Wanting to pursue a career in modeling implies some fundamental factors such as preparing a series of professional photos to show to the client or the agency that will make the selection. After preparing the book, the curriculum photo, is the moment of “composite”, which will act as a business card containing a photo and added some personal details. When the casting will be viewing the photos in the book are located to select the aspiring future models, ask them something to remember the face, and the details of the girls to contact all those who have passed the audition: the composite. But let’s see what it is and how to make a composite for Models.

This special card is an important tool for the promotion of the image and is made ​​of a sheet A5 size (20×15) or on a folder with two sides, in which are engraved a print in the foreground, and the other smaller images physical data of the participants.

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A well-structured composite ensures that the image we present to be selected in the field that concerns us; as well as for the book, this document should contain our best shots, chosen with care and attention; in fact, they represent our ability, so will have to be absolutely perfect and, after studying well our potential, we decide what area we would like to introduce ourselves.

Usually, the home page, is impressed with a close-up photo with the written name (the name of baptism) and the initial of the last name; on the back, however, can coexist with two to four views, possibly some in costume and some with clothes that enhance physical appearance. In addition, they are also referred to the circumference of bust, waist and hips, as well as shoe size, the size, the color of the eyes and the hair. You will need to bring them both in Italian that in English one, remembering to indicate a telephone number.

To make this work, it is good to lean on the printing presses, which will carry out the printing on the card, or you can rely on, directly, to the professionalism of a good photographer; but if you want you can create it with your hands, using “Adobe Photoshop”. Open the program and create a new document by clicking “File> New”, and select the desired size; open one at a time all copies and you have to insert, using the “move” drag, with the help of the mouse, in the document that you have created, taking care to place the center or in the home page, the bigger picture.

Select the “edit” to resize the poses chosen, bringing the cursor at the top of these, hold down the keyboard key “shift” to lengthen or zoom their size. Position them again selected parts of the page and repeat the process for each of the shots.