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When it comes to photography, women are mostly about the transformation of their looks. As a photographer you can demonstrate transformation by featuring before / after photos from photo shoots with make-up artists. The result: New prospects and models are much more likely to make a photo-shoot happen with you.

For models in China I suggest online model communities. www.fengniao.com www.poco.cn www.moko.cc If you don't speak Chinese then hire a Chinese virtual assistant on www.upwork.com and www.fiverr.com

Forget about adding reflections of your model on the floor in Photoshop. It's never going to look realistic. It's so much nicer when you capture them directly in-camera. To do so, you have to set up a little bit different than you would do for other photos. Let me walk you through the points.

It is easier than ever to film behind-the-scenes material of your photo shoot. If you don't do that, you are missing out. There are 3 ways to use the material that work particularly well for me.

A message for those who hate stupid troll comments under their photos and to those, who love to write such comments. Here are two links to the video: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MichaelZelbel/videos/383122142463178/ Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/user19124836/review/311511964/6bd0724102

Here's a win-win situation: You get fantastic image retouches for free, while an upcoming graphic designer adds nice reference work to his portfolio. If you have images to retouch, why not collaborate on a TfP basis? The FB live in which I showed the TfP group is here: https://www.facebook.com/MichaelZelbel/videos/351122368786102/

When you try to prove that you are a real pro photographer, chances are, it's going to backfire. But everybody will enjoy the time while they are around the easygoing photographer. So rather be that guy.

Zig Ziglar said “Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation.” So how to be prepared? Always? Let me share it!

If you have go through an unpleasant situation to make a great photo, then do it. The situation is over after a couple of minutes. The photo stays for a lifetime. Let me share how I learned this "the awkward way".

As much as I am a proponent of signing a model release for every single photo shoot, I never ever sign any other sort of contract for hobby shootings. When hobbyist show up with selfbaked legal contracts, I get cautious. Let me share why.

There is this one thing that you should include into any suggestion for cooperation, especially when it is about TfP cooperations and similar. Let me explain it in a short video.

Even for shootings on TfP-basis you need a bulletproof model release. Otherwise you risk getting in trouble later on. Here's the link to the Getty Images Release, which is a tried and true industry standard: https://contributors.gettyimages.com/article_public.aspx?article_id=3069

After going through the pro's and con's of working with graphic designers on a paid or a TfP basis, the decision regarding outsourcing should be fairly easy. Let me share my take on it.

Don't talk about technology during your photo shoot. Care about all that BEFORE the actual shoot. This way you can focus on real interaction with your model or client. This is a tip from our FB group for photographers and models: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TipsForPhotographersAndModels/

There is an excellent source for TfP models that most photographers have never explored.