Hello! Welcome back. I hope you had a fun weekend!
While writing about how to Prepare for a Photoshoot (a previous blog post), I touched on the topic of what to wear to your shoot. I did go into a good amount of detail in my other blog, but honestly deciding what to wear is a post all in itself. So much can go into what you wear and what not to wear to your next shoot.
To recap from my other post, the main thing you want to wear is something that makes you feel comfortable and confident. Something that makes you feel like no one can tear you down or ruin your day because you’re looking that good. *snaps fingers to the side*
They’re outfits complement each other and go well with their shoot location.
You want to wear something that fits you well and that you’ve worn before. It’s so fun shopping for a new outfit, especially for something specific, like an event, birthday, or something special, like a photoshoot! Sometimes, though, clothes end up fitting us weird or differently than we thought they would in our heads, and you don’t want to realize that’s what happened while you’re at your photoshoot.
If it was me and my client, and if I could tell they feel uncomfortable in their clothes, I might offer them a reshoot, for a small fee. If they asked me to reshoot because they weren’t feeling it, I’d be down to reschedule. I want my clients to love love their photos, so if you’re not liking what you see please talk to me and we can figure something out.
Side note, if you’re ever feeling uncomfortable during a shoot or just aren’t feeling it or the vibe is off, let your photographer know. If they’re a good person they’ll understand and probably come up with a solution to fix the problem. Some solutions they might come up with are relocating the shoot if location is an issue, giving you the biggest confidence boost if you’re feeling bad about yourself, trying to style your outfit differently, or changing outfits if you brought more than one. If it comes down to you guys reshooting, that’s totally fine, the photographer might charge an additional fee for that, just a heads up.
Her outfit fits her well and goes with the vibe and location of this shoot.
Instead of having to deal with all that, it is so much easier to show up to your shoot looking and feeling your best about what you picked to wear. Like I've said, it's also a good idea to check out a location beforehand if you have the time and haven't been there before.
I don’t ever tell my clients what to wear because I want you to look how you want to look. I will give them advice and some recommendations though. Most of my clients don’t, but when they do have questions on what to wear or want my opinion on what would look better, I’m always there to help. I do ask clients to wear specific things if I’m doing a model call for a shoot that I want to try because those photos are ultimately for me.
Things I recommend to all my clients on what to wear:
Wear colors that complement each other, as well as look good with your skin under tone. I feel like in todays age, with the cameras and mirrors everywhere, people usually know their skin under tone. The most common skin tone colors are warm, cool or neutral tones. Depending on yours, you’d want to match colors that your skins undertone.
Brief rundown on the different skin tones people have.
Complementary colors are just as they sound, colors that complement each other, they go well together. They are usually colors that are across from each other on the color wheel. If you want to go the extra mile, you can pick complementary colors that also match the seasons or location you’re shooting at. You want to make sure everyone in the photos are matching each other as well.
The Color Wheel with Complementary Colors.
You want to make sure your clothes are wrinkle free and don’t have any stains or holes in them.
Depending on the look you’re going for, you want to wear something that’ll fit the weather too. Like if it’s cold out wear warm clothes, if it’s hot out wear something that allows your body to breath.
Depending on where you’re shooting you might have to hike in, which if that's the case maybe pack the clothes you want to wear for the pictures so they don’t get dirty or sweaty.
I’d recommend avoiding shirts with big logos or prints on them, unless that's the vibe or look you’re going for.
Try not to wear too many different, bold patterns. Like If you’re wearing a plaid shirt, don’t wear plaid or paisley pants or shorts, ya know? That's just too much going on.
If you’re shooting somewhere out in nature, I wouldn’t recommend wearing bright neon colors. Again, unless that's the look or the vibe of the shoot. But bright, neon colors might look better in more of a downtown, industrial setting or inside somewhere.
I’ll probably say this in every blog post, but make sure you empty your pockets when you arrive to the shoot and take off hair ties before you leave the house!
If you’re using or bringing props, make sure to one, you and the photographer are on the same page with what you want to bring and two, that they fit the vibe of the shoot.
This whole family wore plaid flannels and blue jeans which all matched and looked good together.
Like I said before, at the end of the day these are your pictures and they should look how you want them to look. So wear what makes you feel good, confident, and most like yourself. These are just some tips I give to my clients when they’re at a loss on what to wear. Hopefully some of these tips can help you for your next photoshoot!
If you have any tips for me leave them in the comments! Talk to you again next week!
-Katie ☺️
