Since I do this for fun and I am not involved in the industry...what is a "test shoot"?  Testing if your equiment works?  Testing if the model will show up?  Testing your new lens?  What am I missing here? :-)

And here are some good threads on the topic.

Test Shoot vs TFP
https://www.modelmayhem.com/posts.php?thread_id=70909

Difference between TEST and TFP/CD shoots?
https://www.modelmayhem.com/posts.php?thread_id=64339

Does testing=tfp ?
https://www.modelmayhem.com/posts.php?thread_id=68174

Testing
https://www.modelmayhem.com/posts.php?thread_id=60109

Does testing=tfp ?
https://www.modelmayhem.com/posts.php?thread_id=68174

Question of a "Test Shoot"
https://www.modelmayhem.com/posts.php?thread_id=58794

Cage match by demand... what is your definition of Tfp/test
https://www.modelmayhem.com/posts.php?thread_id=1891

Thanks...I guess I should have scrolled down a little further on the search page :-)