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Styling for photo-session

Updated: Nov 2, 2021




The colours that are good for photo sessions are shown in the following collage.

Dark red , olive green, dark green, brown, baby pink, light blue, white, off-white, mustard yellow, grey, white, denim blue, beige, dark maroon, dark blue etc. can give nice results. Even black is nice.


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Please don't use bright colours like below and outfits with distracting prints.

Eg: Florescent green, bright green, orange, bright red, bright pink, yellow, bright blue

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For family photos try similar colour outfits like below:

Above picture is by Peggy Wilkie Photography

Above picture is by Suzanne Krull Photography



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Make-up:

We don't need heavy make- up (bright lipstick, lip gloss, heavily done eyes and eye shadows) like below for our shoot.

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Light makeup like below is fine.

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Hair -styling.


Open hair and wavy hair styling will be nice.

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Styles to consider for gent's portfolio shoots

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