MODEL PORTFOLIO PHOTOGRAPHY RATES
Suggested Model Photography Service Rates for Tampa Bay
Why model portfolio photographers charge high rates.
This is
not a fashion capital, but yet many photographers try to charge New
York rates in the Tampa Bay area or rates that approach commercial photography
rates. We have seen many photographers outright scam models by charging
high rates and lie about their experience and industry connections.
These photographers will say or imply that they can get the model magazine
print work if they have their portfolios done with them, and may even
offer to "manage" them. Some of them go so far as to make
up fake tear sheets or steal the work of other photographers and present
it as their own.
Some photographers are just greedy, and some don't really know how much
a fair rate for their work should be.
We are not saying that every photographer that is charging rates that
are too high is unethical. It could be a warning sign of other things
that are wrong. Sometimes, the laws of supply and demand come into play.
If their work is low quality and useless for the professional model,
the photographer may not be getting much work. In that case, the photographer
will have to charge higher rates in order to make up for their small
number of jobs. The few models that are sold are usually misled with
false claims or promises that they never intend to keep. The model gets
emotional and loses their objectivity, and they pay little attention
to the actual work of the photographer and more to what they say. Either
way, why should models pay for the inexperience or the unethical conduct
of a photographer?
Be objective when you negotiate rates with any model photographer. Leave
your emotions at home. Emotional decisions will cost you. As a consumer,
or a buyer of the photographers services, you have the leverage to call
the shots. You are their boss.
Photographers who promise a model future compensation to sway their
decision to book services from them are unethical. Such promises should
be made AFTER the model has booked and worked with them. Walk away from
any photographer who tries to convince you to book their services with
offers of jobs or managing your career. In Florida, it is against the
law for a anyone to make money by booking a model into a job unless
they have a model agency license. If they have a model agency license,
it is against the law for them to make money from services that a model
would buy such as portfolio photography. See the conflict? If the photographer
cannot legally make money by booking models into jobs, then there is
no incentive to do so and follow through on their promises. If a model
wants to be managed, and the rational behind such a desire makes no
sense in today's modeling industry of independence, then they should
seek the services of a model and talent agency after they get their
portfolio done.
A wise thing to do is to check the photographers references before you
book them. Be safe. There are forms that you can take to the consultation
which you can make the photographer sign, which will give you leverage
in checking their references. The form that we are talking about is
called a Photographer Reference ASA. You can get
these forms for free from our friends at Independent
Modeling, IndependentModeling.Com .
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