Your First Fashion Shoot

Photography as we know today has many sub-genres and specific photographers take on their specialised genres as they have prepared and trained themselves for it.

- Mrinmoy Choudhury

It takes years of practice and dedication to master the skill sets that is required to produce the best from a specific genre. Be it photojournalism, wildlife, weddings or fashion and advertising. For the newer generation of photographers, formal training has become a certain mandate as people seek to acquire formal training in photography before they embark themselves for shooting either on independent basis or work with any agency. Now speaking about fashion and commercial photography, the first shoot that you organise is very important as it will pave the way for you to do more shoots like that. The first time however is going to be tricky as you have never shot fashion or commercial assignments. It can be a headache and might cause your stomach to crunch because you have not done it before. But there is a first time for everything, and the first time is very important.

If you are a budding photographer who focusses on fashion and have ideas to execute we would definitely suggest to go on and plan one. Planning a fashion shoot would require your complete involvement in the process. From conceptualising to execution, we have lined up a few tips to help you through your first fashion shoot.