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The Orland Meet and Greet (OMG) is a trade event where models and photographers from all over Central Florida get together to make magic happen 2-4 times per year.

If you’d like to get a feel for what an OMG event is like, check out the behind-the-scenes and final edited images from our attendees and organizers on our Instagram and in our Galleries.

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If you’ve been to a recent OMG event, we’d love to see your images! You can share with us one or all of three different ways – 1) post your images in the Event Discussion, 2) visit our Facebook Group Chat page and join the group if you haven’t already, or 3) tag our IG (@OrlandoMeetAndGreetOMG) with images from the event as you post to IG. And don’t forget to hashtag your event images #OrlandoMeetAndGreet.

Upcoming Events

The Winter 2023 OMG may be over, but you can see all of the exciting images in our Facebook Group, or on our IG. If you were at the Winter OMG and need help connecting with the creatives with whom you worked, join the group or contact Erica@OrlandoMeetAndGreet.com.

You can sign up to receive our email updates to be among the first to hear about the next event and get notifications on when the VIP tickets will go on sale.

When is the next OMG?

We’re busy behind the scenes working that out now. Rest assured, the second we have the details planned out, we’ll let everyone know through the mailing list, Facebook, IG and right here on the website. Stay tuned!

In the meantime, join our Facebook group to see all of the discussion!

About the OMG

The OMG is (we think) the longest consecutively/consistently running model photography trade event in central Florida.

A model photography trade event is when models and aspiring models get together with local photographers (and aspiring photographers) to take pictures without either party giving money to the other. The models are “paid” for their time spent modeling with digital images, and photographers are “paid” for their time spent taking the pictures and editing them by having the chance to work with models they may not normally have the chance to work with. It should be noted that each model and photographer are responsible for exchanging information and the group does not monitor or “police” whether or not photographer provide images to models. We merely provide a setting for models and photographers to work with each other.

We do have a small fee for photographers for general admissions, which is usually $5.00. We do not charge models or stylists for their attendance. The reason for that is actually quite straight-forward – 1) though we aren’t making a profit off of admissions, we do have to cover the venue rental fees; 2) time and experimentation has taught us that if models are asked to pay even a small cover fee, they aren’t terribly likely to attend; and 3) the $5.00 cover for photographers doesn’t seem to dissuade large numbers of photographers from attending.

The OMG also provides a separately ticketed early event called the VIP Early Bird Photoshoot, occurring 2 hours prior to the general admissions for the OMG. This is an event specifically for photographers, where they will have a chance to work with models selected by the OMG staff specifically for the VIP event. The biggest perk is having fewer people at the venue and a better photographer to model ratio to ensure that photographers have quality time with quality models. The VIP tickets go on sale usually about a month in advance of the next OMG event, can range in price from $45-$75 (depending on the venue as this is what generally pays the majority of the venue rental fees), and are sold on EventBrite. The date of the ticket sales is noticed in the Facebook event group.

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About the Team

Meg Carroll

Image by Rob Lens

Meg Carroll is a prolific model who’s been featured at many of the OMGs in the last few years. In addition to being amazing in front of the camera, Meg is an artist and you can see more of her work on her IG. Please join us in lending Meg support as she transitions into a leadership role with the OMG!

Erick Paul Jauregui

Image by Stephen Weichsel

Erick Jauregui is a photographer, and one of the most helpful guys you’ll ever meet. If you’re at an OMG event and you want someone to take some pictures of you, or introduce you to people who want their picture taken, Erick is your guy. He’s also been known to hold a reflector if you ask nicely. Aside from being an all around nice guy, Erick is also a Disney aficionado. If you’ve been to Dapper Day, it’s likely you’ve seen Erick taking pictures of the dapper dames and gents at the park. Erick’s work focuses primarily on retro-themed portraiture and model portfolio photography. You can check out Erick’s work on his Instagram @erickpaulphoto.

Erica Dean Lamb

Image by Stephen Weichsel

Erica Dean Lamb was one of the original founders of the OMG who took a hiatus of over 5 years from the photography scene. Erica previously spent a lot of time in front of the camera, with 7 years experience as a model, but has shifted her focus (see what I did there?) to taking pictures of others. Erica’s primary genres are portraiture and pin-ups, but she does dabble in boudoir and model portfolio photography as well. To see Erica’s photography work, check out her website or follow her Instagram @ericadeanlambphoto. Erica is still proud of her collective body of work as a model (pun totally intended), so if you feel like seeing what she used to look like, you can take a gander here.