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First modeling portfolio picture of a Tampa model on Tampa Bay Modeling. All portfolio photographs, unless otherwise noted, by C. A. Passinault, lead photographer for Aurora PhotoArts Tampa Photography and Design, as well as Director of Tampa Bay Modeling. C. A. Passinault is a top photographer, as well as a modeling expert.Second model photograph on Tampa Bay Modeling. Click on the image for an anecdote of the modeling shoot which produced this picture.In this third picture, you can see why the Tampa Bay area is one of the best in the world for modeling portfolio development work. Photograph by Tampa photographer C. A. Passinault.Image four of our online portfolio of another Tampa model. This photograph, if we are not mistaken, was taken on location in the Tampa Bay area. The best modeling portfolio photographs are location shots.This is another great picture. This is the fifth model photograph on Tampa Bay Modeling. Pictures featured in our thumbnail array may not be the same as those of models which are in our featured model section, but often, they are one and the same.Unmatched in any Florida modeling market. The quality of this image is excellent! Photograph by C. A. Passinault, our resident photographer and modeling expert.Another top Tampa model gets their look on. The best models can obtain a wide range of looks, as you can see when you look at other pictures of this model!Is it any wonder why more and more companies and art directors are booking independent models without going through an agency? Proof that you can be a professional model, with a lucrative career, without being dependent upon an agency to find and book modeling jobs!Another awesome photograph of a Tampa model by modeling photographer C. A. Passinault, lead photographer Aurora PhotoArts, and director of Tampa Bay Modeling.For modeling portfolio work in the Tampa Bay area, nothing beats location work. Studio photography is not nearly as cost effective, or appropriate, for modeling portfolio work.Keep in mind that this picture, for a modeling portfolio, was taken by a qualified modeling portfolio photographer, C. A. Passinault, for a specialized, professional market, which is modeling. A wedding photographer or a portrait studio will not be able to give models what they need for an effective modeling portfolio, as you have to know what you are doing!This is the 12th picture in our Tampa Bay Modeling online portfolio. Yet another Tampa model shows a marketable look in their portfolio. The best models are capable of the most looks, and are not locked into a single look!Agency model or independent model? It doesnt matter, anymore, especially in Tampa Bay. Professional models like this one can be booked without going through an agency, saving both the model and the job agency fees.Modeling portfolios need at least six looks, and by looks, we mean different looks. A composite cards needs at least five, on average, with a headshot on the front, and four different looks on the back of the comp card. This Tampa model is demonstrating a marketable look right now, in this photography. Picture by C. A. Passinault.
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By C. A. Passinault
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Lead Photographer and Designer, Aurora PhotoArts Tampa Photography and Design

Power corrupts absolutely, and any business monopoly enables unfair business practices and unethical conduct. Only open markets with fair competitive practices promote professional accountability and properly balance the power among the players. The myth that the agency way is the only way to have a modeling career is, in our opinion, the root of modeling scams, and most modeling scams thrive on it. Modeling and talent agencies work FOR the models whom they represent, and have no business managing the careers of any model or telling them what to do. In our opinion, any agency which manages the career of the models whom that are supposed to be working for is a blatant conflict of interest, because the agency also works for the competition of the models, models who are also represented by the modeling agency and who are trying to book the same modeling jobs.
Don’t enable modeling scams! Obtain your modeling portfolio, comp cards, and any other career tools that you need before going to any agency for representation. Do not buy anything from any agency. Do not sign any exclusive representation agreement with any agency, do not sign any non-compete agreements with any agency which would limit your ability to find and obtain modeling work on your own. Also, obtain representation with as many agencies as possible in your market. Make them work for you, and make them compete against each other. Only use modeling and talent agencies as one of many sources of modeling jobs, and draw the line there in your career.
Independent models have an advantage over ignorant agency-only models, limited models who allow themselves to be limited and managed by an agency and whom are dependent upon the modeling agency to get work. An independent model who finds and who books work on their own demonstrates that they have value as a model, and that they book work. This will force the agency to work harder to find and book the independent model into the job before the model can do so themselves, because the agency does not want to lose their commission. Make the agencies work for you, because that it really what an agency is supposed to do. Enough is enough; the corruption of the old modeling industry is a thing of the past if you do not accept and comply with it!

Regardless of whether you want to be an agency model, or an independent model, modeling and talent agencies will be in the equation. They should be in the equation, too, as they are useful as one of many sources of modeling jobs, as long as the agency is kept in their proper place: working FOR the models who they represent. Modeling and talent agencies, in our opinion, have NO BUSINESS managing models or telling them what to do, as it would be like an employee telling their employer what to do, and the agency would not only be guilty of gross insubordination, but would be out of line. In our educated, experienced opinion, any agency which tries to manage the models who they are supposed to be working for, and which tells models what to do in their modeling career, is a conflict of interest because they also work for the competition of the model, who are the other models who the agency also works for. In our opinion, such an inappropriate, unbalanced working relationship, which has been long-accepted as standard business in the backwards, corrupt modeling industry, opens the door to manipulative tactics, scams, unethical coercement, compromise, activity which is not in the best interest of models, and all sorts of unprofessional misconduct. It is our opinion that agencies which try to control models are unethical, and unprofessional. Do you want to be manipulated by those who may not have your best interests in mind, or do you want you to be empowered in your career? Modeling is hardly rocket science, and most models can work their career better than any agency can, especially when the model acquires the contacts and cultivates a professional working relationship with the modeling jobs contacts which the agency normally works with. Those models who are independent, and who keep modeling and talent agencies in their proper place, can also be certain that they will also have their own best interests in mind.
In the Tampa Bay modeling market, there are at least three modeling and talent agencies which we consider to be reputable. Please note that we are not responsible for the conduct of any of these agencies, and all models and talent assume all risks by contacting them and allowing them to represent their careers. We do, however, recommend that models obtain representation from more than one agency, and that models only use the agencies as one of many sources of modeling jobs, and nothing more. Make sure that the agency is licensed, with a TA# (any modeling manager, modeling management company, or anyone else who is advertising modeling jobs without a Talent Agency license is useless, in our opinion, because they cannot make a dime by referring models into jobs. What are they going to do, find you work and work for free? Are they going to introduce you to agencies and place you in them, when you can easily do this on your own for free? We suggest passing up any of these schemes.) Also, the best modeling and talent agencies are SAG affiliated. That said, never allow any agency to manage you, and never buy anything from an agency, or anything from anyone whom they refer you to. Modeling agencies should be used as one of many sources of jobs ONLY. Make them work for you!
As of December 21, 2011, we no longer reference or recommend any Tampa modeling agency to any models. We will only list licensed talent agencies in our database:

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Please note that Tampa Bay Modeling is not affiliated with any modeling agency, and we are proud of it. We do not link to them or their web sites, as our models are not dependent upon them to book modeling jobs. Look them up, if you can (at the time of this writing, Tampa modeling and talent agencies are listed below us on search results, and it is as it should be). Thank you.

PUBLISHED 01/23/11

UPDATED 12/21/11

 
   

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