Grinkie Photography Teams Up with Keen Modeling Agency

In the days of film and SLRs, photographers would, out of necessity, work tirelessly to set up their shots and conserve film for only the best images. Having spent more than two decades in the publishing and design industry, I find that I often run into people who express their opinion that "anyone with a decent camera & equipment can be a professional photographer". The advent of digital cameras has only served to perpetuate this myth.  The truth is, anyone can learn technique, or throw money at fancy equipment - but you can't fake raw talent and artistic vision and (in my not-so-humble-opinion) the photographers listed below have that raw talent that will only serve to make the photographs they take into unique works of art that can be the very foundation of our ability to celebrate the milestones in our lives.   --Girl Friday

New and Exciting Partnerships

Recently, Christi (and her Girl Friday) had the pleasure of working with Deborah Keen of Keen Modeling Agency  to photograph aspiring local models represented by the Keen Agency.

Christi of Grinkie Photography and Emily of Emily Theisen Photography (both Studio 210 photographers) worked with these fresh new faces to create preliminary portfolios for them to use on upcoming modeling and talent call-outs.

Model: Kasha (Keen Agency)  Photo: Christi Williams

Historically, aspiring models can find it challenging to know what to do or who to trust with regards to having a professional portfolio  Many times they can be taken advantage of by unscrupulous people, and pay big money for photos, only to find that they didn't get what they needed (and even sometimes got more than they bargained for.)  Haven't we all heard stories of some creep approaching a friend or acquaintance with the line "would you like to be a model?" and how they narrowly avoided the unthinkable?

While a professionally styled portfolio is not an absolute must, it can be a great help for new talent to feel more confident on casting calls.

We had SO much fun working with Keen's local talent, that we've offered to team up for future shoots at the studio. We will be working in conjunction with Keen in advertising upcoming casting calls in the Minneapolis/St Paul area.

Grinkie Photography and Studio 210 will be working to create affordable, professional starter portfolios for the models. Future plans include Amy of Amy Wurdock Photography contributing her considerable experience and talent with children to the effort,

Model: Soleil (Keen Agency)   Photo: Christi Williams

One advantage to this partnership is that we can utilize our experience with fashion and senior portraits to give aspiring talent of all ages high quality images to help them on their career paths. And our senior portraits get the advantage of our partnership with people who are on the cutting edge of the fashion business.

We'll be posting updates to this story when we have more information about casting calls. Until then, we'll keep a Keen eye out for our model friends!