Before we decide to make a shoot of you, you must complete the Model Onboarding process (that link goes to our model recruitment site, and has more info on how the Onboarding process works). If you’re reading this, you may have already done that stuff!
We prepare to contact a model to be booked
Before we contact a model to be booked for their first shoot, we prepare. We make sure the model we’re about to contact is ready and has completed their onboarding, check where they are in the world, and if we have recent images of the model. We read our historic file notes to understand your perspective, and to see if there are any special considerations. We select a likely Shoot Producer (usually, the person geographically nearest you).
Then, we email you to set a time for the booking call, along with some background info and links to pages on this site.
Making the shoot booking call
At the time you nominated, we call you and discuss a bunch of things about your first shoot. Because this is the first time you’ve shot with us, and because we have some unique requirements, this call can go for up to 40 minutes. We have lots of questions to ask you and information to share, and you’ll be sure to have questions for us as well.
You can shorten the booking call by reading up on the information on this site – we’ve linked to pertinent pages below and highlighted Pro tips that will really save some time.
Discuss travel
If you need to travel for your shoot (that is, to the city of the Shoot Producer), we’ll discuss how that travel will work for you (info on travel ⧉).
Discuss how you look now
We’ll discuss how much your appearance has changed since we got your Test Shots as part of the onboarding process (more info on considerations for changing your appearance ⧉).
Of course, maybe that was just last week and nothing’s changed, but sometimes it can be six months! Generally, if it’s been more than two months, we’ll ask for new Test Shots (how to make a set of Test Shots ⧉).
😎 Pro tip: If it’s been more than two months since you sent your Test Shots to us, make a new set ⧉ and send them to us on the day of your booking call. This will make the booking process shorter for sure.
Discuss the Posing Level for the shoot
We’ll then confirm your preferred Posing Level (see Posing Levels ⧉ and payment rates ⧉). You suggested what you might be comfortable with in our Basic Info questionnaire (we sent you a PDF of that right after you responded, look for an email 📧 with the subject “AW model application questionnaire”), and you spoke about it a bit in your Info Session. Now we’re booking a shoot for real, we need to decide what Posing level you’re comfortable with on the shoot (though, this decision can be changed later).
“I applied for Insertions but they told me that it was better to start with Open-leg. I agreed to do that and I think it was better. It was sexual but not so sexually demanding… I felt comfortable with that!” (Lissa W, Apr 2022)
😎 Pro tip: On the booking call, if you can describe what you’ll be expected to do in a Posing Level for a shoot (for stills and video), the shoot call will be shorter.
Discuss your availability
We’ll discuss your general availability for your shoot (the precise date will be set with your Shoot Producer later in this process).
Discuss clothing, props, and ID’s
We’ll discuss clothing – what do you have in your wardrobe that is suitable for the shoot? (more info on clothing ⧉).
We’ll discuss props – what we mean by that word, what you could bring to the shoot (more info on props).
We’ll discuss the IDs you have, and what IDs you need to bring ⧉ to the shoot.
😎 Pro tip: If you can explain to us what you understand we require for clothing, props and ID’s, you’ll shorten the booking call considerably.
Discuss “Grooming”
We’ll discuss you sending us “grooming” pictures – this is a Big Thing for us (more info on Grooming ⧉).
😎 Pro Tip: You guessed it. If you can let us know what things might be grooming problems that we need to talk about between now and the shoot date, you’ll save time on the Booking call.
We’ll discuss what happens from here, and what our expectations of you are.
😎 Pro Tip: Our Models Charter sets out what you can expect when working with us… but also what we expect from you. Knowing this stuff and doing it will increase the chance of being offered more shoots. More info.
Throughout the call, we’ll answer any questions you have, and check again at the end to see if you have any unanswered questions. We’ll always work to answer your questions concisely. Sometimes, we may need to check on an answer to a question (we have a strict “no bullshit” policy: if we don’t know the answer, we’ll find out and get back to you).
We’ll send you a detailed confirmation email of what we discussed in the Shoot Booking call.
“I felt very well prepared for the shoot. I read everything there was to read…You guys didn’t leave out any little detail. I would read one thing and have a question and then I would keep reading and my questions would be answered. Leena who was organizing everything informed me very well and she wasn’t annoyed by any of my questions!” (Flo, Mar 2021)
Send grooming images
If your shoot is likely to occur in the next six weeks 🤞, we’ll ask you to send a set of Grooming images ⧉, so we can see how you look from that perspective now. If there are any issues, we’ll discuss them with you, and make a treatment plan if necessary. Don’t stress, we’re pretty flexible. 🐍
We’ll ask you to send grooming images a few more times in the lead-up to your shoot.
🔥 Why this “grooming” stuff is so important
Imagine this: you rock up to the shoot excited and ready to go. Your Shoot Producer does the grooming check ⧉ and sees there are too many grooming issues to produce a high quality shoot, and decides they need to reschedule your shoot! (remember, we cannot use Photoshop or makeup) 😭😭😭.
We would hate for this to happen, and you wouldn’t like it either… traveling all this way just to find out shoot needs to be rescheduled! 😤
To prevent this, we ask that models send us grooming images a few times before their shoot. We know it takes time and effort to capture and send them to us (srsly, it’s five minutes max ⏱️), we understand you have a busy life, but it would be much worse if the entire shoot day is rescheduled due to grooming issues!
You probably wonder why we ask for images four weeks before the shoot – so much can change! Well… we probably need to book your flights and accommodation, and your Shoot Producer needs to book a day for your shoot in their busy schedule. If there are grooming issues, we may hold on booking that stuff ’til we know your grooming is suitable. Makes sense? 😇
Intro to Shoot Producer
Shortly after the booking call, we’ll connect you with your Shoot Producer ⧉. This is the person who’ll be on-set with you, capturing photos and shooting video. 📸 🎥 💡 🎙️
They’ll message you to arrange a date, time, and place for the shoot. They’ll also want to chat a little more about props, clothes, and your hobbies, so they can design a shoot that’s personal to you and meets our customer’s preferences.
“She [Shoot Producer Giulia] sent me the address in advance and she was really helpful. She was responsive and helpful.” (Serafina, Jan 2022).
😎 Pro tip: Responding promptly to your Shoot Producer’s messages and communicating openly will help make your shoot happen sooner – and likely lead to other shoot opportunities in the future!
Organise travel and accommodation
If you’re not already in a city where we have a Shoot Producer, we’ll need to organise travel to get you there. This will be at our expense (for details see What do you pay for? ⧉ and What am I expected to pay for? ⧉).
“For the accommodation we used Airbnb. I only stayed the first night at the hotel. The second night I stayed at the Airbnb and it was really nice. There was a lot of space to do what we needed. It wasn’t like a corny porn set that someone made up… It was like a real house! It helped me to feel more comfortable because it wasn’t just a random set for shooting.” (Alonya, Oct 2021)
Usually, this takes a bunch of emails to get your preferences and the inevitable compromises with flight schedules.
Shoot confirmation call
A few days before your scheduled shoot day, we’ll speak on the phone for 10 minutes or so, to make final confirmation of details and answer any last-minute questions you may have.
On the shoot day
We have a separate page on what to expect on the shoot day itself ⧉.
