About Natalia Taffarel

Natalia Taffarel is an Argentinan High End Retoucher. She is quite an expert on colors. She is neurotic, detail maniac, and a control freak who thinks beauty is shown solely through the details. You can see more of her work on her website and follow her on Facebook.

Pretty girls make lousy models

May 16, 2017 by Natalia Taffarel 11 Comments

When shooting fashion or beauty for an editorial/commercial market the most important thing will always be the team – No Exceptions.

The model will be the most important part of this team – The subject of your images.

This is something that aspiring photographers take a lot of time to understand. And aspiring photographers find a lot of excuses around this fact. (Of course, the ones that do get it, are not aspiring for long).

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Testing, retouching and photography etiquette

March 26, 2016 by Natalia Taffarel 2 Comments

The word “testing” can have a variety of different meanings in the industry.

But it always refers to creatives sharing their time to create something as a team.

In commercial photography the test is done to see if the model is suitable for a commercial shoot, since models cost a lot of money and “bad chemistry” can cost the client too much.

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The Client Is Always Right, Even When They’re Not

February 27, 2016 by Natalia Taffarel 1 Comment

Of course this is more of an attitude than a literal truth. Point being, you’re the only one responsible for your business.

I worked in two projects recently and both clients went out of their way to thank me for my cooperation and good attitude, that got me thinking…

How is everyone else working? Why do they feel it’s necessary to thank me for just doing my job properly?

So I have decided to leave technique aside for today and write about being a service provider. Lets face it, as freelancers, we need to train ourselves to think like one.

Each project is unique, behind every project there’s a person.

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