Fashion

Casting brief

Marisol, 31, Filipino and Spanish heritage, 168 cm, UK 12. Warm, easy presence, real freckles and skin texture.

Light brief

One set-up per style: a single bare spotlight with no fill on burnt orange, flat overcast daylight on film stock, one hard spot from high left for black and white, one on-camera flash at night. Lookbook in soft north-window daylight.

Hair and make-up brief

Skin first: bare, with real texture, freckles and a little shine, brows groomed only. Long wavy hair loose on a centre parting, natural frizz and flyaways.

Casting brief

Elias, 25, Scandinavian, 185 cm, lean. Ash-blond grown-out crop, grey-blue eyes, a quiet, still presence.

Light brief

Lookbook in very even, soft frontal daylight on light-grey seamless, almost shadowless. Editorial in flat overcast daylight on film stock in Stockholm's old town, and one hard spot from high left for black and white.

Hair and make-up brief

Real skin texture and slight redness kept, light stubble, no smoothing. Hair left natural and slightly grown out, no product.

Casting brief

Noor, 27, East African heritage, 178 cm. Close-cropped natural hair, strong straight brows, high cheekbones, calm and striking.

Light brief

One hard direct light from high camera left, like low sun through a window, throwing her shadow on the wall to the right. Same direction in every studio frame so the stills cut together as one shoot.

Hair and make-up brief

Clean skin with pores and small marks, no visible foundation, brows cleaned only. Natural close crop, nothing added.

Casting brief

Marisol again, in a new register: night energy, direct to camera, confident in a sheer top.

Light brief

One harsh on-camera flash, the only light: specular highlights on skin and satin, a hard shadow a hand-width to her right, the deep charcoal wall dropping to black.

Hair and make-up brief

Flash shine on bare skin kept on purpose, freckles visible, brows groomed only. Long wavy hair loose so it moves in the spin.