i'm no veteran, but i feel like one in only one year of shooting **

last week we scheduled two guys for the same day, one after another and something new (to us) happened - the first one showed up very late and the second one showed up very early. the first model was just TOO good to turn away so things got rushed and awkward - to say the least.

depending on how long each shoot takes, if you have a sitting room, maybe you can have someone have the guys do their paper work while you shoot. that way if you have two guys at once, you're covered. mostly i try to shoot them either as soon after we hear from them as possible so they don't chicken out - and yes, even nn models chicken out - or i try to wait long enough so that we can talk to them several times. the ones who come off as reliable after 3 weeks have always showed for us so far.

i have a friend who used to have a lot of no-shows so one day he got crazy and booked too many guys. i bet you guess what comes next - they all showed up *LOL*

as long as we're working with models, i think things can always go wrong.