The aim of this shoot was to get some natural, pretty shots in a fairly neutral setting (similar to Lauren's pictures below, even down to the tree) - and a new passport photo (not shown)! This shoot came about because Seiko was saying how she was very sad not to have any 'proper' pictures of herself when she was younger. I was very happy to take some shots so she won't regret the same thing about now.
I spent a bit longer than usual working on the posing side of things, although you wouldn't necessarily know it from these examples. Seiko said she was surprised (but had come to understand) how much there was too it. With my photography I prefer to let people just 'be themselves', but I think the real skill is directing someone so that they assume a natural mannerism for them which also happens to be a great pose. And then of course there is the fun of breaking the rules, but you've got to know what the rules are in order to do that...
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