Starting Your Career As a Photo Stylist : A Comprehensive Guide to Photo Shoots, Marketing, Business, Fashion, Wardrobe, Off Figure, Product, Prop, Room Sets, and Food Styling

pt. 1. Introduction to photo styling. What is a photo stylist? -- The photo shoot -- Styling basics -- Other roles a stylist plays -- Your styling kit -- pt. 2. Photo styling specifics. Fashion styling -- Wardrobe styling -- Styling off-figure -- Product styling -- Prop styling -- Food styling -- Room sets and bedding -- pt. 3. Business for photo stylists. Marketing yourself -- The business of styling -- pt. 4. It's a wrap. The photographer's perspective. This invaluable career manual explores the numerous directions a career in photo styling can take. Starting Your Career as a Photo Stylist prepares new and working stylists with in-depth information on food styling, fashion styling, and six other areas of specialization. Readers will also learn everything they need to know about practical aspects of the profession, including production, casting, location scouting, working with a photo crew, creating a portfolio, and marketing their work. Established stylists will benefit from tips on how to develop and sustain their freelance careers, and business forms will provide aspiring stylists with a head start on building their businesses. Interviews with working stylists offer insight into what it takes to thrive in their line of work. Written by a stylist with over twenty years of experience, Starting Your Career as a Photo Stylist is the ultimate guide to this little-known and exciting career! A career manual that explores the numerous directions this profession can take. It prepares new and working stylists with information on eight styling specialties. It also looks at the many roles stylists can play such as: production, casting, and location scouting. It explores the photo crew, etiquette, creating a portfolio, and marketing.