Hi there,

Please can anyone enlighten me as to what an amateur model would charge for a 4 hour shoot. Is there any rule of thumb for this. I need to hire one and I really don't want to take the p**s.

Thanks

Yes, exactly, not with an agency. It's not that I'm against agencies but a girl with the perfect fit has approached me and I want to be fair but I'm totally inexperienced in the field of hiring models.

It depends what the work is for. In a situation like this you wouldnt pay her anything just let her keep some of the final shots for her portfolio - a serious wannabe model would bite your hand off for this, especially one not with an agency.
Then if you wanna be a nice guy just slip her £100 if she does a good job.

Depends if you expect her to do A2M or not.

apologies to the connoisseur

Thanks guys,

That's what I thought, I was thinking around £100-£150 for the shoot but it's to be used on packaging for underwear that potentially (hopefully) will get some serious exposure. Someone mentioned to me that I have to get the model to sign some sort of release to give me permission to do this. Does anyone know anything about this too. I'd really appreciate the advice.

Who did you book? Helena Christensen? Models are a dime a dozen.

That's agencies for you, I did include 2 other models in the shoot who were happy with just free products and some portfolio shots so it evened out a bit.