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What to wear

What to wear

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What to wear

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- A major concern you need to address for people when they're coming for portraits is what to wear. People want to know what they should wear. And it's a very good concern, but I don't think you need to stress about it, and you need to help people feel relaxed about it as well. Two things. Wear clothing that's appropriate for what your business is. If this is a business portrait, you should probably be wearing the kind of clothes you would wear doing your business. If you're a doctor, maybe you're wearing a tie, maybe even bring a lab coat. Whatever it is that you're known for wearing in your business, that's what you should wear. I would also recommend wearing clothes that you feel like you look good wearing. If you have a shirt that you don't like putting it on, don't wear that one; don't bring it. If you have a shirt that everybody says, "Wow, you look great today!" whenever you wear that shirt, that is definitely a shirt you should bring along with you. Tell people to bring a…

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