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Michael Filonow | Photographer Spotlight
Based in New York City, photographer, former model, and US Air Force Pilot with a BS in Aerospace Engineering, Michael Filonow is a modern day renaissance man. Clients include supermodels Iman and Christy Brinkley, Donna Karan, Oscar de la Renta, Carolina Herrera, Eva Longoria, Susan Lucci, John Legend, Russell Simmons [...]
ModelScouts Launches Website 4.0
How time flies, it seems like just yesterday we were announcing our previous new and improved website. That was January 2011. Now, here we are again, seven years later, launching the newest and fourth version of our company website since ModelScouts was founded in 2001. [...]
Modeling Portfolios (Is a Professional Portfolio Required?)
Modeling Portfolios - Is a Professional Modeling Portfolio Required to Become a Model? New models often ask us if they need a modeling portfolio (or what we call a "book") filled with professional photos before approaching modeling agencies. It is an important question since professional modeling photos can be very expensive often costing between [...]
Free Modeling Portfolios (Is Free the Safest Option?)
When searching the internet for a modeling agency to represent you or a place to display your online modeling portfolio it can be a very daunting and confusing endeavor. What should you look for when choosing an online modeling agency, scouting service or portfolio hosting company? [...]
TFP Time for Prints Photo Shoots (What Are They?)
TFP describes an arrangement between a model and photographer, whereby the photographer agrees to shoot an agreed number of photographs of the model and provide the model with a limited license to use the best photos chosen from the shoot. [...]
Joe Henson Photographer (Model Talk Interview)
With over 25 years experience, photographer Joe Henson is considered by many to be one of the industry’s premiere publicity portrait headshot photographers. His portfolio contains a whopping 15,000 clients, including Annette Bening, Lisa Lampanelli, Tyler Perry, Selma Blair, Brian Regan, John Henson, Dick Cavett, and Doc Severinson. [...]
Modeling Resumes (Do I Need a Resume to Be a Model?)
New models often struggle to create a modeling resume particularly if they haven’t yet booked any modeling jobs, and we are often asked by new models how they should write and prepare their modeling resume. Having worked as a modeling agent for over 35 years [...]
Modeling Composite Cards (4 Things to Know)
In addition to having a reputable modeling agency in your corner, there are some essential tools... Some of these tools include a model’s bag, and printed and/or digital modeling composite cards (also referred to as comp cards, z cards, zed cards and sed cards).[...]