Philip R wrote:
I love the chair and the pose.  Your make-up looks fine to me.  Your expression seems like you are bored.  Do something...think something...imitate someone.

Thanks! I will shake it up on the bored-part.

Carl Herbert wrote:
My interpretation of what you are doing is that you are trying to mash a long, lithe and vivacious woman into a round cubby but she won't fit so easily. So you need to show that you can fit into it imperfectly but for you it's only a game and you are ready to pop out of it when it pleases you.

Your left shoulder is pinched against the rim of the chair. Ask the photographer to coach you to correct your position so you look more comfortable and your shoulder is less cramped. Slide your butt a few centimeters outward from inside the chair so your upper body comes outward and maybe your shoulder will come free. Maybe you will have to take the weight off your shoulders when you are sitting there.

Push your chin towards the camera and lower it a bit to give the lower half of your face better shape and keep the camera from looking up your nose. It's almost never good to tilt your head backward. Lowering your chin and extending your neck a bit forward also opens your eyes wider and suggests how feminine and sensual you are. In some of your shots add a smirky little smile with your eyes to complete that feeling.

Try rotating the toes of your near foot outward. Shift your legs around a bit, and maybe try placing your inner foot back deeper inside the chair. Maybe cross your knees, and experiment with different combinations of lines with your legs.

Maybe ask the photographer to shoot some from a quartering angle opposite the side where you are sitting so the camera isn't looking edgewise at you. No matter which direction you shoot this try to think about keeping your shoulder and chin floating near each other. Don't press your chin against your shoulder or hunch your shoulders -- keep your neck long and your shoulders easy. Think like this...

http://www.inbedwithsue.com/wp-content/ … Q5911a.jpg

This is awesome Carl, thank you so much! Moving around in the chair was a bit of a challenge

Lallure Photographic wrote:
Try going vintage with outfit, and pretend you are going back in time.

I agree.
Wear a beret, and a mod style dress; see if you can find a pair of 1960's square toed shoes. This makes me think fondly of the Mary Quant floral mini dress I owned for a time.
Also, I think your pale makeup is great for this.
Have fun

Torttu Doris wrote:
Moi Kaikille!

A photographer friend of mine has an awesome vintage bowl chair from the sixties at his home. Naturally, the two of us got together and shoot some.

What should have been an amazing shoot, turned out sort of 'meh'. All on my part, I think the photographer did great. My friend was sweet enough to agree to a reshoot, this Tuesday.

Apart from the obvious scruffy hair and make-up. what else could I do differently next shoot? Expression, angles etc.? This chair is awesome, a vintage icon and very sought after. Therefore I want to do it justice (as well as my friend) with a selection of great pics.

All directions welcome!

Your look is kind of black and white but the chair looks pink
Add color to toe nails and fingernails, plus some bright lipstick
The black shoes look clunky in this photo; try bare foot or really pointy toed shoes
Long earrings that dangle
Instead of left arm going down by your side, place it up above your head even if it is outside the chair, make sure your right arm is involved with the pose too
Wear bracelets to match earrings, like many gold bangles on only one arm
Pink dress with big poke-a-dots
Try upside down with head dangling toward floor and legs in the air
A piece of sheer colored cloth that envelopes the chair and is wrapped around you
Have fun with it, just wish I was the one photographing you, it would be awesome!