Corey Wellman wrote:
let me clarify my earlier post. the photogs I see offering their "services" were clearly offering TFP just for them to get "practice" and so on, as far as trading for a remote starter, an iPod, and a few other things I'm looking for, sheeeeit I'm game

I recieved a weekend at a B & B (including a Murder Mystery) which I used as my wife's birthday gift in exchange for doing a family portait pkg. for someone that had installed a hardwood floor for the B & B.

Worked out great.

DarioImpiniPhotography wrote:
Just remember to make sure the government gets its share.  When you barter, dont be an IRS martyr.  Send the IRS a couple of nude prints with your 1040.  LOL.

I got a chuckle on that one.

LeDeux Art wrote:
she said i make her feel good and i realised my true worth.

Try this thread for more on that subject.

Forums > General Industry > Phototherapy: Posing Naked Felt Brave and Shocking

Michael Pandolfo wrote:

I may even settle for the Tokina ATX Pro wide angle lol.

i like this form of exchange. buy me a new camera and you get free shoots for life !!!

DarioImpiniPhotography wrote:
Just remember to make sure the government gets its share.  When you barter, dont be an IRS martyr.  Send the IRS a couple of nude prints with your 1040.  LOL.

Goods and services received in barter are considered taxable income at their fair market value. 

Be sure to file a 1099-MISC for those trade shoots, people!  Uncle Sam wants his cut.    This really isn't a joke... I wish it was.  It's effectively unenforcable, but it IS the law.

Bailee Martini wrote:
i would consider paying someone in food and beer for photos. im an excellent cook, and my husband is a beer connessieur in the making! (dont think i spelled that right...)

connaisseur

oldguysrule wrote:
just to clarify, TFP is a form of barter.
this thread may still be handy to explore the possibiities.
be as creative in your dealmaking as you are in your work.

Aw crap. I thought OGR was back. Then I realized it was an older thread.

Fotographia Fantastique wrote:
Bumped due to recent interest in the topic. Seems like many more people are open to the idea of barter these days (probably in no small part due to the economy), it's not just the modeling world - it's been covered in a lot of publications. The Chicago Tribune did a story on it several months back: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011 … rant-money

Sign of the emerging black market economy as our currency looses value due to more rounds of "quantitative easing".

I have been offering private yacht charters in trade for photos lately--no takers yet though. It seams that people have less time for leisure activities in a bad economy.   Bartering with necessities like food and clothing will probably become more prevalent.

Jay Dezelic wrote:

Sign of the emerging black market economy as our currency looses value due to more rounds of "quantitative easing".

I have been offering private yacht charters in trade for photos lately--no takers yet though. It seams that people have less time for leisure activities in a bad economy.   Bartering with necessities like food and clothing will probably become more prevalent.

I would take you up on that if I lived in Washington.

oldguysrule wrote:
just to clarify, TFP is a form of barter.

Emeritus wrote:
Not to derail the conversation, but I wish more people understood that.  All too often it is thought to be a matter of "free" modeling for "free" prints.

I pay my models $2000 a day.  That happens to be exactly the same as my day rate. Since that's the case, it would be meaningless for either of us to pay the other.