<p>Hi!</p>
<p>Does anyone know how I can be a contracted model in high school? Shall I contact an agent myself? Do I need to go to a modeling school?</p>
<p>Also, is this a huge time commitment?</p>
<p>Thank you!!</p>
<p>Yes. No. Yes. </p>
<p>Contact a photographer and arrange for some pictures/build a portfolio, contact an agent, talk to the agent about your next steps. Yes, it is a big time commitment. </p>
<p>(Source: one friend’s a model/another friend’s a photographer) </p>
<p>Modeling can be shady if you don’t contact the right, reputable sort of institutions. Be careful - a lot of skeevy people operate under the guise of “model photographers.” There are also a lot of fly by night joints that will rip off aspiring, naive models. Do your research before committing (or signing a check) anywhere. </p>