However good looking, if a child does not react well and enjoy working on camera, a client will not be happy to pay for them. Babies and younger children need to be well-behaved and sociable while older children and teenagers should be confident and friendly. In all cases, the parent/guardian chaperoning the child on castings and bookings must portray a well-groomed and professional image as they will play a major part in giving the first impression to clients.
In order for us to be able to represent a child and put them forward for bookings, we require a high standard of professional photographs of them on our website. Although it is not conditional for you to have these taken through us, we do offer two options subsidised by the agency, which offer excellent value and give us the opportunity of assessing your child’s suitability for professional paid work.
The two options we offer in-house are both held in school holidays in our Norwich studio. The nominal fee payable covers the cost of an
independent professional photographer, stylist and make-up artist. A CD of images is included and re-touched prints from the session may be purchased from the photographer if required.
Taking one of these options does not guarantee your child a place on our books. However gorgeous they may be, if a child does not work well we cannot put them forward to our clients. In the case that your child is not offered representation, you will still have lovely pictures for yourself and will also be able to use the images taken for publicity material with other agencies.
Sandra Reynolds works in accordance with the BIS (Employment Agency Standards) legislation and does not charge up-front fees. If your child is accepted by us, there is a yearly fee of £60 + VAT to cover the cost of necessary publicity material (including index cards, website & portfolio case). This fee is put on account and deducted from your child’s earnings.
This test shoot, lasting approximately 2 hours, is treated as much like a client booking as possible, similar to a catalogue shoot, and includes three different looks working both in the studio and on location (weather permitting).
You will firstly work with a stylist to finalise your looks, co-ordinating outfits. The shoot will take place both in the studio and on location (weather permitting), with an independent commercial photographer.
This extremely popular confidence building day is great fun. The fee of £125 includes the following, which as well as introducing teenagers to various aspects of modelling, acting and self presentation, also offers invaluable life skills and includes the following lessons:
The nominal fee of £95 includes a photographic stylist working with the child and photographer to ensure that this introduction to photographic modelling is as enjoyable as possible. A make-up artist/hair stylist will also be present.
A senior booker from the agency will chat about the industry, how castings and bookings work and explain what is required of a professional model.
If you would like to receive further information regarding junior modelling, please send an email to
recruitment@sandrareynolds.co.uk including your name and address together with your childs name/s and age/s.
This lesson covers the importance of making a first impression. You will be taught how to enter the room with confidence and introduce yourself effectively to ensure you have the best chance of securing bookings. You will be shown how to stand and walk tall and the basic walk and turns required for professional shows.
If you would like to enrol for the junior photographic session or teenage workshop, please follow the link below (a credit card is required for a deposit).
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during this enjoyable lesson, you will work as a team to gain confidence in improvisation, as well as basic TV presentation skills. Various acting techniques will be covered and you will be given direction and constructive feedback to prepare you for casting in the commercial industry.
Our make-up artist will teach you how to apply your own natural make-up properly and how to strengthen it when required for photographic shoots. You will also be taught how important it is to look well-groomed and advised on various aspects of this.
You will work with a stylist to finalise your looks, co-ordinating clothing, hair and make-up. The shoot will take place both in the studio and on location (weather permitting), with an independent commercial photographer, stylist and make-up artist. During the shoot, you will be taught the tricks of how to work in front of the camera to achieve the standard required by a client.