Become a Male Model By Posing For a Top Model Photographer

If you want to get started as a model, you may think it is crucial to get accepted with a modeling agency. Signing on with a modeling agency is a traditional way to get modeling jobs, but developing a relationship with a top photographer will propel your career farther.

Agencies are often only looking for models who can get hired for a lot of modeling jobs - so the agency can earn back their investment of time and money in the model. Remember, agencies earn a percentage of what you are paid by their clients. The models who are booked the most bring in the most money for the agency over the long run. If the agency thinks you are marketable for only a few modeling jobs, they may not consider you signing you onto their rolls.

Finding Your First Modeling Job Gets You Started as a Model

However, you probably just want that one first good modeling job - so that girl at Starbucks will see you in an advertisement or on TV and want to bang you. You can get that first modeling job - if you catch the eye of a top photographer.

Remember, a top photographer is not a photographer in your hometown who shoots photos of guys in his basement. A top photographer is usually located in a large city because the most national advertising clients (who hire him) are located in large cities.

Photographers are always interested in shooting new good looking guys. They are not gonna turn you down because you cannot earn $50,000 in modeling bookings in a year. They just want you in front of their camera!

What does a top photographer want? He wants you to pose for him. So, accept a shoot with a top photographer whenever you can - even if you do not get paid for the shoot.

If you make "getting paid" your only determining factor of whether you agree to a photo shoot, you are thinking too short term. There are more benefits in holding a photo shoot with the "right" photographer - other than walking away with a check.

Photographers Can Promote You

A top photographer can make your career happen. Often time modeling agencies try to keep the top photographers happy, so if you have a photographer who wants to help your career, agencies will take notice. An agency often want new models to kiss their ass. But if you have a top photographer pushing for you, the agency will kiss YOUR ass.

If a top photographer likes working with you during this first unpaid photo shoot, he may later insist that you be hired for a job that pays big bucks. So, it definitely can pay to hold a shoot with these types of photographers.

Traveling at Your Own Expense

This is why you want to spend a little money to get yourself to a big city to be able to pose with a top photographer. Because these guys are the shit, they will not pay for your travel cost. They have tons of models who want to pose for them, so they do not need to spend money to fly some guy from Austin or Tucson (or your hometown) in for a shoot. You should feel lucky to be able to shoot with them and just get yourself to their city without bringing up a bunch of details and making travel a hassle. Travel becomes a hassle when you want the photographer to talk to your parents or ask to bring friends or girlfriends along on the trip. Keep your travel arrangements simple: get to the city, hold the photo shoot, then depart the same day or next day.

NEXT... More Pay Your Own Travel Costs to Shoot With Top Photographers.

If you are a student, Qualifying as a Campus Man is the perfect opportunity for a guy who wants to become a male model or who has that "male model" look. It is your first step in getting the recognition you want. Building a fanbase of followers shows that you have something that other guys do not have.

You receive a special page dedicated to male modeling. You can add photo examples to this page to show your involvement or just explain how you got started in modeling. Hot girls (we call them your "Fans" visit your modeling page to read how you qualify as a "male model."

If you are not a student, but know of a student who looks good at a campus near you, you can nominate him to become a Campus Man. Just go to our front page and click "Nominate a New Student to Become a Campus Man". The guy you nominate will be grateful someone "nominated" him for his "male model" looks!