Bring some clothing options. Different blazers, different colored tops, sleeve lengths, necklines, etc. Two to five should be good.
Bring only what you love- if it’s a shirt you hate you won’t suddenly love it just because I photographed it.
Let me shoot some bad pictures. Yes, I might take some pictures you don’t love. And I’ll take at least one that will make you laugh out loud. Do you know what horrible thing will happen when I take a “bad picture”? We’re going to delete it. That’s it. That’s the horrible thing. And no one will ever see it again.
Now let’s look at pictures. Here is Lacie, who brought me plenty of raw material in the form of clothing AND facial expressions. She gave me the freedom to explore and create something unique for her. Did she have any “bad shots”? You’ll never know! ;)
There’s a story of an art class that was divided into two sections.
One half had a goal of making one piece of art every day for a semester.
The other half only had the goal of making one incredible piece of art before the semester deadline.
At the end of the class, the group that made one piece of art every day had produced several beautiful pieces (in spite of several crumpled, rejected flops).
But the group with the pressure to produce only one, beautiful work never did come up with anything.
They couldn’t agree on what to create, and the dissension caused by the strain of perfection produced zero results.
Conclusion: The secret to beautiful work is deliberate practice — and the willingness to learn and adjust along the way.
Book the session. Wear something you feel good in. Let the rest happen in the studio!