"Agency Testing! What is IT?" Steve Ellinger

Agency testing photography. What it is, why its important, what not to do and to do, and how to get started!

Steve Ellinger, CPP, based in Abilene, Texas is a practicing architect (FAIA), educator, speaker, and published fashion photographer. His work has been instrumental in getting models signed to well-known national modeling agencies in Texas, New York City, Los Angeles, Paris, London, and other major markets. He is also a frequent lecturer and instructor in fashion photography, including the The Texas School of Professional Photography.

Steve regularly serves as a testing photographer for the major Texas modeling agencies and several in New York. Steve began his love for photography 40 years ago, while he was an architecture student at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas; numerous examples of his work were featured in several local and national publications during that time. Since then, Steve has been published countless times and continues to strive to break new ground with creative thinking testing photography.