Why don't my photos look like myself?

I often hear customers ask you, which is not good, the picture is not like ourselves ... and so on. I feel that the reason for this problem is that the communication before shooting is not in place. Maybe the studio didn't ask you about your aesthetic inclination in detail, or maybe they did, but you didn't make it clear.

Customers go to the photo studio to take pictures. When a shopkeeper or photographer asks: What style of photos do you want? About 80% of customers will say: Oh, I don't know about this, shoot as you like! Or: just make me beautiful! In fact, these two answers will make the studio feel that this customer has no personal needs, so it is good to shoot beautifully and generously. This leads to the problem that the photographer/makeup artist plus you, that is, three people, that is, three ideas. At least three ideas, not including other people's opinions, such as the store owner, your friends and so on. Three people can't have exactly the same idea. If there is a slight mistake in the middle, what you said will happen.

Another possibility is that you said it, but the store didn't fully refer to your idea. Why not take your advice? This is more likely. After all, you are just an ordinary customer and will not look at your overall temperament from a professional perspective. They may make a decision for you. You may or may not be satisfied with this. However, according to my work experience in recent years, if I do it completely according to the requirements of customers, customers will definitely be dissatisfied.

Therefore, in order to make a satisfactory work, it is very important to communicate with makeup and photographers before shooting. Let them know your real intention, and then let them do artistic beautification on the basis of this general intention. After all, photographic language speaks with the lens, not with the mouth.

Your so-called "maturity" is largely caused by makeup modeling. Of course, beauty and light consumption also account for a certain proportion, but mainly makeup artists. The photographer determines the shooting style according to the overall shape. For example, if you wear a retro Tang suit, the photographer can't let you use a cartoon dog as a prop.

In your situation, a high school student should prefer a youthful and lively style, with bright colors, sweetness and purity. Occasionally, a few photos with a strong feminine flavor, in a suite, are enough to satisfy your little vanity of subconscious desire for maturity. But not too much, just a few.

There is no doubt that the makeup of the studio is to add icing on the cake and cover up the defects, not to change the appearance.