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Liska
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As you are looking through your camera viewfinder, never crop her anywhere at the joints. The top of her head, her wrists, elbows, knees, feet, anything. It always ends up looking extremely funny. Always try to crop between joints if you need to. Except to the top of the head is if you are doing a close of shot of her fantastic eyes, or something similiar to that. Then zoom in enough to make sure she's framed, but not scarily so.
Don't be afraid to get dirty, and bring a pair of jeans & shirt you've no problem getting wet, dirt covered, ripped, or anything in between. I've had every single possible thing happen so far, including sinking in up to my knees in wet sand. Bleg.
Do bring her props. If her eyes are as blue & beautiful as you say they are, see if you can nab some purple or white flowers for her to "peek out" from behind. They'll accentuate her eye color and look extremely pretty! I'm an eye gal. I love eyes and bringing out said eyes! Especially if they're blue. Keep a close eye (no pun intended) on them and see when they glow. There will at least one point during your shoot when they do, and go right in for some close up head shots.
Also tell her to move slightly each time she hears your camera shutter click shut. It doesn't have to be anything major, moving her eyes, her neck, her arm, her body, foot, leg, anything. Just make sure she moves and doesn't stay in the same place.
DO also give her direction, like say she's got her hand on her hip and it's so far back all you can see is her wrist, ask her to bring her hand forward. Take your time, don't shoot fast until she's settled into the next pose.
DO light her ahead of time. I normally don't say go off your screen-- but use it for at least a little bit of exposure compensation first, before you start shooting her. Test the light after it changes (it will, even if you're in the same spot) and recheck consistently.
Talk to her and make sure she's comfortable.
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