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CLVVSSY

A PORTRAITUTRE MAGAZINE

AUGUST 2019 • ISSUE 10 • VOLUME 12

CONTENTS

0 5NEW PLACES
EXPLORING YOUR INNER SELF

Imagination is the mode of communication between
the mind and the inner being. The term “inner being”
basically refers to your aspect as the life-stream
focused on this body. You can say that your inner
being is connected to the “non-physical” realm of
consciousness, the wholeness of it

INTERVIEW

AUTUMN STUBBS

Her Dreams of Becoming a Model are closer thatn she realizes
and her mind and soul is planted on the ffoundation that she

1 3can accomplish anything she puts her mind to
2 7EXPERIENCE

WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A MODEL

confidence, self-reliance and discipline. a pleasant, professional
attitude with good people skills. patience, stamina and fitness to
cope with long, tiring days and travelling. the ability to cope with
criticism and rejection

EXPLORING PHOTOS

OUR JOURNEY THROUGHOUT SESSIONS

AA “Sometimes you have to spend those “If you’re shooting outdoor portraits, I
first couple minutes—you’re shooting, but would have a reflector. Reflectors are
you’re not shooting. But once you get into amazing, and then they have a diffuser in
it most people are good subjects. Because, the middle so that if it’s too bright out,
okay, even if you have, like, a massive you can ask one of your friends to use it to
pimple on the side of your face or diffuse the light."Then, just use a camera
whatever and you wanted to take a and a lens that most readily represents
portrait, we could still try to find an area how you see the world. So for me, a full
where we can use some light to capture frame, my 60mm with a 35mm. "A camera,
an interesting other side of your probably an extra battery, and a reflector
face."Everybody probably has something are all I would really, really say to use. You
interesting about them. The default’s your don’t need a lot—portraits are the easiest
smile and your eyes, and if there’s to take technically, but the hardest to
something else then you just try to isolate execute properly.”
that."If it’s somebody I don’t know, then I
will shoot them for a little bit until I find ““If you expect someone you don’t know to
a setting where I can only shoot them in a be comfortable with you and be
certain way. And to get there I have to themselves, you have to be yourself."For
usually get them relaxed enough to trust me, I’ll chat with you a lot and try to
me enough to act or to be themselves, make you feel comfortable, pick you up a
which takes a little bit of time.” little bit. I think that's valuable. But
whatever comes most naturally to that
“Try to understand what their goal is, what person is important, because at the end of
they’re doing. If it’s head shots, are they the day you’re shooting a client."They
trying to get hired at National, are they commission you to do something, so they
trying to get hired at Goldman Sachs? Are understand that you are achieving your
these portraits for their personal website? vision the best you can. If you are quiet,
Are they for social?"Have them show you then be quiet, and if you’re not then don’t
examples of work they think would work be, but whatever it is just speak to the
well, and if you see something that’s a red client beforehand and say, ‘Hey, I’m
flag—like pictures in your work that don’t generally like this. What makes you feel
look like the pictures they’re showing—just comfortable?’"If you get a feeling someone
discuss that with them ahead of time.” will be stiff, ask them to bring one of their
friends with them. I can help them be
themselves more easily.”

5. Don’t be afraid to redo work if a “SURROUND YOURSELF WITH
project doesn’t turn out as PHOTOGRAPHERS THAT ARE
planned.“If a client’s unhappy, speak
to people—one or two people you BETTER THAN YOU.”
know that are professionals—and just
ask them, ‘What do you think?’ Get a “I use Instagram to be really
second opinion."Sometimes you immediate. With your portfolio,
might have to reshoot something. you really infect the person’s
I’ve had to reshoot things before, and mood. You can ask yourself,
it helps because you want to show a ‘How do I want to balance these
willingness to deliver what they images?’"On your portfolio, the
want. At the end of the day, that’s question shouldn’t be, ‘How
what’s going to matter.”6. Be ready to good is this?’  It’s should be,
work with criticism.“I don’t like to ‘What am I trying to
work from example pictures, but I do portray?’"You want to show
for certain clients. You have them through a variety of different
send you example pictures, you have things what your style is like—in
them look at your portfolio and then the same way that Instagram
you ask them, ‘What in my work do does, but I think in a slightly
you like?’"You try as hard as you can more curative way.
before you’re even there to
understand what they want."During
your shoot, I show the client shots
and ask them, ‘How do you feel about
how you look here? How do you feel
about this?’"Show them the photos
because—not everybody would do this
and I don’t recommend it for
everybody—but I think especially if
it’s somebody’s head shots, you want
to show that to them so they
understand what they look like."If
you’re shooting and someone seems
like they don’t like it, ask them what
they don’t like. With that
communication, we can problem
solve. I can show them a couple of
different angles and say, ‘Which of
these do you like the best based on
how you look?’ If they don’t like
anything and they’re being really
difficult…that’s why you should take
deposits ahead of time, just do that
for your own safety and stress level.”

“WHEN YOU PAINT, YOU HAVE TO SPEND A LONG TIME
PAINTING. WHEN YOU DRAW, YOU SPEND A LONG TIME
DRAWING… IF YOU’RE JUST SHOOTING WITH YOUR PHONE
OR YOUR DIGITAL CAMERA, IT CAN BE SO QUICK THAT

YOU FORGET THAT YOU GOT TO MAKE THIS THING.”

CAPTURING
SMILES

A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE
AS TOLD BY MYRON EDWARDS

I NEVER THOUGHT A SMILE
COULD CHANGE THE WAY I
SAW PORTRAITS

I love the simple
portrait/headshot. I would be
happy to shoot faces every day.
Old faces, young faces, tired faces,
happy faces, sad faces and more.
The human face has so many facets
of interest.When we are very
young, we learn to recognize faces.
Mom, Dad, siblings…Faces become
our way of understanding our
universe…Later we learn that faces
can convey emotion. Is dad mad?
His face will show it before he
makes it known verbally. Is your
boyfriend breaking up with you?
It’s written all over his face. We
see fear, arrogance, acceptance,
love, rejection and nearly every
emotion known to us – on the
human face.

We learn to smile when we are very young. We smile when people
compliment us, or have something nice to say. We smile when we meet
people at business meetings that we are less than excited to be involved in.
We smile at strangers who smile at us.The smile becomes ubiquitous… it’s
everywhere, and most of the time it is not sincere. It just isn’t.It’s contrived
and involves the arching up of the mouth and a bit of cheek… but the eyes
tell the truth. Eyes have to tell the smile and that is more difficult than the
simple mouth smile thing.Eyes are windows to the soul, at least the inner
voice. And if the inner voice is not a real smile, then it is prominently
displayed in the eyes.I see fake smiles everywhere. Fashion, glamour, beauty
shots that are so close, and yet there is no connection. Or at least not
enough connection to the smile to be that believable.And we feel it when we
see the image. I know that because when we see an absolute smile, we
instantly can recognize it as something genuine. We see real smiles in the

real world too… and we know the difference. In smiling, it is usually
something that we do TO each other… we make it obvious.But few times do

we have engaged, pensive, inquisitive and emotional faces engaging our
attention with such directness. Usually these emotional faces are not sent

out to strangers. They are reserved for more intimate relations.And it is
why I think the face on the left works so well. We see something in that
face, that look, those eyes that we usually don’t see. At least not when
confronted directly on by the subject.I shoot a lot of photographs when I am
doing portraiture with a small camera. I keep the patter going, constant and
consistent positive reinforcement for the model to relate to. I push and
cajole and tease and direct… but all in a way to get them to let their guard
down for an instant. That’s all I need for a click of the shutter to capture
that rare moment.I shot this on a Canon with the 100MM lens. A very large
softbox to camera left, and a very large reflector board on camera right in
very close. This light with the tight in reflector means the subject can move
left to right without getting any shadow complexity. The ‘fill’ is nearly as
bright as the main, so either way they turn, they remain well lit.I rarely

want my subjects to stop moving. Professional models and talent can
understand what I need from them, but amateur subjects will tend to stop
and wait for the click. I will keep them moving as best I can, and look for
those moments where it all lines up. And all the while, I am watching the

eyes at every turn… watching how they start to relate to me and open
themselves up a bit.So sure, I like good smiles, and love to shoot them. I will
post some real smile shots and discuss how I got them someday. But for me,
it is the face that is more open, without the veneer of the smile, that is most

interesting.At least at this point in my photography

Myron
Edwards

WHAT HOW TO FEEL
YOU CONFIDENT
LEARN IN FRONT OF
AT THE A CAMERA
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PHOTOGRAPHER

HOW TO FEEL CONFIDENT IN FRONT OF A

CAMERA

A couple of
days ago, I was lucky
enough to photograph

a beautiful Cornish
model, Julia Campbell.

I love working with
girls locally, and Julia

was extremely eager
to shoot. We headed to
Perranporth beach on

a lovely sunny
evening, and Julia

danced around
smiling for my
camera. When I
looked back at the
images, it struck me
just how confident she
was - something that's
rare to find, but so
refreshing.As a
photographer, I'm
often asked on advice
on how to feel
confident in front of a

camera. It's
something that I
myself struggle with,
and it takes me a
while to feel happy
with someone taking
photos of me. I know
how awkward it can
feel when you're
standing there, trying
to look cute and feel
as though everyone is
staring and judging
you. So I thought it
would be useful if I put
together a short guide
on how to feel more
confident in front of a

camera!

Get To Know Your Photographer

If you're working with a
photographer, take some time to read
their blog (if they have one), check out
their website and social media. They'll
become far less intimidating! If your

photographer is going to be
photographing your wedding, I highly

recommend having an engagement
shoot with them before your wedding
(many photographers now include them
in their packages) - it acts as a way for
you and your partner to get used to
being in front of a camera, and a great
way to get to know your photographer
better. It will mean that you have a
much friendlier relationship come the
wedding day, making the job easier for

you and your photographer.

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