I just received an email from a booker with a really interesting piece of information. It’s a statement of earnings for one of the top models with a major agency in New York. I blurred the name of the model to protect her identity as well as the identity of the agency. You can clearly [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Rates’
Income Statement: How much does a top model really make?
Posted: 2nd December 2010 by Svenler in ModelingTags: Agencies, Agency, Conde Nast, Earnings, Grey Paris, H&M, Income Statement, J. Crew, Model, Modeling, Models, New York, Rates, Vogue
Freelance Model Rates: How much can or should you charge?
Posted: 1st May 2010 by Svenler in ModelingTags: Agencies, Freelance, Model, Rates
I constantly see this question: “I am a model. How much should I charge?” from amateur- and freelance models and most of them actually think that there is a general answer to this question. While agencies work with fixed rates and fixed commissions, the rates for freelance models can range anywhere from $0 to $infinite. [...]
Why do photographers charge so much?
Posted: 20th February 2010 by Svenler in PhotographyTags: Charges, Photography, Price, Quality, Rates
I bet many of you have heard a quote along this line before, usually followed by “Target only charges (insanely low amount) for a portrait.” I tell those clients to go to Target to have their portraits taken and come back to me when they aren’t happy with them. Other people ask, why I charge [...]




