{"id":14,"date":"2018-06-19T09:22:02","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T09:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/petrinaverma.com.au\/?p=14"},"modified":"2018-09-18T17:11:27","modified_gmt":"2018-09-18T17:11:27","slug":"when-was-the-last-time-you-were-photographed-professionally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petrinaverma.com.au\/?p=14","title":{"rendered":"When was the last time you were photographed professionally?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-39\" src=\"https:\/\/petrinaverma.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5353\/2018\/06\/MG_1627-final-kodachrome-dress-retouched-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petrinaverma.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/MG_1627-final-kodachrome-dress-retouched-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/petrinaverma.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/MG_1627-final-kodachrome-dress-retouched-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/petrinaverma.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/MG_1627-final-kodachrome-dress-retouched-768x1152.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-40\" src=\"http:\/\/petrinaverma.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/MG_1631-final-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petrinaverma.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/MG_1631-final-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/petrinaverma.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/MG_1631-final-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/petrinaverma.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/MG_1631-final-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would have no clue how to pose or what to do in front of a camera!\u201d is a concern I often hear from potential clients. They love the beautiful images they see in their favourite fashion magazines and want similar ones for themselves but don\u2019t know how to achieve that \u2018Cover Girl\u2019 look. I know, from personal experience being photographed, that what they\u2019re really saying is that they don\u2019t want to look or feel stupid. In response I always say, \u201cDon\u2019t worry, I\u2019ve got you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tha<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">t\u2019s because, when I photograph clients, I do not simply tell them to strike a pose and expect them to figure it out\u2026. I carefully direct them into flattering poses and expressions\u2026 from their head down to their feet! Just like I did with Silvia\u2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\n<p>Silvia was so full of \u2018wiggles\u2019 (my kids\u2019 expression for restless energy), every time I posed her and turned around for my camera, she would move and I would have to start again <span class=\"_47e3 _5mfr\" title=\"smile emoticon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img\" role=\"presentation\" src=\"http:\/\/petrinaverma.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1f642.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span>\u00a0Once I figured out how to \u2018pause\u2019 her though, she would lock eyes with my camera in a way that made me feel like she was looking into my soul!<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s stopping you from booking a shoot of your own? 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