Fashion Photography: Model Testing with Agencies

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Model Testing is an opportunity for a photographer and model to build their portfolios together. It is foundational to nearly every career in beauty and fashion, and it can be intimidating working with professional models and modeling agencies. However, by understanding their needs as a business, photographers can gain confidence knowing when to ask and how to contact modeling agencies for model testing. Elizabeth Wiseman is a fashion and commercial photographer with studios based in St. Louis, MO and Knoxville, TN who understands the importance of this process - she's even worked in the industry herself! Her experience gives her the perspective necessary to help you get the most out of your Model Testing session.


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Model testing is a foundational process for most photographers and models to build their portfolios, but it can be intimidating working with professional models or confusing to approach agencies. Elizabeth Wiseman knows how important model testing is as a photographer, she's even worked in the industry on both sides of the camera. In this essential fashion photography class, you'll learn how to work with modeling agencies and get your name out there while learning the posing, lighting, and styling for model testing. Learn model testing today and start to re-build your portfolio while getting paid to do it.

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✅ Total Videos: 26
✅ Total Hours 3.0
✅ RAW Files: Yes
✅ English CC: Yes
✅ Spanish CC: Yes

✅ Total Videos: 26
✅ Total Hours 3.0
✅ RAW Files: Yes
✅ English CC: Yes
✅ Spanish CC: Yes

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ABOUT Elizabeth Wiseman

Elizabeth Wiseman is a fashion and commercial photographer with studios in St. Louis and Knoxville, TN. After achieving a BFA and MA from The University of Tennessee, Wiseman started a studio in St. Louis that has grown to include work in fashion advertising, corporate marketing materials, and entertainment portraits. When not in studio or traveling for projects, Wiseman spends every second with her two boys, Henry and Hugo or tagging along to book stores with her illustrator husband, Daniel.

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Reviewed by Pierre-Yves L.
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I don't recommend this product
Rated 2 out of 5

Desapointing

This is my second purchase on Pro-Edu. The first was the retouching series by Michael W.

Full disclosure; I have also bought other course such as the Retouching Series by Pratik Naik and the Fashion series by Lara Jade on competitor websites.

The posing part :

It isn’t great… Compared to what Lindsey Adler gives for free on youtube, this course is very weak in the posing.

As a young photographer that plans to do test for young and inexperienced models, I expected a lot of detail advices. For instance: “What standard poses to use for POLAS ?” could have been a good 15 minute video. Reviewing POLAS from pro models and commenting on what’s good and what’s not good and why would have not been too difficult to do. It could have given great advices to young photographers that could provide POLAS to agencies.

You could find better advices on youtube.

The editing part :

I understand that test shoots are lightly edited unlike editorials or beauty shoots but this part was also very weak. I also understand that she is a photographer and not a retoucher but It really lacked depths and techniques.

The Agency part :

This is a part that I was really looking for. “How to talk to agencies” or “How agencies can help photographers” or simply having a few interviews with bookers to understand what they are looking for in a photographer to allow them to do tests…

The commercial/high fashion models :

This is a good part but not exploited enough. Understanding the difference between commercial…

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Thank you for your detailed review of the Pro-Edu product. We appreciate your honest feedback and we apologize that the posing and editing sections of the course did not meet your expectations. We will take your suggestions into consideration and strive to improve these areas in future courses.

Regarding your idea for a retouching course focused on pictures that you would see on the cover of VOGUE or HARPER’S, with techniques explained in depth, we think this is an excellent suggestion. We will consider developing such a course and incorporating guest photographers to showcase different editing styles.

We understand that you found the course to be relatively expensive compared to other courses you have purchased, and we apologize for any disappointment this may have caused. We will continue to strive to provide our customers with high-quality content at fair prices.

Once again, thank you for your review and for sharing your ideas. We hope to continue providing you with valuable educational resources in the future.

Reviewed by Brian S.
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I recommend this product
Rated 5 out of 5

Just what you need

A solid overview of different types of models, approaches to testing, and how to get started.

Well worth the money and lots to learn.

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Thank you for your kind words, Brian! We're glad you found the course helpful and that you feel it was worth the investment. We hope you'll continue to find our content useful and that you'll keep us in mind for future courses.

Reviewed by Rico M.
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I recommend this product
Rated 5 out of 5

You need this information

It’s a very comprehensive and informative tutorial that walks the viewer through the entire process of model testing. You learn what’s needs to be learned without extra fluff that can confuse some viewers. You will walk away more knowledgeable, more confident in your ability to work with an agency and motivated to reach the next level.

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Thank you for choosing our tutorial Rico, I'm glad to hear you found it comprehensive and informative. Our team worked hard to make sure it provides everything you need without unnecessary fluff. We're happy to have motivated you to reach the next level and we hope you'll find more of our tutorials helpful in the future.

Reviewed by Neville S.
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I recommend this product
Rated 5 out of 5

Levelling up

Great opportunity to see one of the best work through a range of set ups and working with the model to capture them at their best

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Thank you for choosing our product, Neville. We're glad you found it helpful in your journey to becoming a better fashion photographer.