Disk 6

what you will learn

Fashion photography

If you want to learn how to do fashion photography this DVD will get you on the right track. I give you all the tips you need on just how to do a fashion shoot. Fashion photography is fun and exciting to do once you know how. Come with me on a live shoot and see the techniques that I use to get superb images. With a little practice of these techniques you will be able to organise and do your own fashion shoot.

A fashion shoot can be a lot of fun and there is certinly a lot of energy generated with a small team all pulling together to get the shoot happending. If you are thinking of a career in fashion photography you must start by learning all of the equipment and what each is used for. A fashion shoot does take a small team and it's getting the right team together that will produce a fun day and a smooth flowing day. Remember you don't have to have experts to get a great result.

So what's involved in a fashion photography shoot? First off are the models. Getting experienced models that know how to pose and understand how to get into the emotion of the pose that you require is of great importance. Hair and makeup. It's far better to have one doing hair and one doing makeup even though both can usually be done by one person however time is of the essence. If you have to wait 45 minutes for hair and then another 45 minutes for makeup by the one person your model has just cost you a lot of money just to sit there. You keep swapping models form hair to make up while you shoot the other.

Wardrobe is important. Always have someone who looks after the wardrobe especially someone who can iron! A stylist can be used on a fashion shoot or another name for them is an art director. Many times I shoot without either. My customers know my style and let me do my thing.

Developing your style is important. Why? because you are hired for your style. I shoot magazine covers and you don't expect to get the same magazine every month. Magazines need a fresh style to keep their customers happy. In this course I go through how to develope your own style. I hope you will love this DVD on a 50's style fashion shoot that I had to do and all the tips I give you.