Fashion and beauty photography is very people oriented and requires a team effort in order to produce great results. As a result, not only will one need to be a good photographer but also a good people manager.
It is also a very competitive field with a significant number of very capable photographers and stylists around. One other big challenge, as far as photography goes, is that it is often difficult for the average person to separate the pure photographic elements from the styling/modeling elements of an image.
The quality of who we shoot and who we work with is very important.