A photographer reached out to me through social media asking me to shoot with him sometime. Although I’d love to have a shoot for myself, does this seem sketchy? He’s taken photos for friends i know and they said he seemed cool and laid back. They also mentioned that he took a while to send them their pictures and wouldn’t respond before sending them. Anyway, just wanted to hear some thoughts on this.
Photographers do reach out to prospective clients and TFPs - it’s not uncommon at all.
It is however far more commonly the reverse with clients reaching out to photographers.
That said, your instincts do you credit as the photographer that reaches out to the client/model can be somewhat sketch and deserves to be very carefully vetted.
That… is not professional, and you’re absolutely right to turn down that gig.
No professional I know of would ever even think of doing that. We’re all too concerned about getting sued or accused of something we did not do.