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Originally posted by kristian
If I had a studio like you and all the equipment, I'd tell the girls to come to their audition as if they were going to visit their mom. I wouldnt want makeup or fancy clothes. I'd want to shoot real teenage girls doing real things. Those shots would sell more than any playboy shoot, guaranteed.
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Studio audition shoots tend to look all the same. It is intimidating to the girl (often their first time) and produces un-natural looks. Outdoor shoots are much better. They are more complicated though, usually requiring an assistant to hold the reflectors.


For makeup, I tell the girl to bring a makeup kit but not to apply any. Ditto for hairdo. Then, after a good look at them, I instruct them how to do it. I like minimal makeup. Most of the time, all I do is apply some eyeliner and transparent blot powder.

The blot powder is to cut the glossy oil of the skin and that't the only items of makeup I personally carry in my photokit; blot powder and a top quality application brush.