Modeling Portfolios and Moving In Front Of The Camera
We asked Jack Zambelli and Frank Giraldi of Top Modeling Poses to help us out with what are some of the most important things for a model to know about their portfolio and moving in front of the camera.
For a little background on TopModelingposes.com
Jack has over 30 years experience in the retail, e-commerce and direct marketing industry. He has served as Director, Vice President and COO for national retail organizations such as Baskin Robbins Ice Cream Company, Pier 1 Imports, Putmayo, NBO Menswear, Inc., County Seat Stores, and Brylane LLC, the number 4 ranked catalog company in the US.
Frank has over 30 years of experience in fashion and commercial photography, film direction and teaching. Frank has produced commercial work for clients such as Revelon, Lancome, Roberts Sun Glasses and Aris Isotoner just to name a few.
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According to Frank, there are two things that determine a good model:
First, they must know how to pose for the camera.
Second, they must have an out going personality.
These two things create the image that advertisers are looking for in magazines, newspapers and TV commercials.
How To Choose The Right Modeling Portfolio?
What Is A Modeling Portfolio?
Simply put - its a collection of your photographs.
How important are these photographs?
Your photographs are the most important tool you have!!! Photographs are the first step to getting noticed in the modeling industry. That’s why it is critical to produce a portfolio that will showcase your work as a model. It is important to remember that your portfolio is a resume and your main promotional tool!
Modeling agencies and fashion industry clients want to see your photographs before they do anything else. Many agencies will not even schedule an interview without seeing your photographs.
How To Decide On The Type of Portfolio To Use?
Generally portfolios come in 3 styles:
Open Book - New York Book Style cases have a cover and pages and reads like a book. These cases may or may not have pocket pages in them. You have to be sure everything is glued down in the books so nothing falls out. You’ll also have to protect the photos from liquid falling into the pages and destroying the photos. These cases usually do not have handles to carry them around.
Hard case like a briefcase style - The hard case does a great job of keeping stuff in the case and protecting it, but the contents can become jumbled.
Zippered case -The zippered case style portfolio zips up and can be carried like the briefcase. Many have handles that make it easy to carry the case. This type of case has vinyl pages that protect the photos that are displayed in the case.
There is no one answer. You need to look at where you are in your career and the market you are working in.
Some markets may demand a top of the line case where others you can begin with something less expensive.
Don’t spend a lot of money on a case until you have great images to put in it. You will need to shop around to find the case that is right for you.
How to pick the right photographs for your portfolio?
The first step to getting noticed in the modeling industry is to produce a portfolio that will showcase your work as a model, and your portfolio is a resume and main promotional tool!
You’ll only get one chance to make a good first impression! Remember, this is truly a first impression business. The first things the modeling agencies and fashion industry clients want to see are your pictures. Many of them will not schedule an interview without seeing your photographs.
Your portfolio should be made up of a mixture of prints (color and black and white prints) color slides, and any tear sheets of work that you have done relevant to the type of photography modeling you want to do.
Overall, the key to creating a stylish portfolio is keeping it simple, constant and up to date. It is a good idea to try to tailor your portfolio to suit the type of interview you are doing, rather than showing the same pictures to every one – an editor of a home and gardening magazine won’t be interested in creative studio portraits.
You must use pictures that show your ability to communicate many personalities; from being happy and outgoing, dramatic or serious, or young and sophisticated. Here are some things to consider when developing your portfolio:
Your portfolio should be a series of photographs showing full lengths, medium and close-up shots of you in several types of situations and styles of clothing.How many photographs do I need in the portfolio?
Do not put dozens of pictures in your portfolio unless you have a good reason for doing so -- 15 to 30 pictures are more than enough to choose from for your portfolio, but only use 15 to 20 pictures as your main portfolio out of the 30 photos – and make sure you update it regularly with new work.
Set your standards HIGH! You are only as good as your worst image; you must use a very critical eye when selecting any images to put in your modeling portfolio. You do not want to waste agency’s and potential client’s time by showing too many average photos. You only want to show photos that have the ability to WOW your potential clients. Pictures must show agents that you are worth it for them to invest time and energy promoting you.
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