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writes:hi i was wondering if anyone would be able to help me on this,, well the thing is i made a profile up on a modelling and photography website, just to see if anything would come out of it !! i made it aware that i didnt have a portfolio, a few minuts later a photographer in my area got back to me asking if i would be interested in working with him and i said yes, the only thing is i dont know where i stand with money, am i supposed to be paying him or the other way around, any advise would help ,,, thanks x
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reader, celestial  +, writes (27 August 2009):
It's Simple! To whom does the end product goes? If the picture goes to you! You have to pay for them! If the pictures remain for the photographer he has to pay you.
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reader, birdynumnums +, writes (27 August 2009):
 You would be paying him for your photos.
There are a lot of rackets out there, getting young women to cough up loads of money for 'professional' shots, and women do it thinking that something will come from it. If they are from a real, reputable modeling agency, then they would have a number of models working for them who ALSO are actually getting work through said agency.
If it is a scam, then they just want to sell you head shots and take money from you for lessons to teach you runway modeling. It would be very easy to check up on the background of this firm. A real agency has an office, is registered and probably is listed in the yellow pages. No modeling agency could be run entirely off of the net. Do some more hunting and checking these people's background before you work with them or pay them any cash.
Any idiot with a camera can make a website and claim to be working for a modeling agency. You should take a friend with you if you DO find a good photographer to work with, and never pose nude for your portfolio, at least, until you are under contract and it is called for by a professional commercial photographer for the job that you are both working on.
Do your homework and find out about that site and this photographer.
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reader, anonymous, writes (27 August 2009): This is something you need to discuss with the photographer. Some do what's called "TFP", "time for prints," meaning that you trade your time as a model for prints of the photos that result. In this case you would not have to pay anything. Same goes for TFCD, or "trade for CD," meaning you get a CD with digital copies of the resulting photos on it. In both TFP and TFCD neither of you is getting paid; both you and the photographer get images you both can use in your portfolios.If this is the case, make sure you are comfortable enough with the poses and photos that you wouldn't mind them being visible and available to the public. You may want to specify that you won't pose nude for TFP/TFCD photos, just to make sure you and your photographer are on the same page. If the photographer pressures you into doing something you aren't comfortable with, find someone else. There are literally thousands of aspiring photographers out there trying to get a start in the photo industry the same way you are in modeling.And always, always bring a friend with you when shooting with someone you don't know. Good luck :)
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reader, anonymous, writes (27 August 2009): It depends what your agreement with him was. If he is doing this to build his own portfolio and you're doing this to build yours, then it's mutually beneficial and money need not be exchanged. However, if he insists on charging you, you can bring up that this is mutually beneficial. Otherwise, if he already has an established portfolio, then he would most likely be providing a paid service. In no instance would he be paying you, unless he specifically asked you to model for his own project.
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reader, anonymous, writes (27 August 2009): If he contacted you surely he should be paying?!, But I don't really know sorry.
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