So, I'm in a pickle. On a whim I decided to email a model who lives in Bloomington, IN. Told her how I admired her work and how I would like to take some photos of her in the spring at the Indianapolis museum of Art and sent the email on it's way. I didn't expect her to email me back, alas she did. So now I who knows nothing about fashion photography in any shape form or function must figure out how to this sort of thing before some point to be determined in the spring.
So, any tips for someone who knows a lot about landscape and flower photography but nothing about fashion photography?
Answer
The practical answer to your question is to find some female friend to photograph in that same location first, perhaps reading some tips online about photographing models.
Then you can see what works with lights, what poses look good, and practice asking for poses.
Also when you go out with the "real" model it would probably be good to take the same female friend along to make the model feel more comfortable, also they could hold reflectors or side strobes for you.
Basically you have the responsibility to try and produce some good photos for the model, it's great you are trying to get a good idea of what you should be doing but nothing beats practicing with a live person.
No comments:
Post a Comment