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Originally posted by UnseenWorld
I never discuss how much my clients pay or how much I make from my photos with my models. The models will always want 50% ("the money should be evenly divided 2 ways" is the extent of the logic they apply).
BUT...who finds and develops the customer? Who puts up the site where the pics are sold? Who has to spend major bucks in order to produce the end product (cameras and other hardware, locations, transportation, film, and so on...I even maintain a huge wardrobe with lots and lots of blouses, shirts, skirts, dresses, undies, lingerie, shoes, etc.). Who spends several hours in various kinds of post-production for every hour the model was in front of the camera? Who is the one who's risking his/her money on the outcome of most of the projects? The photographer?
Finally, and perhaps the harshest point of all: models are a commodity much more than photographers. Since I'm the one with the relationship to the guy who buys the photos, if things don't work out on a deal, I'm usually the one who's still in the loop, not the model. She's just another face in the catalog.
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You might have misunderstood my point, which was exactly your point. Except in this case and in my case.. the photographer is expected to also be the webmaster and marketer of the site. I agree wholeheartedly, pay models by the hour and that's it. I have done it the percentage way in the past... no way would I do it that way again. When the money doesn't come in overnight, they get an attitude.
I guess the ironic part is, I am the 'model' also.. so I can speak from both ends which part is harder. The modeling is soo not the hard part.