Tips for Taking Great Photos for the Model Portfolio

Buy 1 yard of tan or beige material or sheet for background for photos (you don't want a lot of stuff going on in the picture like pictures on their walls, etc.)  You don't notice the model when you have a picture with a lot of stuff going on. Use clothes pins to clip material to curtains.

Have a white over sized button down shirt for the model to wear in before picture (just put over shirt she has on), or a cape from Sally's Hair Supply--like Hair Dressers use.

Don't wear any jewelry in before picture.

Don't smile in before picture.

Use cream foundation (it has a light diffuser in it that reflects light).

Put panty hose over lens.  Take two pictures: one with the hose over lens and one without.  If you have a zoom lens, stand farther away - about 4 feet.

The picture should be from shoulders up.

Let the model pick her favorite color for her blouse to take her after picture.

Always wear jewelry in the after photo.