John Sansom Blog
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Blog of fashion photographer London John Sansom. Learn fashion photography through behind-the-scenes videos, photoshop retouching tutorials. John Sansom is a British fashion and beauty photographer based in London. A clean, dynamic and elegant style has become the signature of his work, whether shooting fashion editorial, designer look books or beauty campaigns.
John Sansom Blog
1y ago
Knowing how to create a modelling portfolio that’s professional and compelling is the key to turning your love of modelling into a successful career.
A modelling portfolio is a digital or physical collection of your best photos. It acts as a resume or CV, showcasing your potential as a model and win you paid work.
When a model gets signed, their agency develops their portfolio through test shoots and creates a physical portfolio for the model to take to castings. Models use their portfolio to showcase their skills and the range of different modelling jobs they’re suited to.
As a professional ..read more
John Sansom Blog
1y ago
At some point on your journey to becoming a professional model, you will be asked to meet and interview with an agency. It’s a huge moment of victory. Maybe you’ve heard countless ‘no’s from modelling agencies up until this point. Or maybe it follows your first time being randomly stopped and scouted on the street.
You want to make your best impression, but have no clue what to expect from a model agency interview. What do you wear? What will they ask you? You’ve gotten this far so how on earth do you persuade them to follow through and sign you?
Working for many years as a fashion photographe ..read more
John Sansom Blog
1y ago
Knowing how to create a modelling portfolio that’s professional and compelling is the key to turning your love of modelling into a successful career.
A modelling portfolio is a digital or physical collection of your best photos. It acts as a resume or CV, showcasing your potential as a model and win you paid work.
When a model gets signed, their agency develops their portfolio through test shoots and creates a physical portfolio for the model to take to castings. Models use their portfolio to showcase their skills and the range of different modelling jobs they’re suited to.
As a professional ..read more
John Sansom Blog
1y ago
Example of model polaroids shot in my studio
So you’ve decided to start modelling. You’ve researched modelling agencies, the best and the ones local to you. You’ve looked into the myriad of ways you can get started. One term keeps popping up without much explanation – polaroids. So what are model polaroids? Are they the same as digitals? And at what stage of your modelling career do you need them?
Need professional photos for your portfolio?
Click here to book a model portfolio shoot What Are Model Polaroids?
If you’ve looked on model agency websites or socials, or ever come across the Instag ..read more
John Sansom Blog
1y ago
Interested in modelling professionally and how to get started? You’ve probably heard the advice ‘get signed with a modelling agency’.
Modelling agencies are companies that represent models at all stages of their careers. They put models forward for jobs, manage contracts, and make sure their portfolios are up-to-date with images that best portray them and the style of work they want to book.
Finding the right agency can be one of the biggest challenges for a new model.
Some good advice on how to get signed is don’t be afraid to be unique! Agencies look for many things, but take it from a fash ..read more
John Sansom Blog
1y ago
Example of model polaroids shot in my studio
So you’ve decided to start modelling. You’ve researched modelling agencies, the best and the ones local to you. You’ve looked into the myriad of ways you can get started. One term keeps popping up without much explanation – polaroids. So what are model polaroids? Are they the same as digitals? And at what stage of your modelling career do you need them?
Need professional photos for your portfolio?
Click here to book a model portfolio shoot What Are Model Polaroids?
If you’ve looked on model agency websites or socials, or ever come across the Instag ..read more
John Sansom Blog
1y ago
One thing that surprises many people about the modelling industry is how big it actually is. When you think of fashion modelling as a career, glamorous shoots for magazines like Vogue and major brands like Zara come to mind. But many models have found great success working for more niche areas of the industry.
Model Adele Uddo has an impressive career portfolio working for brands such as Prada, Harper’s Bazaar and Revlon but not in the way you’d expect, these were all jobs she booked as a body part model!
There’s a lot of overlap between the different types of jobs you book when modellin ..read more
John Sansom Blog
1y ago
One thing that surprises many people about the modelling industry is how big it actually is. When you think of fashion modelling as a career, glamorous shoots for magazines like Vogue and major brands like Zara come to mind. But many models have found great success working for more niche areas of the industry.
Model Adele Uddo has an impressive career portfolio working for brands such as Prada, Harper’s Bazaar and Revlon but not in the way you’d expect, these were all jobs she booked as a body part model!
There’s a lot of overlap between the different types of jobs you book when modellin ..read more
John Sansom Blog
1y ago
Arantza Goett for ELLE Croatia – enjoying a day at the seaside, showing the latest Summer styles. Shot on location in South East England ..read more
John Sansom Blog
1y ago
Getting started with modelling or having your photo taken in a professional photography studio for the first time can be intimidating. How do beginner models pose? Fear not! I’ve got you covered with some simple and effective posing tips for models.
Most of your worries as a new model in the lead up to your first shoot are focused on how to pose in a way that’s just – not embarrassing. How do models look so good in photos? It seems like professional models are on another planet, and when you do an inventory of all the photos taken of you in your life, it’s times when you’ve asked a friend to t ..read more