What exactly does TFP/TFCD mean & how exactly does it work?
DEFINITION OF T.F.C.D. TRADE FOR COMPACT DISC. IT’S A TERM USED WHEN A WELL KNOWN MODEL ASKS ME IF I WILL PHOTOGRAPH HER FOR FREE IN EXCHANGE FOR PUBLICITY AND EXPOSURE. THE MODEL GETS THE CD OF IMAGES TO POST ON HER WEBSITES AND I GAIN EXPOSURE FROM IT. TF.C.D. ONLY HAPPENS WHEN A MODEL IS WELL KNOWN OR IF A PHOTOGRAPHER IS JUST STARTING OUT AND NEEDS THE EXPOSURE AND IS WILLING TO DO FREE SHOOTS IN EXCHANGE FOR THE PRACTICE. I HAVE GOT PLENTY OF EXPOSURE AND EXPERIENCE SO DONT ASK FOR TFCD UNLESS YOU’RE FAMOUS. I PUT ALOT OF THOUGHT PROCESS INTO WHAT I DO AS FAR AS SETTING UP A SHOOT. ALSO TFCD IS AN AGREEMENT THAT THE PHOTOGRAPHER HAS ALL COMMERCIAL USAGE RIGHTS OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS. THE MODEL WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO USE THE PHOTOGRAPHS FOR ANY INCOME PURPOSES. MEANING: If some magazine editor sends you an email saying that they really like a photograph of you that’s online and that they want to pay you $500.00 to put that picture of you in a magazine and it happens to be a photograph th
