Complaint Review: Magical Images / Glamorlando Studios - Casselberry Florida

A complaint agaisnt joe from Magical Images which can be found on modelmayhem.com under the ID # 552. Just like other unethical photographers that deal with beginner models, this one takes advantage of female models. I went on a photo shoot with him and left very upset. He kept me there lecturing me almost 6 hours... kept saying he should've taken pictures by then, then, and kept prolonging things. After several lectures, he then began taking pictures--mostly headshots, knowing I did not want anymore headshots. After the headshots were done, he almost pressured me into wearing lingerie, when I didn't want to wear lingerie. When I refused to come out in boy shorts he had, he said that it was late enough and we had taken enough pictures. I had already been there several hours and had only taken mostly headshots, none of which I wanted or needed. He claimed he had a no-touch policy, and touched me the entire shoot. I had to wear the lingerie seemingly in order to get more pictures taken. When I requested pictures in the lingerie, he refused for no rational reason, and continued taking more headshots, and literally had me in lingerie taking headshots. This low life was a complete pervert and jerk. He claimed he didn't like taking full-length shots, that which I kept asking for, and many of which can be found on his port. He did a pose that he claimed was my 'choice' though I didn't even like it. In the end, he claimed that I would receive pictures within 30 days, and be able to choose from which pictures I wanted. That never happened. He lied to me, and I had to continue writing and coercing him to send the pictures. He lied and claimed he sent pictures through email none of which I got. He again claimed I would be able to choose from a group of pictures, but that didn't happen again. He finally sent me 8 pictures through email none of which could be posted or used and claimed that before the 30 days I would receive my pictures. Before 30 days was up I received a CD of the 8 pictures which were not good, and none of which I wanted or could use for my port. My entire experience with this pervert creep and jerk of a photographer was nothing short of a nightmare, traumatic, and I warn models to stay away from this jerk along with other unethical photographers on modelmayhem.com one being Jim from J7 Photography. I went on this 6 hour shoot, to get mostly touched, almost coerced to wear lingerie, have pictures taken that I didn't want...ie headshots, refused pictures that I did want, and in the end of it all receive only 8 pictures total. This is dishonest, unethical, unfair and completely sick. A model's time is her pay and no model deserves to get disrespected, waste so much of her time, not get paid and in the end only receive 8 pictures total. A note to unethical pervert photographers like this one.. you have no right taking advtaneg of females and models in this way. Your camera does not give u the power or right to mistreat women in this form or degrade them or use them for pictures for your own personal gain. I hope models will be warned to stay away from jerks and creeps liek you...

anon

orlando, Florida

U.S.A.