Walking through the East Village in New York the other day with a few friends-making our way to what turned out to be an AMAZING dinner-something happened...a woman with a camera the size of her petite torso walked up and stopped one of my friends, asking to take a picture of her for her fashion blog. Cool, yes; however, given the fact that of the three of us i'm the only one slaving to make my way into the fashion industry, I would be remiss to deny my gnawing jealousy as she cooly and nonchalantly posed for the snap snap.
So what does it take to be photographed for a fashion blog? I mean street wear blogs are everywhere right? Sitting at home, not at all still thinking about it days later I have decided to pile a quick list of things that seem to tie most of the photographs together....again, not that I care....psssshhh (you believe me right? yea...bad liar.)
1) Dont fool yourself...everyone knows when you've got lazy face on. Whether it be the poof of a powder that pulls you together or 50 minutes infront of the mirror, really you wear make up from the inside out no matter how much or how little. And if you put on lazy face that morning...everyone knows, the guilt is brighter than any lipstick you own.
2) There always seems to be a pop of color, whether it comes from the aforementioned lipstick, a jacket, some glasses...whatever, but there is always something that draws the eye to that "wow" factor.
3) Your schtick. For my friend, I've never seen anyone pull off the over-sized glasses look better. On me, I'd feel like I was trying to hard, but on her it just looks right.
I know, these things really just apply to life in general, not getting photographed. What I think really pulls it all together, whether you find yourself in a foray with the camera, or just walking down to the corner store for that Ben and Jerry's you will deny buying later, is the cheesy answer you've probably already guessed...confidence. I felt like no one should look at me, so no one did, my friend looked like she'd been up partying with rockstars, so people assume she had. What will you rock on your next outing?
Text Corinna Fabre
So what does it take to be photographed for a fashion blog? I mean street wear blogs are everywhere right? Sitting at home, not at all still thinking about it days later I have decided to pile a quick list of things that seem to tie most of the photographs together....again, not that I care....psssshhh (you believe me right? yea...bad liar.)
1) Dont fool yourself...everyone knows when you've got lazy face on. Whether it be the poof of a powder that pulls you together or 50 minutes infront of the mirror, really you wear make up from the inside out no matter how much or how little. And if you put on lazy face that morning...everyone knows, the guilt is brighter than any lipstick you own.
2) There always seems to be a pop of color, whether it comes from the aforementioned lipstick, a jacket, some glasses...whatever, but there is always something that draws the eye to that "wow" factor.
3) Your schtick. For my friend, I've never seen anyone pull off the over-sized glasses look better. On me, I'd feel like I was trying to hard, but on her it just looks right.
I know, these things really just apply to life in general, not getting photographed. What I think really pulls it all together, whether you find yourself in a foray with the camera, or just walking down to the corner store for that Ben and Jerry's you will deny buying later, is the cheesy answer you've probably already guessed...confidence. I felt like no one should look at me, so no one did, my friend looked like she'd been up partying with rockstars, so people assume she had. What will you rock on your next outing?
Text Corinna Fabre
