Hey, what's up guys welcome back to my video in this video today
I want to show you guys how to go about building a model portfolio
I also want to give you guys some tips on how I build my portfolio
So stick with me to the end of this video at the end of this video you guys are going to learn
How you can find photographers to collaborate with how you can build your portfolio what types of pictures you need to shoot? And
Ultimately where you need to host your portfolio. So without further ado, let's get to it
Alright guys
So obviously to build your book and when I say book I obviously mean your model portfolio
You need you need photos you need pictures
So one tip that I will give you guys is to shoot with photographers now keep in mind
You don't want to shoot with a guy with camera in the model industry. They call that gwc
which is like
You know your friend who has a camera or someone who has a camera but doesn't quite know what they're doing photography
Wise you want to shoot with professional photographers who are fashion photographers
Commercial photographers things like that photographers are looking to build their portfolio. So you guys can have like a fair trade
Also, it's also not a bad idea to just pay for a really good photographer
Just paid whatever fee or whatever their rate is whether it's 400 bucks 500 bucks
Shoot with a professional photographer because they know how to light you to bring out your best features
they also know how to light you in a way that's gonna look really high-fashion and edgy and that would definitely increase your chances of
Bookings or getting an agent if you don't have one and things like that
Alright, so there are many ways to find photographers
One of the best ways is something that you guys have writing your phone and you probably use it every day. It's Instagram
Instagram is a really good place for models and photographers to meet and connect just search on your Instagram search for
Photographers in your area if you live in New York if you live in another country
Search for photographers that can definitely help you send a DM, you know
Hit them up with a DM and see if they'd like to collaborate another way to find photographers is model. Mayhem
so if you don't have model mayhem sign up for model mayhem it can get a little bit sketchy sometimes way so you have to
Be really careful. There's another way to find photographers is through an app called f-stop
So download the app f-stop. I'm gonna leave the links in description box down below
This is a way to find photographers and for models and photographers to meet all in one platform
Another idea is to also go on Fiverr
Go on freelancer websites and see if you can find a photographer that has really good work that can shoot you on the budget
So that's something to keep in mind. You definitely need professional pictures
You don't want your friend who just bought a camera and wants to test it out and doesn't quite know what they're doing you want
Your book to look as professional as possible
Ok, another important tip for building your model portfolio is to know what types of pictures to shoot
Don't just shoot a whole bunch of random pictures and put something together the best or your favorite pictures that you like
You want to show versatility?
That's the key to building your portfolio book you want to show that you can do high-fashion?
You can do commercial print you do catalog work. You can do Fitness whatever it is
You want to have a collection and a range of of looks in your book? Ok?
So the first thing you need is a really good headshot a beauty shot if you will
So this is gonna be the front of your comp card and on the back of your comic card
You're gonna have a full body shot. That's another shot that you need. This is also great for your book as well
the other thing that you need is a
3/4 shot. So this is just a little bit above your knee to your head. This is a 3/4 shots maybe slightly profile
This is something that you need for your book as well. Also, you want to think about doing?
Commercial style photos. So now commercial style photos. They're very they're lit evenly they're very clean its smiley
So you're smiling a lot of these images. They're very life style kind of look
So this is something that you need just to show versatility
And then of course you want to have some high fashion looks so with high fashion. Looks you want to be careful choosing your
Photographers for high fashion you want to make sure that they know what they're doing with the lighting so that way they can light you
Hit your best angles and your best features would come out so
Shoot with high fashion photographers they charge a little bit more than your typical standard photographers
But it's definitely worth it. The other type of look that you want to your portfolio book is fitness modeling
So you want to show off your body if you have a really nice athletic body
Definitely show that off do some fitness style shoots and put that in your portfolio book as well
So recap you want high-fashion. Looks you want commercial looks you want Fitness looks
headshots full body shot and
3/4 shot. That's something that you definitely need to put in your modeling portfolio book
Okay now so you shot your images you've gotten your images back from the photographer. You've made your selection. You're very excited
Now, what do you do with it? How do you put it together for a portfolio? So
Definitely. You don't want to make this decision on your own
If you have an agent's make this decision with your agents in terms of what looks goes into your books
Get opinions from your friends who have creative eye
So that way you guys can come up with
Some of the best images you don't want to put everything you want to put at least one or two from each look maximum
Okay, so back in the days and even up to now a lot of models still walk around with their physical book
Which has a lot of their images from their portfolio
So like this one here, this is a really old portfolio book that I have
But now most of my images are on an iPad
Guys make sure you read the description box down below
I put a lot of useful links and comments that could definitely help you guys
So go through all my videos and check out those links if there's something that you're interested in
Just like this video you're gonna find a lot of useful links down below. So new book is a really cool app
I think it's by invitation only I'm not sure but check it out anyway
It's a really cool app that allows you to host your portfolio images and you can also submit for a casting submit for jobs you
Can also find photographers on this app?
This is an app that agencies are encouraging their models to download and use and I've been using it myself and it's been great
One of my model friends Brianna what you guys saw in my last video?
She has all of her images on a Dropbox folder and this is actually really efficient because when I asked her for a portfolio
She just sent me to Dropbox link and I was able to see everything
inside of our portfolio
You can also use Google Drive and just create a folder for your portfolio book and that way you can share this link with
agencies if they actually a portfolio
But most importantly I'll definitely encourage you guys to get an iPad
When you go into modeling agencies and you go to your open calls
Or you go to a casting it looks very professional
And clean and efficient when you have all your images loaded in an iPad and the agent can just swipe through them
So that's my tip for you guys in terms of building a portfolio book if there's anything I didn't cover
Comment down below and I'll try to answer your questions. If you guys like this video give me a thumbs up
I always appreciate it. See you guys in my next one