Hello Marc,

Welcome to the industry. You could probably shoot out of a private residence to start off with rather than renting an expensive studio. You can work wonders in a nice sized living room with a little creativity. Just make sure you have some decent lighting equipment.

Second, some very important advice, be very upfront with your models. Let them know what you will be doing with these photos. The last thing you want to do is to shoot a model who thinks he is only going to be on one small website and then later finds out he's all over the net. If you plan on brokering through a provider, or reselling the content yourself, make sure the models knows that it is in your plans.