Model Privacy - Part 5

If you've been following my series on model privacy you're familiar with the case I made earlier about establishing a separate identity online for your modeling/professional career - namely in the social networking space.

If you've paid at least the slightest attention to social media news (or if you're just a geek like I am and watched the f8 conference yesterday online).  You'll know that Facebook is changing the way people will be interacting and sharing information in a massive way - and pretty soon.

Facebook introduced "Timeline" yesterday - a replacement for the Facebook "wall".  Timeline is a new technology designed to basically catalog your life on Facebook.  Before you shrug your shoulders on this understand that Timeline will not just catalog your Facebook activity, but will have the ability to catalog your activity on any website that has a facebook integration (how many sites now let you login with your facebook credentials, or have like buttons on them etc).

The key issue here is privacy.  Granted I think in the world of the social space I think what FB is doing a neat idea and they're definitely working toward staying relevant to the future generations of users as they grow up with social media.  But, all that aside, there's about to be a whole lot more about your life pushed to your facebook feed.  This makes the case for a separate social media identity all the more relevant for models wishing to protect themselves (and their personal lives).

More explained here.

Model Privacy - Part 4

Very short post today on this topic - mailing addresses.  For the ultimate in separating your personal life from your business life consider a PO Box with your local or area post office.  PO Boxes are pretty cheap - usually paid for 6 or 12 months in advance and it prevents you from having to list your home address on model releases and other forms.  It's really cheap security and one worth considering especially if you're just getting into the market in your area, you don't really know anyone and you don't have a manager helping you to weed out less than reputable photographers.