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What Is My Photoshoot Planning Checklist – The Sneak Peek Before The Shoot
I want to let you know my creative stage before your photo session. I thought you’d be interested in the photoshoot planning process before booking a shoot for your business, brand, blog or social media.
What excites me to write this post, I have a shoot this week. And I recognize how effective it was planning with my photoshoot preparation checklist. This checklist is pellucid and guides the concepts and inspiration for a successful photo shoot.
I’ll recommend several interesting things for you to do before your photoshoot. This checklist is for persons shooting content for blog posts, social media posts, promoting products (e.g. fashion, beauty and more) or a brand shoot. You won’t want to stop reading since this will help you organize your concepts and make your photoshoot good.
What is my most considerable creative concepts for planning a photoshoot?
We all have a reason for desiring a photoshoot. But, I enjoy capturing the story, moments, emotions and environment.
I’ll add over my two years of shooting content for my business. I’ve crowdsourced the essential details of how I wanted my images to look for my blog, and hiring a professional photographer to shoot it was necessary. I found that my creativity and ideas aided me in hiring someone to carry out my thoughts.
So, it’s required to get a like-minded, experienced photographer who has a good lens. This will save you a lot of extra work, and you don’t want your photos to look like a blur. Photography is costly; therefore, planning will give you value.
Let us make your imagination into beautiful images.
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The benefits you would get from a photoshoot.
There are many benefits, but let me say a photoshoot lights me up! I think of all my photoshoots, the great memories and the creative pursuit, and it’s all worth it. If you’ve been thinking about doing a photoshoot, book one immediately because here is what it can do for you and your business.
- boost your confidence
- help you get out of your comfort zone
- create lasting memories and important milestones
- make you communicate your message through images
- elevate your self-love
- promote a rich identity for yourself
- translate your business message
- get your audience engaged with your content
What type of photoshoot do you need?
Whenever I need to do a photoshoot, I try to know what type of photoshoot I’ll do. There are:
- portraits – for business, brand
- street style – fashion
- lifestyle – good for storytelling, emotions and daily life events
- product shoots/ product environment shoot
- recipes – a food blog
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How To Stage Your Photoshoot planning checklist
Here is a photoshoot planning checklist with ideas for your photo session.
1. Craft your photoshoot story
Images are a way to let your readers feel you and engage with the content. So when planning your photoshoot ideas design a story to get your audience’s attention and absorb the message.
2. Research your topics and content
Knowing the theme and content is key before getting into anything. This will guide you on what story and mood you want for your shoot. It also helps the photographer to understand what their client need.
3. Create an inspiration file
This file gives you the concepts for the shoot. So, when creating it, group them into these subfolder categories:
- Hairstyle inspiration – hairstyle is my best accessory. Have fun, and don’t be afraid to experiment!
- Poses inspiration – you need to find inspo and practice in the mirror at home, then you’ll not be looking uncomfortable and stiff.
- Location – go to places with excellent lighting. I love golden hour shoots or late evenings for an outdoor shoot.
- Makeup – natural makeup depending on your outfit changes. Its beauty, have a facial before and remove any facial hair. Your photographer would have minor editing, and your skin will look smooth.
- Outfit – Plan outfits that fit and flatter your shape. I recommend choosing a colour palette that reflects the story and mood. Before I forget, plan to wear the proper undergarment (seamless and neutral – skin tone)
- Props – my favorite places for inspiration are magazines, editorial photoshoots, Pinterest, travel, movies, websites and going for a walk. I use Instagram sometimes, but I try to limit it because everyone looks the same on that app now. That said, I spend more time digging my creative mind.
4. Mood board
The power of a mood board is my vitality into the season and story style. I follow a type that inspires my pictures, brand and clothes I choose. This will help you choose outfits and make it easy for your photoshoot.
Start to create different mood boards, for example, wardrobe, color palette, aesthetic, inspiration and more.
5. Get up early, and create good vibes
This could be meditating, dancing, music, anything that gives your dopamine a boost to shoot.
What essential things I bring to a photoshoot?
Final thoughts
That’s my wisdom on how I prepare for a photoshoot. If you have any other ideas, share them in the comments, I’ll be happy with some additional ideas for my future shoots.
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This is such a helpful list! I need to start experimenting with my hair.
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Thank you for reading. And experimenting with your hair is so therapeutic. I hope you find the joy to do it.