Ive recently been accepted to edge models and I spoke to Julian today from the agency who told me I can only get my professional portfolio done with one of their approved studios. He said he was going to book me in for the 24th and that the agency will pay for the studio time and the airbrushing etc. But that I would need to put down a deposit of 拢50 via online banking (he gave me the companies bank details to do so) and he said the 拢50 would be given back to me upon arriving at the studio. This sounds fine to me but he then went on to say that I would have to pay 拢300 for copyright of my images and that I could pay it in monthly installments.
I just want to male sure I'm not being scammed cos I have been before by models direct when I was 15.
If you have experienced this, please let me know how it turned out! Thank you in advance
Anna :)|||I don't know that agency, but it is NOT at all normal for a model to pay for copyright. It's completely unneccessary and not at all standard procedure. The copyright stays with the photographer - there is no need to pay for a copyright unless YOU plan to sell your images to a third party. If they are being used in your portfolio, zed card, agency website, your own website or any other non-commercial use, then you don't need the copyright for any reason. You certainly don't need it at the beginning. If at some point in the future you decided you wanted to sell your photos, then you would contact the photographer to transfer the copyright to you in exchange for payment. But not until then. There is no other reason why you would need to hold the copyright
And while agencies may have preferred photographers they like to work with, you should have been given a list of at least 5 different studios to contact on your own, negotiate a price, and pay the photographer directly. And if you have another photographer you want to use, your agency should allow you to after reviewing the photographer's work and confirming they have experience in portfolio shoots|||First things first - NO real agency EVER charges you for a portfolio, or sends you to someone who will charge you for a portfolio (or for anything else - lessons, listing fees, anthing). Edge is NOT a real agency. You are being scammed.|||This is a question asked by a diffrent user about edge moddeling,it will help you (:
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/ind鈥?/a>|||Hi Anna
obviously I dont live in England, as you are quoting in pounds, but here in australia we have a place you can call called the Fair Trading Union, and they have information on every business out there. If this Modelling Agency is legit then you probably have nothing to worry about, if it isnt then its best to check somewhere first..
I do know that it does cost alot of money to have your own portfolio done, and yes, they do prefer their own photographers, but this is the price you pay if you want to be famous or just get by.. See if there is somewhere like the Fair Trading Union of AUst in ENgland.. Hope this helps.
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