I’m a hobby photographer, no where near professional. I enjoy the challenge of dialling into my camera to capture what I think is interesting. I mostly like wildlife photography for this reason. My friend has asked me to shoot her as she wants to get into modelling and also build content for social media. I’ve never tried this before which I have told her but I’m open to do it. Just wondering if there are any tips when working with a model? I can look up poses and stuff on google but it’s more the interaction between us I’m worried about so any tips in that regard are greatly appreciated!
pretend she’s a human being and not just a model. It works wonders.
Nah, I tease, but it’s also kind of true. Start by deciding where you’re going to shoot. Discuss what kinds of poses and what wardrobe she’ll be using. Set a time (“let’s take 2 hours on this”) so you both have an idea, and then go about doing your research. Don’t pose her - ask her to pose or change or move this or that.
It’s all very straightforward if you just treat the model the way you’d want to be treated, were you in their stilettos.