How to Have a Successful TFP Shoot

Trade for Print or TFP shoots are shoots where the photographer doesn’t pay the model and the model doesn’t pay the photographer. They are a great tool for when models and photographers are starting out or when they don’t have a budget. Here are some tips for how to make them successful. Understand That Everyone Does TFP Shoots Differently There is no industry standard for TFP shoots. Everyone has their own experience and their own set of expectations going into TFP shoots. This creates a problem when one side assumes that the other side is going by the same set of unwritten rules. Certain things are assumed and therefore not discussed, and then, expectations are crushed and sadness ensues. Topics that Have to Be Discussed Before a TFP Shoot How many pictures is the model going to receive? It is unusual to see anyone post more than three or maybe four pictures from any shoot unless there are lots of different looks. So, if a model wants 100 edited photos from a shoot, that would be a huge waste of time to edit a bunch of photos that would never be posted. When will the edited photos be ready? […]

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