What TFP is.
TFP stands for Time For Print — a film-era term that stuck. It's a creative collaboration where everyone trades time and skill instead of money.
You give me a few hours, your styling, and your willingness to work an idea. I give you a professional session, a full edit, and high-resolution images you're free to use for your portfolio, socials, or book.
It's how working photographers, models, makeup artists, designers, and stylists build a body of work without anyone writing a check. The trade is the payment.
What it isn't.
It isn't free headshots. If what you need is a clean LinkedIn photo or a corporate portrait, that's a paid commission — happy to quote one.
It isn't a one-way favor. Both of us walk away with images we couldn't have made alone. If the concept doesn't excite both of us, it isn't a TFP shoot.
It isn't a casting call. I'm looking for one or two specific collaborations a season, around ideas that are worth the trip.
How it works.
You fill out the form.
Who you are, what you're hoping to make, what you're bringing. Mood boards, references, half-formed ideas all welcome.
We talk.
If the concept clicks, a quick call or email thread to nail down location, wardrobe, timing, and the shape of the shoot.
We sign a release.
A plain-English model release that protects both of us — what I can use the images for, what you can, what happens if we want to go further.
We shoot.
Usually 2–3 hours, on location around Columbus or wherever the concept lives. Available light when it's right, off-camera strobe when it isn't. If the concept needs a rented studio, we split the rental fee.
You get the gallery.
Within about two weeks, an edited online gallery with full-resolution downloads. Use them anywhere — I only ask for photo credit when they're posted publicly.
What I'm looking for
- Performers, dancers, circus & theatrical artists
- Models building or rebuilding a book
- Designers, makeup artists, and stylists with concepts
- People with a strong point of view, not just a strong look
- A reason for the picture to exist
Not the right fit
- Free headshots or business portraits (I quote those)
- Studio rentals on my dime — rental fees are split 50/50
- Boudoir, intimate, or implied nude work
- Anyone under 18 — full stop
- "Just send the unedited files" requests
- Concepts that haven't been thought through yet
Tell me about it.
Rough ideas are fine. No money changes hands — if the concept needs a rented studio, the fee is split.
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