What to wear
What to wear for a christmas photoshoot
Deep solid colours photograph far better than bright red under warm light, which amplifies any red already in the skin. Avoid heavy sequin if the…
What to wear
Deep solid colours photograph far better than bright red under warm light, which amplifies any red already in the skin. Avoid heavy sequin if the…
In short: Deep solid colours photograph far better than bright red under warm light, which amplifies any red already in the skin. Avoid heavy sequin if the room has fairy lights — the two compete. Layers, because half the good frames are outside.
Colour. Deep solids beat bright red under warm indoor light, which amplifies any redness already in skin. Emerald, navy, plum and black all sit well against fairy lights.
Fabric. Velvet and wool photograph richly in warm light; heavy sequin fights with fairy lights and produces harsh specular dots.
Footwear. Irrelevant indoors, which frees the decision entirely — until the outdoor frames, which need boots.
The thing that ruins frames. Matching Christmas jumpers photographed under a ceiling light. If the jumpers are the point, photograph them by a window in the morning instead.
In the bag. Spare warm-white bulbs to replace whatever cool-white fitting is ruining the room, a lint roller for jumpers, and a bin bag for the wrapping paper that otherwise fills every frame after ten in the morning.