First it was my friends, after this I put my chose artistic people (dancers, actors, performers...) because they can understand better what I want. I don't need to explain or argue with them for long. After a while, it's the reputation that plays an important part, if you're okay with people they speak about this with others. Be professional is the first condition, the second condition for a photographer is to have a little bit of psychology. When I present an idea, sometimes I hide some elements because I feel the model might refuse the idea. During the session my job is to win the confidence of models, if i get it, all is possible!
How do you explain what you need to models, what they have to do in a frame? How do you get the proper shot?
It's difficult to explain, it's like an intuition, I do this job and meet people in a strange manner. I can ask please get out your clothes, please put this potato on your face, don't move for 15 minutes... Art allows that, so I can experiment in relation to the art. It's a kind of adventure with another human, a journey for 3 hours with very strange rules. What they have to do in a frame, first listen to what I try to say/explain and it's not simple because I don't know exactly what I want....
Have you ever been interested in what people feel looking at your photographs? Does their opinion agree often with yours? Do you like their reaction?
I'm curious, I'm interested in their opinion even if I never intended to show what some people explain to me about my pictures.