HAIR AND MAKEUP
Skin care
A few days before coming to the photo shoot, consume a sufficient amount of water. Water consumption gives the skin a healthy and well-groomed appearance.
Skin care is especially important for boudoir , semi-nude and nude photo sessions. Consume enough water in the 48 hours before the photo shoot to ensure healthy looking skin. If possible get a good nights sleep the night before the photo shoot to stay fresh for the pictures.
If you want more revealing maternity pictures in a more sensual style, the body should also be mosturized for a good result, either with oil or body cream. It ensures a beautiful and healthy comlexion. Before coming to photo session, please exfoliate and moisturize the skin the night before, and wash and apply cream in the morning of the same day.
Makeup
Photo makeup or at least powdering is important, especially when shooting with flashes, so that a situation does not arise where some peoples faces are matted and others shine. It unifies the whole image, especially for professional portraits. The same applies to weddings with newly weds, if the groom refuses to be powdered, then due to the summer sun the situation usually remains where the pride and groom are as if from different operas. If you dont use a makeup on daily basis, you can also have a neutral makeup base, so that the light fells evenly on the face and the skin doesnt shine.
I also really like natural photo sessions, where no one wears makeup. Stylistically this solution is compatible with such portrait or family sessions , where people are doing everyday things things at home or in normal clothes, in other words, a photo session of everyday life.
If you do the makeup yourself I recommend putting a little stronger makeup than usual, because the result in the photo will be half as delicate. In photo makeup you should avoid pearly shades and prefer matte colors.
If you want more revealing maternity pictures in a more sensual style, the body should also be mosturized for a good result, either with oil or body cream. It ensures a beautiful and healthy comlexion. Before coming to photo session, please exfoliate and moisturize the skin the night before, and wash and apply cream in the morning of the same day.
CLOTHING
It all depends on the desired end result, and the following instructions are recommendations rather than rules.
Monochrome clothes are better on a colorful background, and patterned clothes on a simple , one-tone background . In terms of contrast , it is good to bring darker clothes if the photography takes place, e.g. forest.
The tonality of the clothing depends on the location-green costumes in the forest are not the best solution, unless you want to blend in completely with the surroundings. Unless it is intentional, if you want to blend in with the forest by dressing up as a soldier.
If other people are coming into the picture besides you, choose shades belonging to a similar color group, which do not necessarily have to be the same.
HEAD SHOTS
Neutral colours tend to put the focus on the face, which is the ultimate goal. Avoid shirts with collars, logos or patterns, or tops with lots of bright colours. These draw attention to themselves which we do not want- keep things simple and clean.
Please make sure to bring along a few different clothes of a neutral colour, and specifically I request they do not feature large logos or distracting patterns.
When coming to take pictures with a family or a arger group, try to choose a uniform style-similar tones, so that the picture remains a whole. The best outfit is the one that is comftorable for you.
I always recommend monochromatic pastel and soft shades. If you want your image to remain beautiful and clean and tonally as you see in my galleries, you can avoid the following shades like.. yellow, red, bright colors, neoncolors. Because these tones change significantly with my handwriting.
In addition, I recommend that pregnant women avoid wearing black or combine it so that the partner is also in dark, because with most poses, the belly melts into the blouse and is not visible enough in the picture.
Feel free to ask my opinion. I am always happy to help so that the result is pleasing.
It would be good if the group being photographed was dressed in the same style. When choosing clothes, lighter shades should preffered, highly patterned and black clothes should be avoided. Depending on the length of the session , a change of clothes can also be included in the photo shoot.
Take more rather than less clothes with you to the photo shoot, so that there are more combination options. Durin an one-hour session, on average, 2-3 different costumes can be used. Make sure the clothes are ironed to give a better overall impression in the picture.
RECOMMENDATIONS
In case of the cold weather, please wear warm clothes under your costume, waterproof boots or rubber boots, particularly in wet or muddy conditions. And take a hot drink with you in a thermos. Photography depends on the weather- in case of heavy rain, it is usually preferable to postpone the session, unless your vision includes, dancing in the rain, in which case I will be happy to join you.
With chilrden
When coming to take photos with small children, the children could have rested and eaten. It would be good if they had rested, so that they are as cooperative as possible during the photo shoot.
It’s not always possible to remove snot, sleep crusts, food crumbs or dribble and is rarely possible to fix creases and hair in Photoshop. In addition, it always looks better to fix these things beforehand, so please make sure everything is how you want it to look in the final images before we take any pictures.
Since childrens attention span is often short, part of the session can be done in the style of a photo reportage, where the child or the whole family is focused on some activity that is done alone or together, and which the photographer captures from a distance.
If the children do not want to be in the picture at all, there is possibility to continue the session with individual portraits or couple pictures.
Jaana Askola 