@vidocq Official Sg photographers cannot charge Suicidegirls, but I am not a suicidegirl, I am a hopeful, therefore they can charge me :) And unnoficial photographers can charge both :)
If you say so, @caraphernelia . I don't know enough to argue. Nevertheless, I've done few set for hopefuls, some published... some rejected, and I've never charged anything. If you pay a photographer, you are its customer. If your pictures become SOD and you become pink, you get paid and the photographer gets paid by SG. (Double win for him) but SG becomes the owner of the rights. You shouldn't pay anything to anyone.
@vidocq Photographers who don't charge are so sweet! But I do know that being a professional photographer is pricy, the equipment, renting a location to shoot, etc. So paying to me, even if it's only a little bit or to help with renting the location to shoot, just makes it fair :) And most photographers here say that if the set gets bought, they reimburse you the amount you paid them :3