ROUGH TIDES- A PHOTO-SHOOT EDITORIAL

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It may be cold, but Cape Town creatives are about their summer lives. Featuring a palette of neutrals from EVE Emporium, here's a story about taking it back to raw form. 

📸: Torné Velk Photography

Grooming: Sunel Carosini 

Hair: Zaan Ferreira 

Model: Adam Barnard at Boss Models South Africa

A link to A Fashion Friend is: http://afashionfriend.co.za/editorials

Loving this photo-shoot i did on the West-Coast.I arranged a make up artist and she arranged with a friend to do the hair. The model lived in Langebaan so knew i could do a nice shoot while staying at my mom for Christmas.

 Sometimes i find it a challenge to shoot with men as in my opinion, you are limited with what you can do. A female model can do all the poses and go from sexy to commercial while a male model is captured more "chilled". Its quite easy for a male's poses to be over done and for this shoot we really wanted to go for a more calm look. The photo-shoot was quite simple and took us about 1 hour to complete the shoot and head back home.

Its always important when shooting with a model to remember that the model is the most important part to the image so finding a good model makes a worlds difference. You could have top designer clothing but if the model is not feeling relaxed or not photogenic then this really effects the final image.

Its always easy to get a friend or a family member to model for you but its the best to try get a model from an agency and find out if your shoot with him/her is their first shoot or not.

Its also important to learn how to direct the model as this is a deal breaker. If you can get the model to feel relaxed with you then this really shows in the pictures. When you want the model to smile its good to just do something like laugh out loud so they have something to play along with.

I have done shoots with experienced models as well as brand new models who were very shy and it helps to be able to get the shot you need quickly and to keep talking to them. Nothing worse than an awkward silence while the model seems like she has never experienced another human before.

I also think its good to remind the model that you wont bite them as sometimes they seem almost scared and this will not help with posture and movement between shots.

I find it helps to keep talking and to not make them feel uncomfortable and to talk to him/her for a few minutes before you shoot so they get to know you. 

Its always super handy to take a big piece of material with you so you can hold this around the model if they need to get changed at a location with no place to get changed.  I have had a shoot where the model did not want to get changed in my car so she had to walk to a hotel between each outfit and that can add a lot of time onto the shoot.

One last tip is to get a good relationship with a model agency that you like so you can get their models and then after a couple of shoots ask for a more experienced model.