Dulce Ruby is a professional model (Marc Ecco, L’oreal, Tommy, Maxim), actress, and Photoshop guru. We somehow managed to convince her to share her wisdom with Kroycom blog readers for this exclusive series of articles on mainstream and fashion modeling.
The following is part 2 in Dulce’s series of modeling tips on Kroycom.
PART 2 – Find The Light & Know Your Angles
If there is one thing you need to know about modeling, is that it’s not as easy as it looks. A true common misconception is that all beautiful people take beautiful photographs or that the opposite also serves as true. In all reality, a MODEL is one who leaves an impression – one who knows how to show EXPRESSION.
Confidence
You have to remember that it’s not perfection that creates a great model, it’s confidence, the ability to find the light and the awareness of your pose that really help create a great image.
Find the Light
To begin, an essential tip for any model to know is that your photograph will always be better if you’re seen. Of course, it seems like an obvious and simple concept – Find the light – but you’d be surprised how quick we’re likely to forget after all the make up, hair, and styling have been done. Finding the light means you will be able to highlight your features and essentially create the perfect photograph. In order to do so, face towards the light – if not the most important, definitely one of the most important tips in our business.
Being able to find the source of light is essential, but really we’re just getting started - After you have made sure that your expression and face are literally FACING the light you must then be aware of your body. How you are positioned and the pose you hold are entirely up to you, but be sure that you are looking your best, accentuating all the right features and of course that you are comfortable. Awkwardness does not show up well on camera as I’m sure most of you are aware; We all know what feels right and even more so what LOOKS right so be sure to remember that as you get in front of the camera and beneath the lights.
You’ve heard it before and I will say it again just in case you’ve forgotten – PRACTICE, LADIES! It makes perfect. Whether you know your own poses or have to dug through all your magazines, blogs, videos, etc studying the models you admire and aspire to be someday – all you really have to do is take the time to work on yourself and find what poses suit you best and make for the best images. Easy ways of going about this would be to have a friend come over with a camera, have some fun and get some shots, practice in front of a mirror or whatever works best for you to perfect your self for your career.
Remember – A pretty person takes a picture, but a model makes that picture a photograph, worth a thousand words.
- Dulce Ruby
Read Dulce’s article “Your First Casting Call”
Tags: dulce ruby, fashion model, lighting, model tips, photography
