Most portfolios fail before the camera is on. The look is wrong for the market, the fit is wrong for the frame, and no amount of retouching rescues a decision that should have been made at the rack.
So we make the decisions early. Every session starts on paper: who the book is for, which agencies open it, what the season is asking. Then wardrobe, hair, and light are built to answer, and the shutter only confirms it.