Live AMA with Matt Hernandez

[sowil]

How do you make your clients feel comfortable in front of the camera? Especially teenagers.

[Matt Hernandez]

How do you make your clients feel comfortable in front of the camera? Especially teenagers.

That one is always hard! Everyone is different so my every day sarcastic funny remarks wont always work haha. You have to kind of read the room and talk to them to figure out what type of personality they have. The key is talking to them about themselves. If you do that and act genuinely interested they wi

[Matt Hernandez]

How do you make your clients feel comfortable in front of the camera? Especially teenagers.

will hopefully relax

[Matt Hernandez]

How do you make your clients feel comfortable in front of the camera? Especially teenagers.

also taking a really cool dramatic picture right away and showing them will allow them to relax. Once they see that you are going to do your job and make them look good they will lower their guard.

[Matt Hernandez]

How do you make your clients feel comfortable in front of the camera? Especially teenagers.

but there are also always people that wont relax no matter what and those shoots are hard. You just have to push through it and keep trying to talk to them

[Matt Hernandez]

How do you make your clients feel comfortable in front of the camera? Especially teenagers.

NEVER act nervous or like you dont know what youre doing though. Always be in charge and be professional

[sowil]

How do you make your clients feel comfortable in front of the camera? Especially teenagers.

Thanks Matt! It can feel discouraging sometimes but when I have those shoot which everything clicks, it makes me want to keep trying. I am going to keep trying. I hear people say "confidence is key."