My experience with Andreea

 As I said before, I have been hunting Andreea for a long time because she’s is really beautiful and first of all a model which means that she would be great for my ideas as I am starting to build my fashion portfolio.  I asked her to help me with my last project, with the dress, but she was not able due to the fact that she was working every day.

 So, how we managed to work together? As I said she is a model so she wanted to join an agency in New York but the people there asked for some pictures of her. So she asked me if I could help her. That was my chance to work with her so obviously I said yes straight away. That photo shoot was actually my very first paid shoot which I am very proud of. We had fun in the studio, she liked the images so she said that if I need her for another projects or things like that to let her know as she would definitely be up for that. I was over the moon. I didn't wait for long and a week after I booked my session in the studio, from 9 to 4. Because I was working every day, I only had 2 days to do my photos.

So that day was a marathon for both of us. Basically, I needed 10 shots, 10 different make up and 10 different outfits + hair styles . I was soo lucky as she knew how to do her own make-up and hair. She helped me a lot with creating 10 different styles. I gave her advice on the outfits and all done.

For the first set of pictures, she had to do her make-up and hair and it took like an hour. In the meantime, I did some research for some inspiration, what setting to use for the lights, poses etc. I have found lots of interesting things that helped me.

When she was finally done with everything we started shooting and I was literally amazed by how beautiful she was and so relieved that she knew how to pose and that she had the right attitude; she made my job so much easier. We took our time with the first 3 outfits but then we realized that it was already 1 o’clock so we had to rush to get everything done on that day. I must say again that she was a superstar for doing her hair differently every time she changed her outfit and it looked so good. I was mesmerized by how beautiful she was and I kept staring at her. I was so jealous because she looked good with anything she put on. It is not fair =).

Everything went very good, we had fun and had a good laugh but unfortunately there was no point in rushing. So I had to split the session and do only 5 outfits and leave the rest of them for another session The thing is..because we were there from 9 in the morning and we worked so much we were already very tired and especially her as she literally didn't know how to pose..like new poses..it was the same and I understood her and I tried to help with ideas. For the first outfits, I took lots of images but then, towards the end, I had like half because we didn't have time for more or energy.

But we did it in the end. It was 10 to 4 and we were finished. Yaay I was happy and relieved because we managed to do 5 outfits. We were exhausted but pleased we did it. We were a good team!!!

Then we came back in another day and did the same thing but this time we knew exactly what to do so it was easier for us. We even finished earlier than planned. Happy days!!

Technical things

I had the ”studio” settings : 125 with f/8 and ISO 100. I didn't use a tripod as it was easier to move. Also, I wanted to use the 50 mm my fav lens but unfortunately I couldn't borrow it from uni as it was already booked.  So I tried to use the standard lens. I used the white background, one light coming from her right, going down and the 2 fake walls because I didn't want my background to be lit. 

Overall comments

I am very excited with my new fashion photos. I believe it’s a good start for my fashion portfolio. Me and Andreea worked very hard and I am pleased with all the photos. She was a superstar for doing her hair and make-up with every outfit.

However, I would have to say something. Regarding my final images, the upper body looks great, it’s lit very nice etc etc but I for example didn't noticed the lower body which is the legs until I printed the images. So face looks great but when you look at the legs they are quite dark and not that nice to look at I think. Maybe I am wrong but still there is something that doesn't go well. As a note for myself for next time, remember to put a low light down as well to lit legs a bit too. Apart from that, all is ok and I like the photos and I am very proud of them!!!