Your Talent Chefs blogging about insider info and guidance, current castings and bookings (only those made public), tips on improving your booking chances and how to use your Webcomp portfolio as a virtual agent to land more work. Get yourself in the Soup!

Hand modeling project for AT&T update - shoot pushed a few days, booking pending.

Friday January 27, 2012 by Chef

This project is still open so hang in their Atlanta peeps!

New York Print Shoot Needs Some Extras! $300 for 4 hours

Friday January 27, 2012 by Chef

Just like the Chicago project this last week, now we are moving on to New York!

We are casting for a print shoot for a hotel chain client. The project will book two extras. Pro talent and inexperienced, “real” people are welcome to submit! You must be in the Soup by 8 am EST, Monday, January 30th, to be submitted.

This project will book directly from TalentSoup and the shoot will take place Tuesday, January 31st in New York.
This is an EXTRAS role for a PRINT photo shoot, booking for 4 hours (half day). Usage is 2 yrs, worldwide, any and all media, non-exclusive. The extras roles are background talent only and not recognizable.

BOOKED TALENT PAYMENT-
* $300* for 4 hours (NOTE- All talent, regardless of a free or paid account will receive 100% of this rate).

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR- * Ladies, 35-50 years old, African American, Caucasian, Asian and Hispanic / Latina * Men, 35-50 years old, African American, Caucasian, Asian and Hispanic / Latino

TO GET SUBMITTED AUTOMATICALLY TO THIS CASTING-

If you are in the Soup and within 50 miles from New York, you'll be submitted automatically. * If not, you must Sign Up! Sign Up is FREE and FAST.* Go to https://www.talentsoup.com/signup, fill out the form, upload at least 2 clear photos, and you are on your way! Be sure to complete your entire Portfolio ASAP. More photos and a complete profile help your odds.

Submitted talent will be booked from the Soup directly. No go see required. Talent within 50 miles of New York will be included in the search.

Project Photo Usage is 2 yrs, worldwide, any and all media, non-exclusive.

MODEL / TALENT AGENTS - You are welcome to invite your talent to this project. Simply create your Agency account at https://www.talentsoup.com/agency/signup and begin inviting your talent. Once they've completed their portfolio, we'll submit them automatically. Represented talent registered through their Agency in our system do not have fees retained by us upon booking, only Agency terms apply (see the Agency Sign Up page for details)

AT&T Project - Closed for submissions but no booking decision yet. Sit tight Atlanta folks!

Friday January 27, 2012 by Chef

Sorry for the confusion. This is still an active project but the client is not accepting new submissions for consideration. We'll email everyone involved once this project books and closes.

Helping our talent land more work by building a strong Webcomp - Check out the videos

Thursday January 26, 2012 by Chef

We are growing fast, managing lots of projects and lots of talent in lots of places. It's a great time to be in our business. But with that growth comes the sacrifice of things we need to do for things we have to do. Well, getting some videos up about Webcomp has been something we've needed to do for a long time. So round 2 of the videos is here-

http://vimeo.com/talentsoup/videos

Of course the original, Webcomp overview is still humming along at

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B5VkTMlTjk

The purpose of these videos is to best prepare our talent for success. We know that a powerful Webcomp makes a difference in landing the booking or not. So have a seat and learn all about your Webcomp and how to use it to your success!

Pro Webcomp upgrades and signups are back online (thanks @chargify). Sorry for the hassle folks.

Thursday January 26, 2012 by Chef

Sorry for an inconvenience caused. Our subscription service company, Chargify, hit a hurdle as the moved to some new equipment. They are a top notch company and continue to provide great service and security. Everything should be functioning now.

Moving from Entry Webcomp to Pro Webcomp - Upgrading is offline for now

Thursday January 26, 2012 by Chef

If you've attempted to upgrade your Brand in the last 14 hours or so, you likely got some sort of error. Our subscription handling partner, chargify.com, is having some growing pains as they move to beefier equipment. Sorry for the hassle and we'll let you know when it's fixed.

Chicago Hotel casting closed. AT&T hand model casting closed too.

Thursday January 26, 2012 by Chef

The hotel project is shooting this morning and talent have been booked. The AT&T clients are reviewing all the great hand model candids our talent uploaded to their Webcomps now. Watch the blog for updates on publicly announced projects. Happy Thursday folks!

AT&T hand model casting - pays up to $1200 for 4 hours. Client has great options!

Wednesday January 25, 2012 by Chef

Another example of why we harp about keeping your photos fresh...if you are in the Soup in Atlanta and met the other criteria for this project then you were submitted automatically. Our talent are just tasty...nothing else is needed!

Awesome new Chicago talent getting in the Soup! Welcome folks..stay warm!

Monday January 23, 2012 by Chef

Our Chef's are late bloomers they say. We move very intentionally into new markets to ensure we can properly serve both clients and talent. Of course new markets are dependent on having great talent options that we can serve to our clients and Chicago has proven to be excellent so far.
Remember to upload a solid collection of photos folks. We want to show you off in a variety of settings, wardrobe, etc. as that helps our clients imagine you in their project. Welcome to the Soup everyone!

Print photo shoot in Chicago needs some extras! $300 for 4 hours

Friday January 20, 2012 by Chef

Print photo shoot in Chicago needs some extras!

We are casting for a print shoot for a hotel chain client. The project will book two extras. Pro talent and inexperienced, “real” people are welcome to submit! You must be in the Soup by end of business, Monday, January 23rd, to be submitted.

This project will book directly from TalentSoup and the shoot will take place January 26th in downtown Chicago.
This is an EXTRAS role for a PRINT photo shoot, booking for 4 hours (half day). Usage is 2 yrs, worldwide, any and all media.

BOOKED TALENT PAYMENT-
* $300* for 4 hours (NOTE- All talent, regardless of a free or paid account will receive 100% of this rate).

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR- * Ladies, 35-50 years old, African American, Caucasian, Asian and Hispanic / Latina * Men, 35-50 years old, African American, Caucasian, Asian and Hispanic / Latino

TO GET SUBMITTED AUTOMATICALLY TO THIS CASTING-

If you are in the Soup and within 150 miles from Chicago, you'll be submitted automatically. If not, you must Sign Up! Sign Up is FREE and FAST. Go to https://www.talentsoup.com/signup, fill out the form, upload at least 2 clear photos, and you are on your way! Be sure to complete your entire Portfolio ASAP. More photos and a complete profile help your odds.

Submitted talent will be booked from the Soup directly. No go see required. Talent within 150 miles of Chicago will be included in the search.

Project Photo Usage is 2 yrs, worldwide, any and all media.

MODEL / TALENT AGENTS - You are welcome to invite your talent to this project. Simply create your Agency account at https://www.talentsoup.com/agency/signup and begin inviting your talent. Once they've completed their portfolio, we'll submit them automatically. Represented talent registered through their Agency in our system do not have fees retained by us upon booking, only Agency terms apply (see the Agency Sign Up page for details)