We think of it as the modeling network 2.0.'Īnother spin on Portbox that models will love, is that their is no 'Inbox' photographers must actually send an offer for a job or shoot that exists in order to make contact. Portbox hosts your portfolio, booking calendar and email all within one platform.

'Portbox is much more than a limited portfolio hosting website, its an all-in-one solution for modeling photography professionals. Photographer and Models will be able to share their calendars and offer jobs to those who are available. Its an interactive booking service, that allows you to privately see the schedules of those on the site. Portbox is more than a collection of portfolios for you to spend hours sifting through to then be limited to sending out 5 messages to see who may be available or even who may even be still using the service. But once you’ave found someone, it can take days or weeks to coordinate schedules and photo shoot details potentially leading to frequent scheduling conflicts and valuable time wasted.Īfter years of being frustrated with the lack of dedicated tools to help streamline the booking process I set out to improve the way freelance photographers find, communicate and collaborate with models. The process usually includes searching modeling/social networks, calling, texting, emailing models/agents to find the right person. There was no centralized communication channel to help you locate, communicate and ultimately, book a professional freelance model.

Listening to Joseph describe his experience with putting together a team and finding models for shoots was like deja vu, completely mirroring my experiences.Īs a professional freelance photographer, finding the right model/s and organizing a photo shoot project had become an overly complex/convoluted process with a lot of loose ends. What Portbox aims to do is put professional freelance models in front of professional photographers. I have been fortunate enough to take a look at the new site and speak with its inceptor, Joseph Evans. We now – finally – have an alternative in the new service, Portbox. Especially for those of you, like myself, who live outside of the major fashion markets. Those of you, especially photographers know the often agonizing process of finding good talent through MM. Model Mayhem requires that you put together and add a portfolio before getting started, but the vetting process is very much lacking.

How do you find talent and put together your team when you first start? Finding those resources and assets is difficult and the idea of having a database of people looking to do the same thing you are is brilliant, but the go to source for that is slightly less than brilliant. Model Mayhem has long been the double edged sword that many of us starting in fashion photography have to deal with.

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