIW, I've had a Madcow/ModelFolio account for a decade. But I never had an Adultfoio account. I was just glad to see the bulk of readers' wives and BLPB type stuff go elsewhere. I don't like it and worse, it tends to have an off-putting effect on the type of model I prefer to work with.

However, as I said on another post, in fairness to Madcow/ModelFolio, it has supplied me with some lovely models over the years and still continues to do so, occasionally. :-)

I tried modelfolio a few months ago, I’ve now ripped my account down. Never got any shoots from it, full of complete oddballs and just gave me pervy vibes from comments I got, I had to make sure I signed up to modelfolio and not adultfolio as to be honest I couldn’t tell the difference with some of the comments and messages I got. 

but that’s just my experience, it may be different for you, I may have just got unlucky 

I am not sure whether MF has the same features as AF, but they have the same owner who is happy to give more features to the users so they can use the site how they want.

On AF, they have verified accounts - either by ID or feedback and you can set your profile and images so only verified people can see them if you want. Which allows the site to sign new members up but gives you the option on whether you are happy for them to see anything of yours.

Blocking is also absolute.

I am sure there are people on this site who think when you decide to pay the subs on this site for the features as advertised, that means you are also obliged to share with everyone, everything. That is never why I pay for something and just an encouragement to shrink my profile and contribution, not to give more.

The other site doesn't expect that of you and seems keen to introduce additional features to support you if you want to use the site in many different ways

Yes, I use it (same name as here). It’s much smaller than PP, which has good and bad points. It reminds me a little bit of how Netmodel used to be “back in the day”

Here's FWIW is my experience so far with Model Folio (and PP), as a photographer.

Up until a few months ago I posted only on Flickr and later on PP here. I like the PP interface better than the somewhat confusing mish-mash (as it seems to me) of the MF interface, but after some years without ever getting more than just one or two half-hearted responses from all the quite numerous models I'd messaged on PP (shame on you all!) I felt I needed to look elsewhere. In any case, many PP models seem prohibitively uptight and faffy about their T&Cs and too many are into glamorous fashion, high end lingerie, ballet costumes and posing on icebergs, in old palaces and in expensive foreign locations - mostly impractical for me, or otherwise not things that interest me much. (Obviously, I realise that the content of portfolios is also down to the photographers.)

Anyway this all made me think that PP wasn't really for me though I do like to keep my PP account as it's good to upload to different sites and am now at last on good 'shooting terms' with a model and studio on here. I just wanted to find models who were 'homely', fun, or 'alternative' to shoot with, and in more everyday surroundings, and somewhere nearer than Carlisle or New York. From the start, I liked MF because it sets out far more details about a model, including things I generally like to know about (like enhancements and levels) - assuming a model chooses to fill in those details. More of the MF models and photographers seemed more 'my type' too and there's a much higher diversity of age, experience and appearance of MF's models. Best of all though I got a better response from models about possible shoots with me than I've ever had on PP, and I've also made some nice contacts with 'think-alike' photographers.

There are three operational points about MF which I'd like to pass on.

1. I like it that MF does not have PP's rule asking us not to 'take comms off site'. I understand that this rule is a safeguard and try to follow it, but at some point, when arranging a shoot, one needs something easier and more effective that PP's messaging option, especially when travelling to meet for a shoot.

2. I really don't like the 'Nanny State' of MF's non-transparent screening process by which you can easily find your upload rejected by 'grey' people you don't ever find out about, for reasons which just seem to me to be inconsistent, irrational or just plain annoying. When I asked the site manager ('James') about this, he claimed they use photographic criteria for the screening, as least in part, and yet there are masses of photos on MF which just look very amateurish, even inept. 'Safety levels' can also be an issue with the screeners and I actually suggested that we should be allowed to set our own levels like Flickr does, subject to checks on that. He never replied about that, so the obscure screening process looks set to continue into the unforseeable.

3. You can easily sign up to MF but they demand to charge you after only 20 uploads.

MoonlitDoor

I'm on Modelfolio, on a 'deal' I got a while ago.

I've done a 'few' shoots through them, but not for a while, the number of models is, in my experience, VERY variable by geography, even fewer, 'active' in a 75 mile radius, of me than on here!

They do have an optional 'escrow' facility ( with a small fee involved) where they essentially act as brokers, holding the money,  so "no shows" won't get anything for not turning up! 

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