TAMPA BAY MODELING FAQ

E-Mail us and ask us your modeling questions! The best questions will be added to this Tampa Bay Modeling modeling FAQ! A special thanks go out to our friends at Independent Modeling and Advanced Model for their assistance with our FAQ, as well as modeling, entertainment, and business expert C. A. Passinault. Tampa photographer C. A. Passinault is the author of the upcoming Advanced Model modeling book, which covers both independent and agency modeling. He is the lead photographer at his Tampa photography and design services company, Aurora PhotoArts Tampa Bay Photography and Design, and is well respected by many professionals in the modeling industry. C. A. Passinault is the president of the Tampa Photography Society, an organization of Tampa professional photographers. C. A. Passinault is affiliated with Tampa Bay Modeling, is the director of Independent Modeling, is the author of Advanced Model, and will be the publisher for the upcoming Advanced Model national magazine.

This section will be online in July, 2008.

00. What happened to your monthly mail bag and to model Monica Stevens?
01. How do I become a model?
02. How do I obtain a modeling portfolio?
03. What is a composite card?
04. What is a web comp?
05. Do I need to get a model agency to be a model?
06. There was a commercial saying that they needed models for major fashion shows and print ads. They also said that no experience was needed. I heard it on the radio, so it has to be true! Is this a good way to become a model?
07. Can your advertisers be trusted? If so, is it alright to buy the services of a modeling school advertised on your web site?
08. A photographer I found said that they were the lowest cost photographer in the Tampa Bay area. Should I buy services from them?
09. A photographer I found said that he was building his portfolio and he offered me a TFP / TFCD (Time For Prints / Time For CD ) photography session at no charge. Is it true? Can I really build a modeling portfolio for free?
10. A photographer from New York, which he described as a major fashion market, is in town for a shoot and he is offering low cost portfolio services! I really want to shoot with a top fashion photographer! Is it ok for me to shoot with him?
11. A wedding photographer offered me a modeling portfolio at a reasonable rate. Although his wedding work is great, we doesn’t seem to be able to show me many model portfolio pictures that he has done, and the few that I see are so-so. What do you think?
12. A top modeling photographer insists that I must come alone to our modeling portfolio photography shoot, and that I am not allowed to bring along an escort. He said that escorts are distracting. Should I go alone?
13. Should I invest in cosmetic surgery or enhancements, such as breast implants, for my modeling career?
14. Is it true that an art director will give me a modeling job without an modeling agency? Will advertising agencies book models who are independent and who do not come to them through a modeling agency?
15. What is a pay voucher, and where do I get them?
16. Should I invest in a modeling school?
17. How do I find modeling jobs?
18. How do I book modeling jobs?

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UPDATED 06/10/08

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