Originally Posted by Far-L

Yes.

You are confined to the narrow idea that talent only comes from agencies and agencies charge a fee and models get paid xyz to perform for a day, an hour, a scene, whatever.

We work with people all the time that don't hire models and get people to work on spec. One of our most popular series was shot by a guy that would sometimes literally pay his models with a pair of new shoes worth less than $100 bucks.