hey what's up guys welcome back to my channel today I brought back DEY, Dey's a
model from Chicago and she's been modeling for many years and she wants to
share some tips with you guys on how you can become more confident as a model and
she's also gonna share some best practices and some things that she does
herself to be more confident so without further ado let's get to it
hey guys so today I'm gonna be sharing a few tips on how to be more confident in
photos since it's a request that we've been getting a lot on fresh peppers
Channel so first things first modeling is literally the judgment of your
physical appearance so that in and of itself can be very complicated and it
takes a lot of confidence to even want to put yourself out there and be judged
based on your physical now your confidence is automatically going to
take a knock just because people are judging how you look and whether or not
you're right for a project so that can like you know by default call some some
confidence to go down so like anything sports related job related school
related or work related if you're getting booked for something you need to
do research so always make sure that you're researching what you're being
booked for or researching what you're going for for instance if I'm going to
be booking a sports line I'm going to make sure that I'm looking at sports
magazines or sports websites to see what exactly and how exactly their models are
posing and what they're looking for or what specifically if you can find that
line like what their previous brands have done their marketing and everything
I research all of those things before I go in and that's in take castings after
I've already booked it the day of the shoot to give myself a refresher and
then I take all that research that I've done and I practice so first is research
second is practice like a mirror and a camera via your phone or your computer
camera are your best friend when you're trying to be more confident in photos
why because you can find your angles you can find angles you can find your
lighting you can find which sides work best for you you can practice your eyes
whether or not you want to be bright eyes or you want to smize you can you
can do all those things like with the camera so it's really good to like boost
your energy and like get ready and get excited for with a little bit of
practice some of my go-to tips are I put a mirror like right up like in front of
me and then maybe I'll put a few photos or like a mood board next to it and I'll
practice practice practice until I get those poses down I didn't always know my
angles I didn't always know how to cheat right or cheat left in a photo to find
like the best lighting but that really works for me
so catalog photo here or mood board from whatever it is that you're seen mirror
right in front of you and then practice and that has really worked for me
especially when I was first starting off modeling another thing is watching
models are watching runway shows if your confidence is lacking not just in photos
but on the runway you just need to like look up a few fashion shows and I did it
based on country so I watch fashion shows and Milan fashion shows in New
York fashion shows in California fashion shows in Italy because they're all
different and the walks are different and it's easier for you to understand
what lines and what brands are looking for if you actually are able to research
in them and see it in place so really I mean I guess like research and practice
for both whether whether it's a physical photo shoot or fashion show something
else that really helps me is I try to cheat at a photo shoot to see what the
garments are that I might be wearing that day so if I'm walking in and I know
that the stylist has the Wardrobe hanging like in the room I'll ask
politely before they start makeup if I can just go get a peek of what I'm
wearing and sometimes they have already done a look board and so they've already
pieced together in photos what you're going to be wearing
and then it's like your photo on the board and what you're what you're gonna
be wearing in numbers and then that way if you see those things you can go feel
the textures you can see if it's loose and flowy and work your arms or like
start getting your your mind running on house and moving certain things and if
it's jeans you want to you know prepare to be like very still and then you know
it's gonna be more leg heavy for photoshoots like that so it's really
about knowing your pieces it's about practicing your angles and then in your
mind remember like you've booked this so if you've booked it you already know
they want you you're here to like you know do a job and it's like you that
should already instill some confidence in you because they've already chosen
you alright guys so another tip that I want to add today's point is that in
order to be confident you have to be ready so be ready so you don't have to
get ready if you're ready and you're prepared your confidence is naturally
going to be elevated so one thing that I always tell people to be ready for is
make sure your skin looks great make sure you're drinking a lot of water make
sure you're working out exercising so your pores can't flush out those toxins
make sure your body looks good be body ready so once your body ready your skin
looks great you're prepared your hair and nails are fabulous all of that so
you're gonna be confident and you're gonna book it because wearing confidence
is one of the most important things is wearing the first things that people
notice about you when you walk into a crafting or an open call or things like
that so another tip is to make sure that you feel good so when you wake up that
morning make sure that you have the right color for your makeup make sure
that everything is blended I remember we already shared in the previous video of
five tips on beginning modeling how to choose your makeup so again I'm wearing
a Laura Mercier tinted moisturizer and then I use a the Smashbox primer water
from my face and that's just my natural look so SPF tinted moisturizer today I
am way NYX butter gloss in gingersnap which
works really well from my skin tone but they have it in so many so many shades
and I'm planning on getting a few shots in today too from my book so it's really
about making sure that you look good make sure that you feel good about it
and confidence will exude from you during your photo all right guys thank
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