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The practical answer to your question is to find some female friend to photograph in that same location first, perhaps reading some tips online about photographing models. Then you can see what works with lights, what poses look good, and practice asking for poses. Also when you go out with the "real" model it would probably be good to take the same female ...

One of the photos has been flipped horizontally (see how the ends of blouse collar fold over each other). The shadows reveal that the camera was on its side, and pop-up flash was used. Probably on left side (so the picture on the right is flipped), because you'd need additional support under lens and it'd be awkward to reach shutter the other way. A short ...

The easiest way I can think of to emulate a shot like this is to do the following: Put the camera on a tripod to minimize any inadvertent movement during the shoot. Choose a high enough f-stop that you can be assured of a crisp image throughout the depth of field. Use autofocus to set the focus with the lights on. Switch to manual focus Turn the lights ...

One of the best things you could do is look at lots of fashion photos. Figure out what they're doing with framing and composition, what they're using to light the scene, be it flashes, soft boxes, natural light, look at how they've processed the image. The colours, the retouching etc. I know that this form of learning works for me. Inspired and learnt from ...

Without knowing all of the details or seeing examples of the problems, here are a few thoughts that come to mind: You noted the models were moving, so you'll want to use the Continuous Focus mode (Nikon's term - Canon calls this AI-Servo). Once the camera obtains focus on a subject it will attempt to "follow" that subject and make focus adjustments so ...

I was looking for something similar, and found this: http://www.jakprints.com/all-over-shirt-printing/ I haven't used them, so I can't recommend them. But they do look interesting. When you are looking, use the term "all over printing".

Fashion For Walls Similar photos have been done before such as by the ad agency TBWA for the "Fashion for Walls" campaign. In this case they used a combination of a real model, and a mannequin was switched out, and then they threw paint buckets at the mannequin. Then in post production the two were combined. I wouldn't say that these photos don't "involve ...

I haven't done any runway for a very long time, but I'd assume the same trick still works: focus where they're going to be and shoot 'em when they get there. That is to say that under less-than-ideal lighting, manual focus (or autofocus at a preselected point, disbled during shooting) is probably your best bet. It helps if you can catch the models at a ...

It's much easier to get a realistic looking background in camera. It's much easier to get a nice looking background in Photoshop. Some people's philosophy is to do as much as possible in camera and leave Photoshop out of the equation or only only as a last resort. Some people's philosophy is to get the highest quality results possible using whatever tools ...

Depends on the specific problems you've had, but a few suggestions: Shoot in manual mode. The models are probably far better lit than the background, so depending on your framing your exposure will change with every shot and you'll have to do something different in post-processing for each. Easier just to look after it yourself. Aim for 1/250th. Don't ...

I've read that for fashion photography, natural light is important to make bright, colorful and clear pictures. You shoudn't focus too much on making the model do various poses, but rather on getting a shot from a great angle. Note that in contrast to portrait photography, fashion photography tends to require photos of the entire model, rather than just the ...

Most effective way of getting no shadows with a single light would be be with ring light around your lens. I'm assuming it's a speedlight, in which case you could add a DIY Ring Flash Kit to your light for this purpose. Or, you could turn the part of corridor behind your back into a huge ring flash by pointing flash on-axis in opposite direction of the ...

Use manual focus. Use high ISO (or add noise in PP) Underexpose a bit. Might try cross processing effects, or else play with white balance. The colours look a bit orange to me. If your flash doesn't produce the circular vignette, fashion a "snoot" out of rolled up paper, Pringles tube etc and fire flash through that

Utilize butterfly lighting from above and mix it with ambient light. Not sure if it's possible. You didn't state in your post. Or lookup some various setups with one light. If you have anymore space try adding some ambient tungsten lighting as your fill or to add some color/dimension to your photos.

It would have been really great if you could specify the type of lighting you were using. Would have simplified the job a little more. But assuming that your using a flash gun with a umbrella you could just shoot with it with the stand a little to the camera left or right depending on the situation. You could also the and use a reflector but it would be ...

Last year, I was invited to shoot a wedding. It was my first time as principle photographer. Despite having some experience, I felt out of my depth. My approach was: Read I bought a couple of good books. (I really like a lot of the stuff from Amherst Media) Look at other contemporary work. I bought a few wedding magazines - there are plenty of ...