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A good starting point when working on poses is to start doing activities that teach you how to move your body gracefully. Dancers and gymnasts move well in front of the camera. They know how to create a long sweeping line with their bodies. |
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You can work on facial expressions by practising them in a mirror. Most emotions that you can think of show on your face. Hate, love, sadness, longing, happy, and more can be expressed on your face. What you should do is make a list of all key emotional words and practise those expressions in front of a mirror. After you have practised for a while, try them on a friend and see if they can tell what emotion you are conveying. The idea is that when you are in front of the camera and the photographer wants you to look longingly into the distance - you know how to do that.
You can work on posing by practising in front of a full-length mirror. Look at fashion catalogues for the more standard poses. Pay attention to tilt of the head, position of the hand, and turn of the ankle. These little things can make a big difference.
Just as with facial expressions your body posture can relate to an emotional word or phrase.
With both expressions and posing, it is also good to practise with props, products and wardrobe. Props might be a floppy hat, a long shawl, a beach ball. You want to practise reacting to and using the prop. Since the reason for doing these photographs is to sell something, it is good to practise with a product that might be sold. Practise holding the product so it shows well and you don't cover the label.
With fashion you are selling the clothes. Practise showing important features of the clothing. Show off pockets, collar, belt, how the garment moves, what ever makes the garment interesting - you want to call attention to it.
I look forward to seeing the results !
Jane |
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Jessica has been registered for a short period and will soon be one of the faces of: Wella Hair Products. She is stunning with great shots. Anna is full of confidence and is absolutely gorgeous. Donna has experience in Promotion, fashion, music, photographic and TV, she has only been registered since June and has already been considered for 14 assignments and selected by a corporate photographer. Cherie has recently come over from OZ and has some very great shots.
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We have assignments in hand ranging from Extra Models for a launch of a yacht in Monaco, Families for Holiday brochures, Babies to promote company products, Ethnic awareness Posters, Wella hair shows, photographers portfolios, Sports |
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fashion events, TV Adverts, International Science presentation and photographic shoots for website launches. It is highly rewarding when we receive feedback from Clients expressing how impressed and pleased they were with the models we have supplied, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
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Dear Dawn. . .
I’ve been using models direct regularly for about 3 years. As a source of folk for Met Police shoots they are terrific because they have a wide range of ethnicity & a lot of unknown ‘real’ faces. The service is always prompt & chirpy & the website makes the whole process practically effortless - roll on voice recognition systems & then I can stay in bed & just shout at my Mac!
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