Hi, everyone!

I'm posting this thread to raise awareness for retoucher "contests" that are scams.

How it usually goes down:

- Scam photographer opens up a contest
- Retoucher works on a sample picture and allegedly "wins the contest"
- Scam photographer tries to get you working on a bunch of pictures for free, in exchange for "upcoming jobs"
- Photographers publishes your work and don't even bother to post credits
- Photographer ignores all contact attempts, leaving you no choice but to seek an attorney

This just happened to me. SteezeOG (https://www.modelmayhem.com/3202208), seemed like a legit photographer,
Is anyone familiar with this practice? Any advice on how to avoid/claim credit would be highly appreciated.


Thanks for reading, I hope this never happens to you fellow retouchers.