Assignment: Job

Booker: Person at The Model Agency booking you for work

Booking: An assignment/job

Casting: An audition/interview for work

Contact sheet: Small pictures taken during a photo shoot printed onto paper for viewing

Commission: Amount payable to the agency from your earnings. Commission is deducted before payment is made to the model

Fees: The amount you get paid for a job. These vary from job to job and are dependant on what the assignment is. Your agent negotiates fees on your behalf

Go sees: Doing the rounds to photographers as requested by your agency

Index card also known as model card/comp card/Z card: A models calling card and business card all in one; a mini-brochure displaying photographs of the model and vital statistics

Portfolio: A book of photographs that a model carries around with him/her when going to see clients for work

Tear sheets: Pages torn out a magazine/catalogue

Test shoot: New models should expect to do several of these professional photographic sessions in order to obtain the necessary shots to promote them