Freqently Asked Questions

The home of Lamp Creatives is Melbourne, Australia, though we do events across Australia, and for some initiatives we collaborate internationally too. We are reviewing where we expand to all the time, and internationally is an option, so if you are keen to see Lamp Creatives Collaborative come to your part of the world or would like to get involved, please contact us.

There are so many things that all participants get when they engage with us. This includes: Development and Growth as a creative Network and meet like-minded people and established industry creatives Enjoy being part of the creative process and have the opportunity and collaborative support to see your ideas come to life Ask questions and get support on your creative journey Have a safe space to try concepts our ideas out Aside from the interpersonal opportunities that our events provide, every participant also gets: A free guidebook with self-directed learning and preparation advice, tips and advice for your creative discipline, and further resources and contacts to help you on your journey The photos and videos from the events that they participate in

You must fill our official EOI registration form. Filling the registration form does not guarantee you will be able to participate, as we have limited numbers available and try to take a first-in-first-served approach to all our events for fairness. If you have engaged or messaged us through social media, or messaged one of our team members that you are attending, this is not counted or considered as a registration of expression of interest.

Photos and videos used are not for commercial profiting or selling. They are for portfolio purposes or social media posting. Lamp Creatives Collaborative may use the photos and videos on our social media to promote the work and efforts of the participants and may also use them on our website. As we circle through and replace photos regularly, we may not be able to follow up to notify you when we use photos on our website. When registering for events you are required to acknowledge and agree to this.

If you have successfully registered, you should immediately receive a confirmation email with the details you registered with. For every participant who we offer an opportunity, You will receive an email requesting your confirmation of participation at least 1 week prior to the event itself. You must respond to this invitation email to confirm you are participating. You will be given 24-72 hours to respond to the email invitation, otherwise your position will be offered to the next person on the list for your creative discipline type.

You don't have to be a signed model, photographer, videographer or any other type of creative that's established. Whilst we take a lot of established creatives, we treat everyone equally in terms of opportunity to participate, and for beginners, our team will support you during events.

We tend to run the events as a ZERO payment required for ANY type of participant. This includes photographers and models. Very rarely where an external party such as venue is requiring a cost we cannot absorb, a minimal/nominal fee will be charged per attendee and typically needs to be paid directly to the external party, rather than us directly. Events that have a nominal fee are rare and may only happen once in every 6-9 events.

No. There are no types of creatives who will be paid for their participation. Please review the FAQs on what to expect and get from our events. Just because these events are free, does not mean they are low quality. In fact see our testimonial section to see the various feedback we get from leaders within the industry who participate, support or partner with us. Our events also provide a significant amount of exposure to partners and supporters from Modelling Agencies, Fashion Runway Organizers, Magazines, and more. The experience, enjoyment and support provided to all participants, together with all the above, is what brings models, photographers and videographers to our events even when they are used to being paid.

NOTHING. Literally zero dollars. We are not sponsored or funded. All team members are involved in a 100% volunteer capacity. Despite all team members getting paid offers all the time for their various creative abilities, our team comes together to help give back to the community of creatives we want to support and see grow, and through that we hope participants instead can donate to the charity organisation we support: Positively Transforming World. See our causes page for more information.

Yes, unless we specifically indicate that we are collaborating with a fashion outlet for the event.

Yes, unless we specifically indicate that we have a HMUA who is collaborating with us on the event.

Yes we can. When you fill the registration form, indicate the agency you are with and communicate to the organizers on what agency you would like credited. If you are participating through an established partnership we have with your agency, we will be doing this anyway.

It can take 1-4 weeks. We chase up photographers and videographers so you do not need to.

We provide a separate designated online location for all event photos for you to access for each event. Please do not ask photographers or videographers to provide you with photos outside of the designated online location we provide in the lead up to the event.

Philosophically, yes - we believe anyone can be a model. To LCC, being a model is more about what you represent and the message you put into the world, rather than your look. For our events - we only take people who are enrolled in a modelling academy or course, are a signed model with an agency or have a freelance modelling portfolio, or can show genuine intent to be a model. This is not an opportunity to get high quality photos for free. Our events are designed for industry creatives and develop professional experience and collaborations.

Photographers and videographers will find out who they are paired/grouped with approximately 48 hours prior to a workshop, and 1 week prior to a production.

Yes, unless we indicate otherwise. Please be mindful however that you do not disrupt or inconvenience other participants or the public with bulky items blocking thoroughfare or settings.

If you register your interest in our events, you will need to indicate how many models/actors you have capacity to do HMUA for, and we will then coordinate relevant participants to attend the event early in order to get Hair & Make Up from you.

Several stylists attend our events to work with the models on what they have, recommend ideas prior to the shoot to support models in planning their outfits, sometimes bring their own props or clothing, and at the events help the models with their outfits and touch-ups.

If you are providing clothes as a fashion outlet, you can use the photos for social media sharing and promotion as per our social media sharing guidelines that are provided to confirmed participants, but respectfully ask you do not use this as an opportunity to update your commercial online store photos or use it as an opportunity to update your store website images which are designed for profit.