Models provide agencies with Polaroids (not necessarily real polaroids, they are no longer making polaroid film) that show basic parts of a model to give an idea of his/her proportions. The photographs are very basic, no retouching, shot from an angle to give true proportions (not real wide, not shooting high/low just at center of the shot). Many beginning models don’t have these, and providing their best images is good up until the photographer or agency says “but what do you really look like”?

The “polaroids” can be done with a point/shoot camera against a plain light colored background, wearing a two piece bathing suit (if you’re a girl that is.)

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