MODEL FAQ's
Starting Off
Any potential model applying will need to have a model test shoot to assess their abilities in front of the camera. We supply you with a portfolio page on our website, which is updated as new images are submitted by the model or a photographer. Clients will browse your images on our site as it shows your ability as a model in the industry.
If you have a Starnow or Model Mayhem or Instagram page you are required to note the agency name as your representative in the industry.
If you have a Starnow or Model Mayhem or Instagram page you are required to note the agency name as your representative in the industry.
About TFPs
A TFP (“Time For Prints”) is an agreement between a photographer and a model. The model earns no money for her time posing for photographs and the photographer does not pay for her services. Sometimes a photographer will pay the model fuel or travelling expenses and this is an arrangement we will always try to get for the model if approached by a photographer for a TFP shoot of one of our models. In the end it is the model’s right to accept the conditions of the shoot or not.
About Copyright
Who owns copyright on an image a photographer takes of you? Under Section 21 of the Copyright Act 1994 ownership vests in the author (photographer) unless the photograph/s were commissioned and paid for by another person (e.g. model) or were created by an employee in the course of his or her employment. So if a photographer books you for a photo shoot, he/she owns the copyright on the images. You as the model however have the right to say no to any pose you are not comfortable with. If you hire the photographer and pay him or promise to pay him, say for a portfolio shoot, then you own copyright. If the photographer is an employee commissioned to take the images (say an advertising firm) then his employer owns copyright.
In the case of TFPs copyright is retained by the photographer unless otherwise agreed between the parties As a TFP arrangement is designed to benefit all of those who contribute (for self-promotion), a TFP agreement generally includes an implied consent from the copyright owner for others that contributed to use the images (e.g. the model/s) for self promotion.
In the case of TFPs copyright is retained by the photographer unless otherwise agreed between the parties As a TFP arrangement is designed to benefit all of those who contribute (for self-promotion), a TFP agreement generally includes an implied consent from the copyright owner for others that contributed to use the images (e.g. the model/s) for self promotion.
