Wednesday, September 2, 2009

How look your best for your photo shoot

Some simple tips to look your best in your shoot:

1. Make-Up.
Don't make yourself look like a clown, but do wear put it on darker than you normally would wear it.

BLEND. BLEND. BLEND.

Eye liner should be smudged a bit after your line your eyes.
Lips should have a gloss to them.
Skin should be powdered to make it matte.

So take your make Up to your photo shoot. Keep your lips glossed and skin matte.

2. Hair.

Use a flyaway smoothing product so your little hairs are not going hay wire in your pictures.
Keep a brush or comb with you on your shoot to brush in between takes, brushing also gives hair a natural shine, right after it is brushed.
Keep your hair spray use to a minimum.

3. Clothing.
Keep your colors in the same color family. Colors are great is they pop, just don't have them popping against each other!
Well tailored clothing will take pounds off you in a photo. If you can't have tailored clothes for your shoot, do what all professionals do for models in pictures....
Clip the backs of shirts or dresses in the shot to make the clothing looked made for your body. Use clothes line pins, clips. small is good for this purpose.

4. Rest is essential for looking rested. No late partying the night before your shoot.

5. Don't get a complete make over the day before your shoot, you may not like the look that you aren't used to.

6. Search online for more tips or ideas that you have. Pictures are always good to bring to your shoot of ideas that you want to implement.

Have a great shoot!