Hello all I am a new photographer wanting to dip my toe in brand / fashion photography. From my Internet research the best way to get started with that kind of photography is too cold pitch emails to different brands. Well I have been doing this I wanted to possibly get some questions answered before I cook the ball movie want anything? Any brand photographer pls feel free to help 😭

  1. When it comes to models do you pay them? Are they payed for by the brand? How does that work? Because I just assumed I would gather my friends together but as I work on the bigger scale projects I assume that models want to get compensated.
  2. What is the average price for a beginner photographer the charger brand for a shoot ? And what would be expected of the brand to provide for free or not? (products, etc.)
  3. How do you go about pitching to brands in different locations that you are not living in. As I found a lot of brands are based in New York and Los Angeles or just major metropolitan areas and although there are some brands in where I reside currently not much. I was wondering if it was plausible to be almost shooting remotely alongside brands.
  4. Lastly, any brand photographers comfortable sharing any stories about their first couple brand shoots and how the experience went as a whole, because again I have never done this before but it’s a photography I have a strong interested and want to explore.

Thanks in advance 💖!

  • random_fist_bump@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Firstly, big brands don’t hire people starting out in the business.

    You build a body of work doing small shoots that show your own unique style over many years. You get an agent who will represent you and contact advertising agencies to promote your work.

    With small gigs when starting out for lesser know brands, you will probably do all the hiring. Models, makeup artist, hair stylist, set designer etc. In this scenario you will have priced everything and submitted that with the contract.

    When you get into the big league , you will walk in with your assistant, have a coffee while they set up your gear, then, once everyone else is ready, you step up and take the pictures and make real money.