Comments on: Fashion Photography workshop with Dave http://jasonchristopher.com/blog/2009/06/02/fashion-photography-workshop-with-dave/ Jason Christopher's fashion photography blog is an instructional and informative blog geared towards all levels of photographers. Thu, 01 Dec 2011 22:24:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jason Christopher http://jasonchristopher.com/blog/2009/06/02/fashion-photography-workshop-with-dave/comment-page-1/#comment-587 Jason Christopher Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:34:47 +0000 http://jasonchristopher.com/blog/?p=476#comment-587 You're very welcome Rashod ! You’re very welcome Rashod !

]]> By: rashod http://jasonchristopher.com/blog/2009/06/02/fashion-photography-workshop-with-dave/comment-page-1/#comment-586 rashod Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:03:45 +0000 http://jasonchristopher.com/blog/?p=476#comment-586 thanks jason! that helps a lot going to get my promo stuff started. thanks jason! that helps a lot going to get my promo stuff started.

]]> By: Jason Christopher http://jasonchristopher.com/blog/2009/06/02/fashion-photography-workshop-with-dave/comment-page-1/#comment-585 Jason Christopher Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:22:52 +0000 http://jasonchristopher.com/blog/?p=476#comment-585 Hi Rashod ! Very good question ! All three are what you need to do. Having a photography website is absolutely essential and making sure it is optimized for search engines. I don't just mean keywords and all that. Your site needs to be coded up to Google standards otherwise you will not have a snowballs chance in hell in ranking. The company that takes care of optimizing my site is <a href="http://www.dreamrow.com" rel="nofollow">Dreamrow</a>. As you can tell they have done an amazing job at keeping me at the top. They are very personable and answer any questions you may have. Promotional mailers should be sent out as well. Actually this is a great opportunity to create a special category that talks about promoting yourself as a photographer in detail. I am going to do that today. For now I will still answer your questions. Dropping off your portfolio is also something you need to do. But that comes after you are called in from a potential client. Sure you can walk into any ad agency or designer and ask to drop off your book but turn the situation around. What if a make up artist knocked on your door without an appointment and asked to come in and show her book? That's not very cool. This is my <a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2587/3747023906_e170c157b0_o.jpg" rel="nofollow">promo card</a> . Aside from all this I make cold calls which I must admit I hate but it's gotta be done. Thank you for the question Rashod. Feel free to click the RSS button to keep up to date and I added a social plugin as you can see. If you like this post or any other posts please click the social network buttons to share with other networks. Hi Rashod ! Very good question ! All three are what you need to do. Having a photography website is absolutely essential and making sure it is optimized for search engines. I don’t just mean keywords and all that. Your site needs to be coded up to Google standards otherwise you will not have a snowballs chance in hell in ranking. The company that takes care of optimizing my site is Dreamrow. As you can tell they have done an amazing job at keeping me at the top. They are very personable and answer any questions you may have.

Promotional mailers should be sent out as well. Actually this is a great opportunity to create a special category that talks about promoting yourself as a photographer in detail. I am going to do that today. For now I will still answer your questions.

Dropping off your portfolio is also something you need to do. But that comes after you are called in from a potential client. Sure you can walk into any ad agency or designer and ask to drop off your book but turn the situation around. What if a make up artist knocked on your door without an appointment and asked to come in and show her book?
That’s not very cool. This is my promo card . Aside from all this I make cold calls which I must admit I hate but it’s gotta be done.

Thank you for the question Rashod. Feel free to click the RSS button to keep up to date and I added a social plugin as you can see. If you like this post or any other posts please click the social network buttons to share with other networks.

]]> By: rashod Taylor http://jasonchristopher.com/blog/2009/06/02/fashion-photography-workshop-with-dave/comment-page-1/#comment-584 rashod Taylor Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:39:02 +0000 http://jasonchristopher.com/blog/?p=476#comment-584 Jason in your opinion which is better for promotion? Web,mailers,drop off portfoilo? In person meeting would probably be the best but I'm sure that can't always happen. Would you say some sort of combination? And what kind of promo things do you do? Thanks Jason in your opinion which is better for promotion? Web,mailers,drop off portfoilo? In person meeting would probably be the best but I’m sure that can’t always happen. Would you say some sort of combination? And what kind of promo things do you do? Thanks

]]> By: Jason Christopher http://jasonchristopher.com/blog/2009/06/02/fashion-photography-workshop-with-dave/comment-page-1/#comment-583 Jason Christopher Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:30:23 +0000 http://jasonchristopher.com/blog/?p=476#comment-583 Hey Jackie ! A sock is just slang for the diffusion piece that attaches to the front of the beauty dish. Imagine a large shower cap made out of white diffusion fabric. I can't wait to see the results ! Hey Jackie ! A sock is just slang for the diffusion piece that attaches to the front of the beauty dish. Imagine a large shower cap made out of white diffusion fabric.

I can’t wait to see the results !

]]> By: Jackie Lund http://jasonchristopher.com/blog/2009/06/02/fashion-photography-workshop-with-dave/comment-page-1/#comment-582 Jackie Lund Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:14:58 +0000 http://jasonchristopher.com/blog/?p=476#comment-582 Hey Jason, Thanks for replying. To answer your question my beauty dish is silver and I do not put a sock on it (sorry I don't know what that is :-( ). I was actually thinking about using a small satin umbrella with reflector before you mentioned it and I think I'll try the butterfly lighting for beauty shots too. I'm supposed to have 2 beauty shot shoots this week or I'll try both techniques you mentioned and I'll post the images so you can see how I did. PS.. I got the email notification that you replied to my question ;-) Hey Jason,

Thanks for replying. To answer your question my beauty dish is silver and I do not put a sock on it (sorry I don’t know what that is :-( ). I was actually thinking about using a small satin umbrella with reflector before you mentioned it and I think I’ll try the butterfly lighting for beauty shots too.

I’m supposed to have 2 beauty shot shoots this week or I’ll try both techniques you mentioned and I’ll post the images so you can see how I did.

PS.. I got the email notification that you replied to my question ;-)

]]> By: Jason Christopher http://jasonchristopher.com/blog/2009/06/02/fashion-photography-workshop-with-dave/comment-page-1/#comment-581 Jason Christopher Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:30:33 +0000 http://jasonchristopher.com/blog/?p=476#comment-581 Hi Jackie ! So good to hear from you. The first thing I want to know is if your beauty dish is white or silver and do you place a "sock" over the front ? In my opinion because I have tried many light modifiers, I don't like beauty dishes. I use a small satin umbrella with a silver reflector just under the model's breasts. Sometimes I place the umbrella at a 45 degree angle and sometimes I go for butterfly lighting. So reply with your answer to my question and I can offer some more advice. :-) And be sure to click the RSS FEED at the top of my main blog page. Every time I answer your questions you will be notified. Thanx hun Hi Jackie ! So good to hear from you.

The first thing I want to know is if your beauty dish is white or silver and do you place a “sock” over the front ? In my opinion because I have tried many light modifiers, I don’t like beauty dishes. I use a small satin umbrella with a silver reflector just under the model’s breasts. Sometimes I place the umbrella at a 45 degree angle and sometimes I go for butterfly lighting.

So reply with your answer to my question and I can offer some more advice. :-) And be sure to click the RSS FEED at the top of my main blog page. Every time I answer your questions you will be notified.

Thanx hun

]]> By: Jackie Lund http://jasonchristopher.com/blog/2009/06/02/fashion-photography-workshop-with-dave/comment-page-1/#comment-580 Jackie Lund Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:16:10 +0000 http://jasonchristopher.com/blog/?p=476#comment-580 Hi Jason :-) My question is about lighting for beauty shots. I shoot in our garage so I'm working in a small area. I usually use a beauty dish as my main light placed slightly to my right tilted roughly at a 45 deg angle above the model and a reflector placed about 6-12in below the model's face. How can I get my beauty shots to stand out and pop more rather than looking kind of flat lighting wise? Thank you for your "bits of info" Jason Jackie Hi Jason :-)

My question is about lighting for beauty shots. I shoot in our garage so I’m working in a small area. I usually use a beauty dish as my main light placed slightly to my right tilted roughly at a 45 deg angle above the model and a reflector placed about 6-12in below the model’s face.

How can I get my beauty shots to stand out and pop more rather than looking kind of flat lighting wise?

Thank you for your “bits of info” Jason

Jackie

]]> By: Jason Christopher http://jasonchristopher.com/blog/2009/06/02/fashion-photography-workshop-with-dave/comment-page-1/#comment-579 Jason Christopher Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:58:23 +0000 http://jasonchristopher.com/blog/?p=476#comment-579 Hi Brian, Thank you for the compliments, that is very nice of you. I went to digitalsoftbox.com and it looks like a great site. I would love to have you interview me. Cheers ! Hi Brian,
Thank you for the compliments, that is very nice of you. I went to digitalsoftbox.com and it looks like a great site. I would love to have you interview me.

Cheers !

]]> By: Bram Timmer http://jasonchristopher.com/blog/2009/06/02/fashion-photography-workshop-with-dave/comment-page-1/#comment-578 Bram Timmer Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:43:43 +0000 http://jasonchristopher.com/blog/?p=476#comment-578 Definitely a great down to earth read. Jason, you're really a great guy and I don't even know you, but from what I've read and from what a fellow Canadian has got to say, it surely can't be false. Thanks for sharing all the knowledge you've obtained over your career so far. I'm not sure how I came across your site, but I've plugged you in at www.digitalsoftbox.com and would love to interview you sometime if you're down for that. All the best to you man. Definitely a great down to earth read. Jason, you’re really a great guy and I don’t even know you, but from what I’ve read and from what a fellow Canadian has got to say, it surely can’t be false. Thanks for sharing all the knowledge you’ve obtained over your career so far.

I’m not sure how I came across your site, but I’ve plugged you in at http://www.digitalsoftbox.com and would love to interview you sometime if you’re down for that.

All the best to you man.

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