Digitals · Model tests · Portfolio days
model tests and portfolio days.
Clean digitals for agency submissions, and test shoots that build a book with range, in daylight or in the studio, in East London.
Packages & pricing
Four ways in.
Every session is at our studio at Cell Studios in Clapton, East London. Prices are fixed. What you see is what you pay.
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Agency digitals
£175
What’s included- 45 minutes
- One look
- 10 digitals
Plain, current and unretouched.
The clean set your agency asks for: front, both profiles, full length and a smiling frame.
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Model test
£350
Most bookedWhat’s included- 90 minutes
- 2 to 3 looks
- 4 retouched images
Daylight or studio, two to three looks.
The entry point. Enough time to relax and leave with images that do different jobs.
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Model test plus
£475
What’s included- 2 hours
- Up to 5 looks
- 7 retouched images
More looks, more light, more room to try things.
The same session with the ceiling lifted, for a book that needs range rather than one strong frame.
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Full portfolio day
from £650
What’s included- 4 hours
- Up to 6 looks
- 10 retouched images
A full day, with digitals shot in the same session.
For people who need a book, not an update, so both sets read as one person.
Prices are what you pay. We are not VAT registered, so there is nothing to add.
Agency digitals can be added to any test for £95, shot in the same session and delivered to agency spec.
Every rate includes a private proof gallery, high-resolution and web-ready files, and usage for personal, professional and casting platforms such as Spotlight and IMDb.
Commercial or press use, hair and make-up, and fully bespoke production are quoted separately.
Who it’s for
One session, three audiences.
Agencies do not want twenty versions of the same photograph. They want range: straight to camera, in profile, in movement, in daylight and under studio light.
Trans and non-binary clients are photographed here as a matter of course. The studio is one quiet room with no audience, the running order goes out before the day, you can bring one person, and the session can be lit without flash if you ask.
Before you book
Everything you might want to ask.
Do I need digitals or a model test?
Do I need digitals or a model test?
Digitals, sometimes called polas or polaroids, are the plain current record an agency uses to submit you. A model test builds range for your book. If your agency asked for polaroids, book the digitals session.
How many images do I get?
How many images do I get?
Ten digitals from an agency session, four finished images from a model test, seven from a model test plus, and ten plus digitals from a full portfolio day. Extra retouched images can be added once you have seen the gallery.
How soon do I get the images?
How soon do I get the images?
Within two weeks as standard. Five working days adds 25 per cent and 48 hours adds 50 per cent, agreed when you book rather than after the shoot.
Is hair and make-up included?
Is hair and make-up included?
Not in the session fee. An artist is available on request at an additional rate, or bring your own and do it here. Say which in advance so the day can be planned around it.
Can I use the images anywhere?
Can I use the images anywhere?
Every rate includes usage for personal, professional and casting platforms such as Spotlight and IMDb. Commercial or press use is quoted separately.
Where do you shoot?
Where do you shoot?
Cell Studios in Clapton, East London, in daylight or under studio lighting depending on the look. We also shoot on location across London when a brief needs it.
In the journal
Worth reading before you book.
- Digitals or a model test?They are two different products with two different audiences. Here is which one your agency actually asked for.
- What agencies actually look forWhat a booker is really assessing, and the mistakes that get a book put down.
- What to bring to a model testA practical checklist for the night before: clothes, grooming and what not to worry about.