How to make an appointment? Portrait photography requires an appointment in advance.

First of all, the method mentioned in this paper is only applicable to a single photographer. Of course, this is actually limited by my personal experience. As a photographer, not a professional photographer, if you already have a date, it is not recommended to ask out other members of the opposite sex.

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Who's the date?

Make an appointment with classmates, friends, colleagues and even strangers online.

If you want to invite your classmates, friends and colleagues, just send an invitation directly. As an invitee, I may not have taken a photo before or accepted a similar invitation, so I won't dare to say yes at first. But it doesn't matter, you are a novice photographer, and she doesn't have any experience of appearing in the camera. Everyone can grow up together, even if they don't talk about growth, but just play together-it is often effective to think about it yourself and then convey this mentality to each other.

If you think it is too abrupt to send an invitation directly, you can mention it in a joking way when chatting at ordinary times. After you mention it two or three times, if you have a serious invitation again, your chances of success will be much higher.

If you have never taken a portrait before, it is best to make an appointment for the first time, of course, with people around you, such as classmates, friends and colleagues.

Because when you shoot someone for the first time, you are more or less nervous. Whether you are a photographer or your model friend, everyone will be nervous. But we already know each other, and our tension can be eased.

Moreover, the biggest advantage of taking pictures of people around you is that you can take it as exercise for each other. From the perspective of your growth, the first time you shoot someone, it must be just practice. With such a thought, the tension can already disappear by more than half. After all, it's practice. It's normal to shoot badly.

Take your time. It'll get better.

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I didn't start dating people in Weibo until I photographed the people around me. Of course, someone asked me out on Weibo.

Actually, according to personal growth, it should be the same. After we have accumulated some experience in shooting people around us, our skills or mentality in portrait shooting have improved. So we can shoot strangers again, and it's very good.

A very useful function of Weibo is that the dialogue can be one-way. The other party doesn't need to pay attention to you, you can send a private message directly to the other party. When sending private information, we need to show our identity and purpose, such as:

"Hello, I'm a photographer. I happened to see your photo on Weibo, and found you very nice. Can we take a group of photos together? "

After seeing this message, the other party should click on your homepage and browse the Weibo you sent. At this time, if your Weibo already has some previously shot works, then the possibility of the other party being invited will greatly increase.

If your Weibo homepage can't prove that you are a photographer, then the other party will question your purpose, and the possibility of being invited is almost zero.

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As mentioned in the last paragraph, strangers will take our past works as the criteria for being invited, so we should pay attention to the quality of the film when practicing. When you can take a good look at all the people around you and take some nice photos, strangers will have confidence in you.

In fact, there is such a logic implied in it:

Every time you make a move, you have to add points for the next date.

Until one day, you can easily ask strangers to take photos, or strangers take photos with you on their own initiative. You should thank those friends who were willing to let you practice your hands. You have left countless black history.