HAIR – Your hair needs to be clean & completely DRY before we can begin to style it. Wash and condition your hair the night before your shoot.
SHOES – Bring your HIGH HEELS!!!
ACCESSORIES – Bring as many colorful items as you would like!!!
SKIN – Dry flaky skin will not photograph well, so we suggest moisturizing with a non-greasy lotion the morning of your shoot.
CLOTHING – You will want to bring 2-3 outfits for your photographer to choose from. You will want to avoid heavy patterns or stripes. You will also want to avoid loose fitting items that do not flatter your body shape. Form fitting clothing will help you to appear smaller in your images instead of adding weight as loose fitting dresses and or blouses can.
EYEBROWS– Please DON’T have your brows waxed the day of your shoot. You will risk visible redness and swelling that can easily be avoided by waxing one day PRIOR to your shoot!
NAILS – Please make sure your hands and feet have been groomed and manicured prior to your shoot. You can plan on one or possibly BOTH being visible in your photographs.
Modelling Tips!
Modelling Portfolio Tips
Clothing:
- Swimwear (a must!)
- Sporty
- Casual
- Smart casual
- formal
- elegant
Make-up and hair:
You need to change this at least 3times. So if you look at the clothing you need to adjust the hair and make-up accordingly. Light and Dark make-up.
Facial expressions
- Happy/ Spunky
- Aggressive/ Assertive/ seriousness
- Sexy/ sultriness
- curiosity
- attentiveness
- mischievousness
- Anything else you can think of Also don’t always just look directly at the camera.
Poses
It’s very important that you have all of the above in different poses. From lying on the floor to standing.
If you have beautiful hands/feet/hair ensure you have pics to flatter these areas.
- 3 x headshots
- 3 x Full length (one of which must be in swimwear)
- 3 x 3/4 shots
- 3 x some inbetweeners
***** Even the lighting and background must change a bit. So you can take some shots outside as well in the studio.
Ideally, you want 12-15shots in the portfolio. All photos must be A4 size. The trick is now to mix and match all of the above. So that you have something of everything in the portfolio. A fancy flip-file with a nice cover makes for a good portfolio case.
Hope this helps!