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What to Wear {Part 3: Teens and Seniors}
As a photographer, it can help your customers when you direct them on what to wear. The next number of weeks, guest writer Kelsey Anderson will be providing information to help you coach your customers on what to wear.
When booking a portrait session I think it is almost always a given that the client is going to ask for suggestions on what to wear. I struggled with this question when I was first starting out. My clients would come dressed in matching outfits or in the same color head to toe. These clothing choices do not make for the most visually appealing image, right?
I knew that I had to change my clients way of thinking when it came to choosing outfits for their portraits. I personally believe that is part of my job to help style a session. This gives my clients another reason to hiring me over going to a chain portrait studio. I always tell them to choose items with good color, texture (ie, knits, ruffles, denim) and accessories. I tell them to think coordinating not matching. I even go as far as offering to come to their homes and dig through their closet with them or tell them to bring a trunk full of options and we can put together outfits on location.
When I do sessions with teens or high school seniors I tell them to bring the majority of their closet. I kid you not I have had seniors show up with a trunk full of clothing. I give them my ‘color, layers, textures, accessories’ talk and tell them to bring everything that falls into that category. I think seeing their complete wardrobe also gives you a chance to see who they really are and you can work with their personal style. I don’t want to put them in clothing they wouldn’t normally wear unless they are up for that and want to step out of their norm. I want to build off of their basics. Mix and match pieces to create a look that is them but not their everyday wear.
Here are a few items I love for teen and senior sessions. I actually post a What to Wear Guide on my blog weekly! I like to keep ideas of clothing choices fresh in my clients head and don’t want to have to have them dig through my blog to find them.
Clothing in images – Forever21 (girls) and Old Navy, Gap, and Piperlime (guys)
Other Store Suggestions:
Forever 21
Urban Outfitters
Anthropology
Abercrombie
Heritage 1981
Express
Guess
Gap
Lucky Brand
Kelsey Anderson is a natural light photographer in Las Vegas, Nevada. Specializing in maternity, newborn, baby, children, senior and family photography.
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