Independent Modeling. Changing the Business of modeling.
Independent Modeling main title. Look into the graceful poses of the models!
Independent Modeling model thumbnail array for featured models and photography credits.

BLOG - MODELS - RISKS - JOBS - FEATURES - TUTORIALS - SERVICES - RESOURCES - CONTACT

ABOUT - UPDATES - NEWS - EVALUATING RISK - SCAMS - NETWORKING ONLINE - TFP / TFCD - GWC - NEW MODELS - HIGH RISK MODELS - PROFESSIONAL MODELS - AGENCY MODELS - PHOTOGRAPHERS - BUSINESSES - AGENCIES - MODELING JOB SCAMS - MODELING JOBS - ONGOING JOBS - OPEN CALLS - SERVICE EXCHANGE - CLASSIFIEDS - FASHION SHOWS - PORTFOLIO PHOTOGRAPHY - COMPOSITE CARDS / ZEDS - PAY VOUCHERS - TOOLS
Independent Modeling main section navigation menu.
Tampa Bay Model TestingTampa Bay Modeling PortfoliosTampa Bay Composite Cards - Design services available worldwide. Comp card printing in Tampa Bay. Discounts available for models who invest in an Aurora PhotoArts modeling portfolio photography session.
Affiliated sites and affiliated modeling resource site links.
Independent Modeling section navigation threads and main content area. All content is copyrighted, and may not be referenced without citing, and linking to, the source on our web site. All content, which includes modeling job leads, is traceable, and we verify web traffic and the source of our information. Independent Modeling is a resource site for independent and agency-represented models who wish to enhance the marketability of their modeling careers, as well as have an advantage over limited models; those limited models being agency-only models who do not think for themselves, do not invest in their career, and allow modeling agencies to manage them, and to tell them what to do. Other limited models include models who try to put together competent professional modeling portfolios for free, using TFP, and who try to compete against professional models with cheap career tools. The independent models who use Independent Modeling are smart, professional models who know enough that to have an advantage over other models, that they have to invest in their careers. Independent Modeling is NOT a modeling and talent agency, and we do not claim to be. We do not directly refer models into modeling jobs for financial compensation, and do not represent models. Independent Modeling is not intended to be used for any advice, which includes legal advice, and any advice which can only be legally given by a licensed professional in a regulated profession. For information, and reference, only! Use at your own risk.

 

Friday, November 18, 2005 - Features Finalized

We have spent the day finalizing features on several things throughout the Independent Sites. This means that our FTP connection will be chugging today as we update our CSS templates and have to refresh all of our HTML content to support these features. Here are some of those tweaks.

Job/ Audition Boards/ Professional Collaborations, Announcements, and Classifieds

Job boards are a form of advertising. Classifieds are a form of low end advertising. So are announcements. Professional collaborations, on the other hand, are a lot like jobs, but without direct pay.
Since a lot of these features are related, and can cross with others, we had a great time organizing them. So, without any more of a delay, here's what we came up with.

Job/ Audition/ Professional Collaboration Boards
Free. We have included "free or no-pay jobs" with the job boards, and these will be differentiated ONLY by the pay fields and details. We could have split them up, but this would have required another set of boards (less work for us, and something which we could easily do in the future if we decided to do so), and we feel that people should be able to browse through the boards and check things out by their header and the description details- they will find out about the pay only when they check deeper into the opportunity (but before they have to contact the posting party, obviously- It takes, what, about five seconds to see if it pays or not? Get over it.). Does collaboration= free? Not really. You can get paid in more ways than money, and those who only work for money limit themselves. Networking and getting quality tools are important, too, and sometimes you have to invest time (or money), to make money with any career. This does not mean, however, that you turn your career into a charity. It merely means that you need to make educated decisions on what jobs and projects you will get involved with. Does a photographer want models for TFP? Check out their work, and if it is good and they are qualified, go for it. Let us know if that works out for you, too (feel the sarcasm). We might not agree with TFP-type crap anymore, but we won't stop anyone from posting it unless we can find a genuine reason not to, and not-liking unprofessional work is not a good enough reason. Obviously, if it an obvious scam of any kind or it is questionable, we won't post it.

Announcements
Free. This kind of blurs with advertising and job/ collaborations, but is more in tune with news and news of projects. Since a lot of this has nothing to do with jobs, we have another, job board formatted board just for announcements.

Classifieds
$29.99 with no time limit (a one-time fee for that post- we will not charge you every month like we do with advertisers). This is low-end advertising, and Independent Modeling, Independent Acting, and Independent Performer will have their own separate classified sections. Over time, we are going to organize this by subject/ post date, with expiration dates in the menu if it is relevant. For now, we start out with simple job board formatted sections. We'll have the Paypal link up in a few days.

Going to another form of advertising, we have some enhancements to the featured talent profiles.....

Featured Talent Profile Security
We have added security features to the featured talent and industry profiles. We can't go into specifics, but one of the features that we can disclose is a screening feature for profile members. All this will be online with the first profiles.

NEXT - PREVIOUS - MORE NEWS - CONTACT US
Independent Modeling footer section, which includes site update information, support credits, expanded links to site sections, a legal disclaimer link, a link to our terms of use, copyright information, and affiliated site links.

BLOG - MODELS - RISKS - JOBS - FEATURES - TUTORIALS - SERVICES - RESOURCES - CONTACT

SITE MAP - TERMS OF USE - DISCLAIMER - PLAGIARISM STATEMENT

Photography by Aurora PhotoArts. Athena Class Web Site by Aurora PhotoArts. Events by Frontier Event Planning.

The agency way is no longer the only way of having a professional career as a model. There is no arguing against common-sense and proven business practices. Modern professional models think for themselves, network, and book work both as independent models and by using agencies as one of many sources of jobs. This is the future of the modeling industry.

This is an Athena Class modeling resource web site by Aurora PhotoArts, a Passinault.Com company. Athena Class 0001, commissioned 011213.1000 hrs.

Site layout, design, and web updates by webmaster C. A. Passinault and our team of professional independent models and industry contributors. This web site resource is dedicated to bringing balance and integrity to the modeling industry, and our mission is to help professional models, photographers, and the businesses who book them.

Web Site Design by Tampa Bay web design company Aurora PhotoArts. Webmaster and the new Athena Class web site design by C. A. Passinault. Main Tampa photography by Aurora PhotoArts Tampa Bay Photography and Design.

Athena Class 2.0 - Site Version 7.0

INDEPENDENT MODELING MAIN WEB SITE INDEX UPDATE HISTORY

Independent Modeling updated and completely refreshed on server 01/12/13

© Copyright 2001-2013 Independent Modeling. All rights reserved.