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The Beautiful People Project
Info for Participants

Thanks for considering participating.

You've received a big compliment. I approach just a few individuals that I think can offer something of great beauty to the world. Some are activists, artists, writers - individuals working towards positive changes in their lives and the world around them. Others I've selected, sometimes right on the street, because I sensed there was something beautiful inside them and/or they are exceptionally good-looking women and men.

A very short history of this project
There's profound beauty in every person - and I've tried to reflect this in my photography for many years. I've also volunteered thousands of hours for worthy causes. But this project began with a focus on individuals that I believed many people would consider the most physically attractive.

Interviewing this somewhat random group of people, I was impressed by their ideas, goals and activities of great beauty. They helped inspire me to expand the scope of this project.

Recent breakthroughs in my own life, the culmination of many years of work on myself have further inspired to expand this project.

The project was recently redesigned to help its participants realize much more of their potential, too.

Reasons to participate
There are at least four good reasons to participate:

1. You are achieving great success and joy in life, and you would like to help others do the same.
2. If your life is not working as well as it could, you can benefit from this project. All participants get a free sample of the benefits of my Life Coaching services.
3. Both of the above are partly true, so you have two very good reasons to participate!
4. You just want some very good free photos, and your complete satisfaction is guaranteed...

How your satisfaction is guaranteed
If we decide to work together, you'll get my Four Guarantees^TM:

1. You'll be fully satisfied with your free photos - or we do at least one additional full hour photoshoot
2. You'll enjoy the entire process, including the brief interview that explores what is beautiful about you and your life, and how you can achieve greater happiness and success
3. You'll gain an added appreciation of something very beautiful about your life or your world
4. You'll gain at least one insight that can make your life better - permanently.

How I can fulfill these Guarantees.

How it works
If you're interested in participating, we can meet and talk further. There's no pressure. You can even participate in the other benefits of this project without even being photographed.

In our first meeting, usually at a mutually convenient café, there's a short interview that gives you a chance to express yourself in this project. I believe it also improves our rapport and makes for much better photography. This meeting can be less than an hour.

Please bring your resume, if you have one. I can probably suggest ways to improve it, as I have for hundreds of volunteers I've managed in my public service work.

If you have them, please bring more of photographs of you - anything from professional photos to grainy, amateur shots. When I see how you work with the camera, I can come up with new ideas to help create more valuable photos for you.

If you do any art, photography or writing, please also bring that. None of this is required, but it's helpful for me to see. You don't need to make me copies to keep.

If you decide to do a photoshoot, I'll dedicate extra time to put you at ease, using professional photographic techniques to help bring out your best. Your photos may appear in gallery exhibits, mass media magazine articles, a book on inner and outer beauty and other media.

A model release puts in writing how your photos can be used, with specific limitations and protections for you. If you find it agreeable, I'll need your signature and to see your photo ID, along with a black and white copy that I can keep. This enables me to confirm that each participant is who they say they are, as backup for the release.

For this project, I've already photographed more than 40 people with a total of more than 2,500 pictures. This project will continue at least through 2010. I may photograph 40 more women and men, famous and unknown.

Currently I'm contacting major market magazines to publish various aspects of this project. I plan to eventually publish a Beautiful People book. The book would not be published before 2010. Most books take at least a year to write. I'm also busy with full time public service work.

Your photos can happen much sooner! Before and during your photo session, I’ll ask questions to help you think about and express more of yourself. Participants enjoy this opportunity to express ideas they find important in life.

Your answers may be shown along with the photos. You don’t have to answer any questions you’re not comfortable with.

See also: Prep for Your Photoshoot. You might also be interested in Some Thoughts on Ethics, Sex, Sexual Identity, Modeling, Acting, Fashion and Fitness.

The interview offers you several advantages over conventional point and shoot photography:

• You can express yourself to the world.
• It puts you at ease for a more relaxed photoshoot with much better results.
• Many participants find the questions thought provoking and helpful for thinking about their lives.

So far, all the participants enjoyed the whole process and are very satisfied with their results. For example:

These are the most intimate pictures ever taken of me. Not in a sexual way, really, just non-threatening and relaxed. I like that they show something of my inner self, not just posing for the camera. They're the first pictures ever taken where I don't look like a deer caught in the headlights.
     -Dio G.

I became much more comfortable being photographed than I was before. You directed me in helpful ways, but still allowed me to do my own thing.
I also gained helpful insights from participating in this project. For example, taking more time to enjoy life more while still working to achieve great things now and in the future.
     -Aleksi

As a participant, you'd get free copies from your choice of the best photos.
Additional photos are available at reduced prices,. There is no pressure to buy anything..

More info on me is here.

Thanks for your interest,

-Bill