TFP stands for the following: Time For Prints | Time for Portfolio | Trade for Prints |
In a TFP shoot, no money changes hands. The model doesn’t get an hourly or session fee, and the photographer doesn’t get an hourly fee, a session fee, or any pay for providing the model with prints and/or digital images. Here's an example of a TFP shoot.
If you want to try modeling, TFP is the perfect place to start. It helps you to build your portfolio, get relevant experience, acquire contacts, etc. I do quite a few TFP with amateurs and beginners whose looks I find intriguing. In fact, TFP's can very well be more creative and fun than paid photo shoots because there's no requirement, no directions to follow, no client to satisfy and no pressure.
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Canon full-frame DSLR, Canon Prof L-Series Lenses with complete set of 2 Pentax DSLR and 5 lenses (and 'lensbaby' for creative effects).
Lenses include ultra-wide, wide, normal and telephoto. Lighting is Hensel Integra Plus with light modifers (soft box, beauty light, honey grid, snoot).
For those devotees of film, I shoot with my medium-format Hasselblad (although at a slower and more expensive rate) with its manual-focus Carl Zeiss lenses.