Naughty but Nice Seminar

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Jennifer Nagy - www.exclusiveimages.com.au

Haley Richardson - www.haleyrichardson.com.au

This weeks seminar was held at Haley Richardson's Hume Studio. We had 2 models, Bec who was 5 months pregnant and Clare for the Boudoir style session.

We started with a slideshow of both Haley & Jennifer's work followed by a brief run through of the process from enquiry through to shooting.

Client Interaction -

Meet with client beforehand & show products.

Ask lots of questions about why they want the portrait, what are they going to do with it?

What they do & don't like about themselves

Decor of house, where will the photo hang?

Be enthusiastic honest & open.

Treat every job as a collaboration

Talk about the outcomes & make sure they bring a robe, variety of lingerie, shoes & accessories, ask about what they have to wear

Get them to sign a contract

Being able to sell your work & the experience is just as important as the quality

Have the products you are selling on display

Sell the shoot or put together a few packages that you think the clients would like in a variety of price ranges.

Don't sell high res dvd's until the client has spent a minimum amount

Most of the sale time is spent helping the buyer justify intellectually the emotional decision that has already been made, which is to buy.

Assume that your client always wants the best

Cost & size main things to overcome-wall portrait can be enjoyed by everyone where as a desk portrait can only be seen close up

Relaxing the Client -

Know what you are going to do, theme/look

Think about lights, props & background

Have model wear robe between shooting

Take your time

Communicate, keep talking to them, explain what you are doing, show them some shots to build confidence, give feedback

Confidence is sexy

Posing -

With each pose take a variety of shots with different facial expressions: serious, smiling, looking away

Lying on tummy with head near the camera

Lying on back with head near the camera

Kneeling with feet tucked under bottom

Lying on side

Head & Cleavage

Suggestive detail

Full length against wall/in doorway with heels to lift bottom & elongate legs

Different Body Shapes -

Focus on assets

Larger women- light from side & shoot bust up if front on use drpaes, arms or hands to cover tummy or slim legs

Flat Chest - arms above head, lying on tummy or back, use arms to boost cleavage & create shadows. Folding arms increase bust.

Saggy Breast - shoot front on, bra's & corsets for lift

Fat Arms - hold away from body, create a gap

WOMEN - recline the body, put on 45 degree angle, focus on assets, create a waistline, push arms back & create a gap.

MEN - use shadow, open the posing up, create big angles, hang the body.