OTM (On Track Modeling) aka
AMG (Alpha Model Group)
To Whom It May Concern:
OTM is very good at promoting... Photographs! Which
happen to be very tacky.
I signed with OTM after being told I had the physique
for it, and hearing all these empty promises.
Like so many other young hopefuls I too never heard
from OTM, which is funny because I specifically remember
being told by an OTM representative: "You are going
to be doing a lot of work —hope you are ready!"
I purchased photographs at a ridiculous price, and,
although they tell you that you do not need to use their
photographer, that is quickly followed by several examples
of girls who did not use the OTM's so-called "photographer," and
tales of how unprofessional and worthless their comp
cards were. And you honestly think I wasn't going to
use them??!!
And if that isn't enough, the beautiful examples they
show you from them are NOTHING like what you receive.
As a matter of fact a few of the bad ones I saw looked
10X better than what they gave me, which were a bunch
of unfocused cards, a little bit bigger that a large
index card. Again nothing like the big ones they showed
with awful scenery (meaning that some things in the background
appeared which weren't intended to during the shoot).
And then they harp on how you don't need to spend money
on workshops and conventions. Well, what do you know,
I received an email promoting one in Chicago —and
they only want $300 more, plus I'm sure along with a
few other hidden expenses they are good at springing
on you later.
Also they tried to get me to purchase a website portfolio.
I can only imagine how that would have turned out!
I can say this for OTM: if they spent as much time promoting
their models as they do promoting photographs then we
might all be working.
And as far as the ONE girl who made it... percentage
wise, that says a whole lot for OTM.
I think OTM is a photo mill in disguise.
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