One of my buddies is a club promoter who has girls wear merch for his company and takes pretty mid photos with his phone.
I think I could do a better job with my camera and selfie ring lights, told him so, and he said to roll with him on Wednesday.
Where can I learn how photographing women works? I feel like there is an etiquette I don’t know and the special only trick I know is shooting from below the waistline - which I learned from a Brazilian dude.
Like, I just straight-up tell my girlfriend “stick your butt out” or “do a sexy pose”, but I feel like that’s probably unprofessional cause I would never imagine my anime cosplay photographer buddy doing that.
The only photographer commands I know are:"Turn your chin [direction]"and “Turn your hip towards me”
I was given, “Turn your hip towards me”, by a dude I know who throws photoshoots to replace what I normally tell my girlfriend. He made it sound like it’s the only move I need and explained that the models know more about posing than I do.
I also watched a YouTube video from a portrait lady, and she said you can tell people to, “sit comfortably”. I don’t know if that’s good for what we’re doing, though.
I also don’t know what to bring.
I have a Sony ZV-E10 with two kit lenses (55mm zoom and 16mm pancake), Sony 28mm f2, and an adapted Takumar 55mm f1.8.
Are there important applications for bringing the other lenses if I prefer the 28mm with Sony autofocus?
I also have a Pentax K-70 with a big 90’s DA* 16-85mm f2.8 lens, which probably looks more impressive, but the auto-focus sucks - should I bring it as a faster alternative to switching lenses like the sidearm in Counter-Strike? I’d also feel more professional bringing such a huge camera.