I am looking for models for photo and video shoots for stock. Not professional models, just regular people. From time to time the agencies will ask for something specific, like African American seniors, or people with disabilities participating in sports, or just hanging out with friends… if you want to be a part of something interesting e-mail me and I will keep you in mind when something like that comes up, but I am always open to doing shoots to build up my collection of stock shots.
I can offer a copy of images for your personal use, and depending on the shoot perhaps a small gratuity, or in the case of a video shoot, a share of the royalties.
I am not a very well established portrait photographer, so I don’t know how well, or even if any photos will sell, but my non portrait stock images have appeared on local business sites, gaming hobby news sites, in books and government publications. If I learn that a photo license has sold and know where you can find it I will contact you to let you know.
The types of uses you might expect to see could be:
Advertisements in newspapers, magazines, or other printed material
illustrations in any of the above
Website illustrations or advertisements, blogs, social media
Product packaging, catalogs, brochures, greeting cards, posters
Corporate video presentations
Book covers, video/audio media packaging (CD covers, DVD cases)
Limited run items for resale such as posters, calendars, mugs, mousepads
Uses that are NOT allowed:
Print on demand products
Logos or trademarks
Any kind of pornographic or obscene or libelous use
Anything that depicts you as the model in a sensitive situation such as having a physical or mental health issue, criminal behaviour, or sexual preference without a disclaimer that this is an illustration using posed models.
These are the releases I use:
For ease of use, I may get you to sign an electronic release on my phone as it creates PDFs for us and attaching a reference photo is as simple as snapping one with the phone camera.
for that I use Easy Release.
Here is a sample release from Easy Release: Easy Release Model Release
Contacting me for a collaboration
If you are on Model Mayhem, you can contact me through that site: https://www.modelmayhem.com/rodmacpherson
If you are on BlackBox You can reach out to me there. https://www.blackbox.global