Angel or Devil?
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More than once I have said that the relation with models is one of the most important things you, as photographer, should look for during a session. You should already know your stuff about lighting, knowing how to change settings on your camera and so on without losing touch with the human side of portraiture or fashion: people.
From this perspective you should be perfect. Imagine yourself a swimmer in a water infested by sharks: bleed and you are done. Photography is not so different in the end: if your models will see you mode concentrated on lights and camera settings and they will lose confidence in you as photographers. In the first example you are dead, in the second your photo will clearly show that the model did not trust you.
I have seen more than once bald photographers approaching a studio session with all the confidence in their technical skills, just to find models intimidating. I have seen them fell completely silent in front of the persons they wanted to frame in their camera.
Communication, respect and trust between photographer and model is paramount: remove one of these and the camera will not lie for you!
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