Hi everyone! Last night, I was watching a live stream from Sam Spence (she's a fashion photographer). I think some of the advice she was giving people confused me. She mentioned that when building your fashion photography portfolio to not use friends as models because brands won't want to work with you unless you are working with models that are signed to an agency. Is this true?? I have been building my portfolio with some of my friends who are former models (so they aren't signed to agencies anymore). I have been slowly starting to reach out to brands and now am wondering if I have been going about it wrong... Any opinions would help a lot!! #hobby source