Is fashion photography still fashion photography without a model? Or does it default to product photography?
When I was first starting out in photography, I was far to nervous to approach an agency to ask if I could test with their new faces, I was even too fearful to approach models on Facebook groups looking to do TFP (trade for photos) shoots. In all honesty I thought I was going to make such a mess of my first photo-shoot with a model that I didn’t want anyone to see it or even know it existed!
So I came up with what I thought was an ingenious plan at the time and grabbed a couple of magazines featuring full page model shots,
my very own fashion photo-shoot (of sorts) without a real life model. It was great fun, a bit of practice, and finally I plucked up the courage to approach a couple of TFP models.
These days I have established relationships with some of the local modelling agencies and test with their new and established faces; but looking back I will still remember this as one of my first forays into working with models.
Searching on Pinterest I came across some other inspiring ideas for shooting fashion without a model, I’ll be saving them in my “client doesn’t have the budget for a model” folder. Here are a few of the ideas I came across:
Marta Syrko has been working as a professional photographer for 5 years. She has her own studio in Ukraine, but also travels a lot, because of photoshoots abroad.
“People always ask how I look the way I do at my age. It’s a question of spirit. It’s not just a question of what I eat or what I put on my skin. It’s about how you think.” – Yazemeenah Rossi
“If you truly love Nature, you will find beauty everywhere.” – Vincent Van Gogh