Headshots and info for models

August 16, 2006 @ 7:25PM

Headshots and info for models

By Haje Jan Kamps

I only recently stumbled across Zerotopia. Despite being a commercial website, they do have a rather specialised information section, attempting to help models – and people who would like to become models – along in their quest.

The vast bulk of the information is very well presented, and includes useful sections such as Headshots : Some things every model & actor should know and Advice for models. The latter covers a lot of info about contracts, how to work as a model, professionalism, tips about safety, and everything.

Despite being aimed at models, I believe photographers could also benefit from reading this, for a plurality of different reasons. The most important reason: You have to know what models expect when you work with them, if you want to be taken seriously.

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Comments

Anonymous

5 years ago

Hey, I just wanted to say thanks for the link to Zerotopia. I’m starting to get into photography, so I’m looking for all the help/advice/useful sites I can get. I’ve added this site and Zerotopia to my bookmarks and will definitely visit again!!

Anonymous

5 years ago

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Anonymous

5 years ago

Thanks for the tip about zerotopia, very interesting. I am always on the look out for international websites for matching photographers with models. The only one that I know is OneModelPlace, but it is much more focused on the USA than Europe. In Switzerland where I am, there are very few models listed there. Does anyone know such a website that is more focused on Europe?

Anonymous

5 years ago

To “Gene”: I believe “net-model.com” is more Euro-centric. Zerotopia actually has a links section which includes a listing of model and photographer portfolio hosts. You might also want to check that.

Anonymous

4 years ago

Very interesting read. There is some good information there.