Gary Davis wrote:
Welcome to MM.  First thing, try searching through the forums before posting.  This and many other topics have been covered many times.

Second, there is no "norm", especially where TFP/CD is concerned.  Some photographers will burn you a CD on the spot, some may take months to get your photos to you.

You need to discuss all details of the shoot with the photographer, we're all individuals and we're all different, we don't belong to any club that tells use how to do things.

That's true, Gary.  However, we've decided against this policy for all TFPs.  We now guarentee 10 finished images, but no longer give out unedited images to models on the spot.  Reason: too many of our unedited work has shown up on model's websites, non-cropped, poor color, so forth, then we're given credit for the shot.  We now only give out finished work with our trade mark on them, unless the model wants to purchase the raw images for some purpose other than posting them on the net (he/she can print them for a portfolio, for example).  The models, if they have time, are free to view the images prior to leaving (or picking out their top 10).  Our turn- around-time depends on the number of paying customers ahead of a TFP.  We generally try to get three or four images out in a week or so - usually the next day.  The rest will come later, when time permits.  Two weeks is a target; some are done sooner, some later.  We have had problems in the past when we've shot two models together and one of the two didn't give us permission to release the images to the other model.  That caused one problem where neighter model got images.  Stuff happens.

/tim