Jaze Companies is proud to announce the Midwest Fashion Alliance The Midwest Fashion Alliance is an advocacy group and think tank dedicated to bringing awareness and accountability for workplace safety within the modeling industry. The modeling industry is largely unregulated leaving […]

As a model (especially if you’re an independent) maintaining good control of your brand is an important key to your success. Models are their own brand – your image is your “product” and the activity of modeling is your service. […]

A common question that comes up: How do I make sure I’m picking a good photographer? Photographer’s (and their talent) come in all shapes and sizes.  Unfortunately there’s no standard or universal system that rates and ranks them all so […]

A few words about Modeling Portfolios: They’re never done. A model should never consider her portfolio finished unless she’s finished modeling. A portfolio is an everchanging, ever growing collection of images showcasing a model’s work. You’re an artist and artists […]

Today I want to talk briefly about staying objective when getting started in modeling and why it’s so important. The common mistake most models just starting out make is getting caught up in the possibility of getting discovered. The sad […]

In the world of Facebook, Instagram, Model Mayhem and others do models really need their own website? …It’s a valid question; asked by many models. The answer is yes – but not simply because it’s what we do and so […]

Everyone that wants to model, has started modeling, or even has been modeling for a while dreams of “making it big in New York” or LA or Chicago or {fill in the blank of any major modeling market}. So often […]

Very short post today on this topic – mailing addresses.  For the ultimate in separating your personal life from your business life consider a PO Box with your local or area post office.  PO Boxes are pretty cheap – usually […]

The last two posts have dealt with securing your privacy online. Setting up separate emails and social media accounts to create a good divide between professional and personal life. So what happens when you have to talk to a photographer […]

One of the single easiest things you can do to separate your privacy and personal life from your modeling life is to develop a stage name and online identity around that name. If you’ve already entered and networked in the […]