Welcome to TFP Models, hopefully you’ll have a great time here and get some great shots on your portfolio but there a few do’s and don’ts that will make it a more enjoyable experience. These aren’t site rules but a few things that will help you get unwanted attention. If you choose to ignore them that’s your choice but there will be little we can do to help. 99.9% of the photographers you’ll come across are decent people, but there is a sinister 0.1% that lurk in cyberspace who get their kicks preying on the unwary. Models are easy targets for them so be careful.

 

Personal Info. Don’t give out your personal contact information such as telephone or email addresses on your profile, in forum posts or in the chat room. Also don’t give them to anyone that contacts you regarding a shoot via PM until you know a bit more about them. Anyone with an internet connection can view your profile and there will be some people that find sending you obscene emails, texts or phone calls exciting.

 

Use a modelling name rather than your real one and set up a hotmail account specifically for modelling under the modelling name. Never use your real name as it’s very easy to find out all sorts of things about you (even your address) if you give your real name and the town where you live.

 

Check out the tog. If a photographer (tog) asks you to do a shoot ensure you see some of their work first. If you don’t like their pictures there’s a good chance you won’t like the ones you get either and be aware that some photographers will try to pass off other peoples work as their own. Ask for references from other models they’ve worked with and follow them up if you have any concerns. If they provide images of models they’ve shot but can’t give you the contact details of the model under no circumstances agree to do a shoot. We encourage photographers to put examples of their work on their profile page but having none at all and no link to an external website is suspicious and we would advise you not to take the risk. Remember that anyone can become a member and then tell you they’ve shot Katie Price.

 

Your photoshoot. When shooting with someone for the first time be sensible. Unless they have lots of references that come back with glowing reports get someone to take you to the shoot and pick you up and always let a close friend know who you’re shooting with and where it is. Ideally set up a pre meet in a public place so you can find out a bit more about the photographer before you say yes to a shoot.

 

 

Copyright. In the UK the law gives the photographer the right to use the images anywhere they wish, the model has no say in this. So if you do a shoot you may find that they appear in the next edition of a lad mag or on an internet pay site. There is nothing you can do about this and if you later decide you want them removed or destroyed it’ll be tough luck on you, the law favours the photographer. There are quite a few models who have posed nude who later find it catches up with them and destroys a relationship or puts their job at risk. If you’re worried that your friends, relatives, work colleagues and in fact everyone else in the world may see them don’t do the shoot. Even though the photographer says they won’t publish them, things change and you never know what may happen in a year or two. You may find it very difficult to get a job in certain professions such as child care or teaching if you’ve posed nude.

 

Under 18’s. It’s illegal in the UK to pose nude or in any way that is deemed indecent if you’re under 18 and the site may report any such activity to the Police. The site may ban any under 18 that has lied about their age or has inappropriate images. If you are going to shoot higher levels always have proof of age which means passport or drivers licence, no other form of ID is acceptable as it needs to be an official Government issued photo ID.

 

 

Agencies and ‘managers’. Beware of "opportunity of a lifetime" offers from agencies and management companies that only require a small payment of a few hundred quid to get you a portfolio together and launch your international career. Most of these are scams looking to make enormous profit from the naive and they trawl sites such as this looking for their next victim. The chances are you’ll never hear from them again and at best end up with a few pictures that look like they were taken in a photo booth. Good agencies never charge you a penny, they make their money from commissions they receive for getting you work. If you have modelling potential then most of the photographers here will take portfolio images for FREE!