For your convenience, a list of agencies who are known by the CSPA to be legitimate, hard working and honest with their talent is linked below. You should receive several calls for agency interviews. When you have met with each agency and received some offers of representation, weigh all of your choices and go with the agency where you feel the most comfortable. When a model pays a photographer to shoot pictures for her portfolio, it is known as model testing . This is usually how a beginning model 'builds' her first portfolio.
Children often shoot only one or two rolls.
Adult models will usually have built a good beginner portfolio after shooting with three photographers and ending up with nine or more good prints. The photographer will book professional styling for the session. A wardrobe stylist will provide several choices of clothing to find three different looks and will style the model on-set. The portfolio will be arranged in a logical order by your agent. Stick to indoor and location catalog-type wardrobe and shots, because this is the kind of work for which you will be booked.