Portfolio Scams
Many "portfolio scams" originate from small model agencies, and photographers looking to make a quick buck.
They prey on a models inexperience and often try to convince models that they need an extravagant "modeling portfolio session." They are interested in making money off of the model, and not to help further the models career. While the resulting photographs might be interesting, and fun to shoot, they might be completely unusable by a legitimate modeling agency.
Another version of this scam, is pressure directly from a model agent to pay the modeling agency allot of money for portfolio shoots. The "pitch" is usually "We can get you a professional portfolio shoot with our photographer, in one day, for $1000-$2000." The agency will make as much as 80% profits on deals like this.
Reputable Agencies have Relationships with Photographers
Reputable agencies don't bother with those types of arrangements because they are in the business of booking models for advertising, catalog, or commercial shoots.
Most model agencies have relationships with photographers, and will recommend them to produce photographs, often for free or very little money.
Legitimate agencies will occasionally act as a "middleman" between the model and photographer, those shoots usually range between $100-$200 dollars.
This will often cover film and processing, and help both the model and the photographer's portfolios.
Often a teenage model will naturally have a clean, beautiful look, which is a perfect starting point.
These scams often mislead models into believing they need to add sexy photographs with allot of extra make-up and hairstyling in their portfolios. The resulting portfolio is often full of lingerie photographs and overtly sexual images. This will limit the type of clients this model will work with, often missing out of the higher paying advertising work.
Clean or minimal make-up, classic clothes, and a pleasant expression should always be the first priority in a portfolio.
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