STILL SO HOT IN MIAMI'S SOUTH BEACH FOR MATT DUNN PHOTOGRAPHY

This heat is killing us this season. Of course we are used to a certain amount but really??? I was in Key Biscayne on an editorial shoot(magazine shoot for all you newbies out there)and afterward got in my car and the temp meter said it was 108 degrees. It is nearly impossible to do a location shoot this summer without knowing major reconstructive retouching would need to be administered. I love living and working down here but come on the year of 2013 has proven to be difficult to get through. Where you have to take your cameras and lenses out 30 minutes in advance of using them for the cold/heat to equalize. An conversely cannot take the models out more than a second before you shoot them as they will melt. Well heading down now for another hot one. We might revisit this when I get back this evening.
This model has the right idea when it comes to cooling off!!!

MODEL LAUNCHER PREDATOR OF WANNABES

Model Launcher and owner Bill Staniford, formerly of Property Shark,who was also involved with dating a Russian spy, is at it again. Misrepresenting his new company as a viable and successful model scouting firm all the while propping himself up abusing a loophole in Facebook to basically steal images from all corners of the world. Even though it has been pointed out to him, Staniford and his company continues to pilfer from image makers, model talent, singers, actors and actresses,hair and makeup artists, clothing stylists and countless others in the “real business” Staniford passes himself off as belonging to. He is stealing from the same industry professionals he is wanting and trying to be a part of. He is using photos of Rhianna, Heidi Klum, Irina Shayk with Select Model Management,and Izabel Goulart with Women Models,among others, all without their permission. He knows all of this as it is willful misrepresentation and wants to mislead the wannabe model public, most notably young boys and girls, into believing he has something to do with the successful promotion of these models, singers, and actors. He is doing all of this in hopes of creating a following/ ie. traffic to his fallacious sites. In a recent email exchange I had with Mansfield Staniford I told him: You know what you have been doing is illegal and immoral since when I pointed out how you were misrepresenting yourself and company(federal copyright infringement) you had one of your minions quickly take down my notices on Facebook to continue your deception. Here is the link to the ridiculously lengthy TERMS OF USE legal notice THEY USE to try to strip any rights YOU have.
http://modellauncher.com/contests/terms
He then tried threatening me:
“I am sure that you wouldn’t want someone attempting to destroy your online reputation, would you? That wouldn’t be very good for business, would it? I would kindly ask you to remove your fallacious comments regarding Model Launcher within the next 24 hours and we can both pretend that we never met each other.”
The only one being fallacious here is MODEL LAUNCHER, Bill Staniford aka Mansfield Staniford who is masquerading as someone connected to the fashion,beauty,music, and acting business.

MODEL LAUNCHER SCAM ALERT!!! BE CAREFUL KIDS IN MIAMI

August 29th, 2013

I was recently approached by a guy named Bill Staniford AKA Mansfield Staniford. He pitched me an idea where he can enter into the foray of the fashion world and act as an agent/promoter/model agency. This guy is really a computer guy who has learned to manipulate search engines as well as building software and is very proud of his fraudulent ability to not only use Facebook for his own publicity but also claims to be producing models and discovering new talent. This is the same guy who was involved with a Russian spy which was all over the news. He is now trying to seduce wannabe models into a lavish Miami Beach trip which includes a free hotel and photo shoot. Like you have always learned, “if it sounds to good to be true don’t believe it”! He is building his false reputation by making himself look credible stealing images from all over the world wide web. In his view, models images and photographers images have no worth so he is and continues in a federal crime which is copyright infringement. He has literally hundreds of images in which he has stolen from websites all over the web. For a guy who claims to have an up and up business he continues his stealing to make himself and his shady company look credible. He is intimating also that the models he has stolen their images somehow came through his company. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Now that he has hoodwinked literally 147,000 people on his Facebook with his deception,he is going to try to get advertisers on board. He said to me he has a vendetta against Model Mayhem(I’m not a big fan but at least they don’t steal images). I went through his whole Facebook page and placed a notice on all of the infringed images(Took me literally hours) and the next day they had removed all of the comments. WHY? Because he knows it is wrong and I called him on it. I have been in this business for more than 25 years and have a stellar reputation. This bunch is trying to cheat, lie, steal, and trick kids into following them, entering phony contests just to get followers. This in turn translates into advertisers viewing them as credible and makes them money. Also when you are trying to act as an agent one needs a license. Another loophole sidestepping by Staniford. What is next who knows but the business model they have created and are working on is predatory to photographers, models, makeup artists, and the whole fashion industry as a whole. Make no mistake, Staniford and Model Launcher has NO CONNECTIONS to the model industry, knows no agencies,knows nothing about the modelling or fashion industry, and cannot help you or your career. And remember, they have no agency license. Remember ProScout, Manhattan Model Search, and all the other scams out there. They built their business on wannabe models and built themselves up with stories of dreams of celebrity, beauty, riches, and fame. They also love to target Florida. A very credible source once told me that Florida is the most scam-able naive people on the planet.

ELLE MENTS August/September 2013 by Matt Dunn

New editorial for ELLE MENTS Magazine

MICHELE POMMIER IS BACK!!!

I have recently been shooting some of the new kids that Michelle Pommier is bringing to the marketplace. We have been working together for 25 years and have, together, found and developed some very famous models. Here is another model I just photographed for her that is getting ready to make a mark in the business. These images are for Russian Esquire.  Michele has had the nack for finding,developing, and producing some of the most iconic girls and guys in the fashion modeling business. She stepped away from the business for a short time and now, in 2013, is back with a vengence to take back Miami Beach as rightfully hers.  Using her influence in the modeling world and employing many of the principals and people she started with, once again she is destined to be back on top.  Also creating alliance with Major Model Management, Michele Pommier is well on her way.

Amazing hair and makeup by Sherilyn Segal. She can be found at http://www.sherilynsegal.com/

Aksana Samy with Next Models Miami

This is the beautiful Aksana Samy from Next in Miami Beach. She came to me to do some updates on her portfolio and I was immediately struck by how beautiful she was. She told me of some of the trouble she had here in Miami and I told her it wasn't her but the crazy economic mess we all are in. So after getting all of the dramatic beautiful shots done I moved to lots of smiles knowing that this economy people want to see smiles.She is a real pro and we had a lot of fun working together as is evident in this series of un-retouched contact sheets.

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