Agree the shoot before it starts

Names and handles are optional. You can use first names only, and fill in full names by hand when you sign.

Clear details now make it easier to spot if anything changes on the day.

Equity advises avoiding castings in private homes or hotel rooms. If you do go ahead, bring someone with you and tell a friend where you are. [Source]

TFP means nobody is paid: the model gives their time, the photographer gives edited pictures. Agree exactly how many and when.

Tick what each of you may do with the edited images. Anything not ticked needs written permission from the other person first.

Commercial use

Selling the images, stock libraries, advertising or brand use are not allowed unless you both agree here.

Credits

Set the limits now so nobody has to negotiate on the day.

The BFMA advises never attending an open call unaccompanied, and Equity says to leave if you arrive and nobody else is there. Think carefully about a shoot where you cannot bring someone. [Source]

Under UK law the person who creates a photograph is usually its first owner, so by default the photographer holds copyright. [Source]

Read the whole agreement together. Change anything that is not right by going back a step. Then print two copies, or save it as a PDF and both sign.

• Both of you have read every section.
• The date, address and boundaries match what you discussed.
• You each keep a signed copy.