Academy 9 - Transformation 18 - Point and Shoot
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I hope you’ve all completed your homework from the first photoshoot letter because it’s time to get your cameras ready and flashbulbs popping.
Hopefully you found that your pictures were better when you were in a more feminine frame of mind and had some inspiration to work from. The reason we had you take pictures from a completely standing start was to show you how little changes like these can affect the quality of the pictures you’re taking and these are two very important points.
If you’ve been watching any of the Top Model TV shows, you will start to understand how successful modelling is similar to acting. You take on a character or a frame of mind so that even if you feel like you got out of the wrong side of bed, your hair just wait stay straight and your makeup is a mess you can still have a good photoshoot.
You help yourself to achieve this frame of mind by having things that remind you of your feminine nature. You’re already in girl mode so you’re pretty far along but when you add things like girly pop music or your favourite perfume, that won’t be detectable on the camera, you’re setting yourself up for success.
Feel fabulous and it will show on camera, you can watch videos of photoshoots or models walking the cat walk for inspiration. They are girls just like you who didn’t wake up one day convinced they were the hottest thing on two legs and set out to prove it.
Inspiration also helps a lot. If you’ve been reading fashion magazines, you’ll already have seen plenty that will give you some ideas but now you know about it, you can make a conscious effort to look for poses that strike you as feminine or sexy or wonton or whatever moods you want to project.
As always, the internet is also an amazing resource for this. You have a few folders now of various pictures, look through them, see which ones in your orgasm diet strike you as really hot and sexy, which ones in your fashion folder make you feel like the girl in the image and so on.
You can also look at all of the photos from a photoshoot and judge for yourself which you think are sexy and then save them to use as future inspiration. Somewhere like sex.com is good for this because they will often have photos covering full shoots, starting with the model fully clothed and ending with them completely naked and on display.
Why?
We purposefully didn’t cover this in the first letter but why should you be taking pictures of yourself? The main and very simple reason is that people almost always struggle to believe how good they look after making an effort.
I’ll let you in on a secret, everyone feels too fat, everyone is insecure about their looks and everyone has parts of their body that they dislike. The key is that everybody feels this to different degrees and like with a lot of things, it’s something that can be overcome if you make an effort.
I’ve lost count of the number of just stunning sissies, gurls and transgirls who are worried about taking bad pictures and none of them realise that their fear is what will cause it to happen! Once you have a few photoshoots behind you, your pictures will get better and better and you will become more used to posing and showing yourself and start to accept that maybe, just maybe you should believe your eyes instead of what’s in your head.
Tips and pointers
Usually we would give you the tips and explain the thinking behind them. For some of these it should be fairly obvious, but this is something where it’s so easy to test them and see the difference they make and that’s much more effective than reading about it! (It’s almost like the homework exercises write themselves!)
Some of them are general rules for taking good photos but some are sissy specific, they will highlight your femininity by limiting or removing some of your more macsuline features.
Keep these in mind when you’re taking pictures.
Angle your body or at least your shoulders away from the camera- never be straight on
Find your best side - this is subjective, your face isn’t perfectly symmetrical so one side will be at least a little better
Don’t have your arms tight to your body - this is to make you look more femme but it’s also better body language
Holding your body straight and rigid - femininity is curvy!
Lighting - try all different kinds and see what works for you, natural lighting can be dim but looks more natural (of course), artificial lighting can be a little harsh, especially if you stand directly under it
Keep the camera at or above eye level - especially if it’s close to you
Selfies for intimacy - in this case, a selfie is where you take a picture holding your phone in your hand
Take a lot of pictures - this is why you have a clicker! Having 10 pictures of one pose that you can pick the best on from is much better then having 1 that may or may not work
Get in the mood and stay in it during the photoshoot - if this means having porn playing while you’re taking pics, have porn playing!
Homework
I want you to plan and execute two photoshoots. This is something that is also very valuable, thinking about it before you’re doing it will save you time and give you the best chance for taking good photos. If you don’t really know what you’re doing, you’ll waste time trying random things and following dead ends and the results won’t be very good.
Go through your saved inspiration photo and pick 10 of them. 5 for each shoot and then consider the logistics, do any involve props or need your camera to be in an awkward position? Are you going to change costume? What makeup will you wear? What music are you going to play?
Your first one should happen within the next 5 days and the second can be done before the next module.
During the shoot, try following and breaking each of the above tips and then afterwards, you can compare the results so you can start to understand why we recommend you follow them.
The other thing to practice is your expression. Innocent, sultry, demure, slutty, happy, pouty and so on. Some will be easy and suit your face, others will take practice and you should use music or videos that help get you in the mood you want to show (remember, it helps a lot to think of it as a role you’re playing, who do you consider sexy? Play their video or look at their photoshoots to emulate them).
Set aside a few hours for a shoot so you don’t have to rush. Maybe do some Yoga, have a shower, do your makeup and then get dressed. If you’re coming to the end of your allotted time and you haven’t managed to get 5 poses in then don’t rush to try and get everything done. Doing 3 poses properly is better then 2 properly and 3 rushed. Giving in to time pressure and trying to squeeze everything in will lead to poor pictures and that’s no good for anyone.
Finally, remember to enjoy it and have fun! Even if your pictures aren’t good, it’s something that will improve the more you do it and you should always try and tap into that girly, feminine part of you that wants nothing more than to be taking selfies every 10 minutes and posting them on Insta to your adoring followers!
