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If your a new model with no experience it can be very confusing, one of the most common questions I get asked is, how do I get started ?Well it seems you need to get something that’s called a portfolio, every one seems to know it’s name, and lots of people phone me looking for one, BUT (and it’s a big one, specially in these jeans) they don’t seem to know what it is. I get asked, do I do portfolios? I say yes, they say how much will it cost? Well that’s the elephant in the room, I don’t know, because although I have started lots of portfolios hopefully I never finished one.
Let me explain, a portfolio is simply a record of the work you have done.
So ask a photographer can you do a shoot for my portfolio, if he or she says yes you ask can I see your work, if he or she says yes ask if he can introduced you to other photographers, if he or she says yes then arrange a time and place to see it, this will probably be at their studio, but not always. I like to meet in the pub I like the relaxed atmosphere plus there are always lots of people there. This can be very useful when meeting a model if they don’t have a friend to come with them NEVER go to a place you don’t know to meet someone you don’t know, if there’s no one there and no one with you (this will only end in tears) this is why I like the pub, not because I’m a bear soaked alcoholic. If all this go’s well and you like both them and there work' then and only then you can ask how much will it cost? Although by then it probably won’t matter if he or she is the right photographer for you.
Photo By Topshots
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