How To Prepare For Your Photoshoot (And Avoid A Mild Identity Crisis)

You’ve booked your photoshoot – yay, go you! Now let’s make sure you arrive feeling like a fabulous, organised legend instead of a frazzled squirrel who lost its nuts.

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1. Plan Your Outfits Early (Bring Options, Not Your Entire House)

Try everything on a few days before. Nothing like discovering your favourite pants mysteriously shrunk overnight (definitely the dryer’s fault). Bring a few options to mix it up, but not so many that you’re standing there thinking, “Why did I bring seventeen blazers for a one-hour shoot?”

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2. Hair and Makeup – Choose Your Hero

If you can get both done professionally, amazing! But if you’re choosing, go for hair. Flat hair is the ultimate mood killer. Most of us can manage makeup well enough to not scare small children, but hair… hair has a mind of its own. Good hair makes you feel like a shampoo commercial star, and who doesn’t want that?

Props have to make sense for your business

3. Props (But Leave The Circus At Home)

Props are awesome for telling your brand story. Bring things you actually use in your business – laptop, notebook, coffee cup, food (if you are a nutritionist), that fancy pen you bought to look like a CEO. Just don’t bring so many props that it looks like you’re moving house mid-shoot. If it can fit in one hand or bag, you’re winning.

Danita brought her best friend along. Totes brilliant choice

4. Bring a Friend (The Hype Girl/Guy You Deserve)

If having a friend there makes you feel more relaxed, bring them along! Some of my favourite shots happen when friends are in the room hyping you up. Plus, they make a great stand-in for those “chatting with a client” photos. Just choose someone who makes you laugh, not the friend who says, “You’re going to wear that?”

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6. Have Your Shot List & Pinterest Board Ready (So We’re Not Just Guessing)

Bringing a shot list means you get exactly what you need for your brand. Sure, I’ll bring creative ideas, but you know your business best. Relying only on me is like letting someone else write your Tinder bio – it might be good, but will it say what you really want? Your list keeps us focused and ensures no must-have shots are missed.

✨ Final Thoughts

Your photoshoot is about capturing you at your best. A little preparation (and humour) goes a long way to making sure you feel confident, calm, and ready to take on the world – one fabulous photo at a time.

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Britt is a photographer based in Brisbane she specialises in headshot photography, personal brand photography and family photograpy