07/22/2026
Imagine this. A model walking into your studio and asking to speak to you. They tell you how much they love your work and wanna work with you. They then proceed to tell you how much they want to charge YOU to photograph THEM. Backwards right? Models. Photographers do not pay you. Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss, Etc have never been paid by a photographer for a shoot. The publication they're seen in paid both, them & the photographer. A model does not get to approach a photographer and ask for money for his/her photography services. If you're shooting for a publication or company, it is that companies responsibility to pay you both and then you give your agents etc, their cut. My agents get 10% if they book me for a job. If you do a TFP, sure, you two work out something...but its usually an agreement for exactly what TFP stands for