Vancouver Creative Call Prep Guide

Get Ready, Gorgeous.

This is your no-panic, no-overthinking guide for your Vancouver Creative Call session. Read it once. Breathe. Pack your bag. Then come ready to play in the art.

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First Things First

You do not need to know what you’re doing.

That is literally my job.

You do not need modelling experience. You do not need to practice poses in the mirror. You do not need to arrive as some perfectly polished version of yourself.

Come open. Come curious. Come willing to move, breathe, laugh, feel awkward for five seconds, and then realize you are actually kind of a damn masterpiece.

This is not about perfection. This is about presence.

The Quick Checklist

Pack these. Do these. Don’t panic.

Bring
Robe + slippers

Bring a robe plus slippers, slides, or easy slip-on shoes so you can stay comfy between sets.

Wear
Loose clothing

Wear loose clothing on the way to your session to avoid marks from tight waistbands, bras, socks, or seams.

Avoid
Spray tans

No spray tans. No tanning lotion. No last-minute bronzing experiments. Your real skin photographs beautifully.

Hair + Makeup

If you’re doing your own glam, keep it simple and intentional.

Professional hair and makeup is lovely, but it is not required. Natural is beautiful. My lighting is designed to flatter skin, mood, emotion, texture, and connection.

✦Prep your skin with gentle exfoliation and hydration the day before. Do not try a brand-new skincare product the night before your session.
✦Use makeup that feels like you, just slightly polished. Think clean skin, defined lashes, softly sculpted cheeks, and a lip you feel good wearing.
✦If you love drama, bring it. A smoky eye, nude lip, gloss, or liner can be stunning. Just make sure you still feel like yourself.
✦Bring your lip colour, powder, brush, and anything you might want for touchups.
✦For hair, clean and dry is best unless we’ve discussed otherwise. Loose waves, natural texture, sleek hair, messy undone movement, or pulled-back editorial vibes can all work beautifully.

Wardrobe Ideas

Bring options. We’ll create the vibe together.

You do not need to bring a suitcase full of things, but options help us play. Choose pieces that feel like an extension of your personality, not a costume you think you “should” wear.

✦Bring 3–4 lingerie or wardrobe options if possible so we have variety to play with. Black lingerie, bodysuits, lace, mesh, satin, sheer pieces, garter belts, stockings, robes, or oversized button-down shirts all photograph beautifully.
✦Something personal: a leather jacket, favourite jeans, a white tank, a band tee, a blazer, boots, jewelry, or a piece that feels very you.
✦Something soft: sheets, sweaters, slips, robes, bare skin, natural textures, or anything that lets us create more intimate, quiet images.
✦Something bold: body jewelry, dramatic earrings, red lipstick, boots, gloves, harness-style pieces, or anything with a little edge.
✦Remove tags and steam or hang anything that wrinkles easily before you come.

Very Important

Please do not do these things.

No spray tans or tanning lotion. They often photograph orange, patchy, muddy, or uneven under studio lighting, especially around hands, feet, knees, elbows, and skin folds.

No tight clothing on the way to your session. Bra marks, sock lines, leggings seams, and tight waistbands can linger on skin longer than you think.

No brand-new beauty experiments. This is not the week to try a new facial, peel, wax, self-tanner, or skincare product your skin has never met before.

No overthinking required. Truly. You will be guided through everything.

Before Your Session

Your tiny timeline of sanity.

A few days before

Start gathering wardrobe options, remove tags, steam wrinkled items, confirm your route, and ask any questions you have.

The night before

Pack your bag, hydrate, moisturize, charge your phone, and get as much sleep as life allows. Please avoid alcohol or anything that makes you feel puffy, foggy, or not like yourself.

The day of

Eat something. Drink water. Wear loose clothing. Bring your robe, slippers or slides, wardrobe options, and a little trust in the process.

Behind The Scenes

This is a creative call, so we’ll also be creating content.

As part of this project, we will capture behind the scenes photos and video, outfit moments, movement, reactions, and pieces of the creative process.

You do not have to perform. You do not have to be “on.” I want the real experience: the nerves, the laughter, the transformation, the little holy shit moments.

This is part of helping future clients understand what this experience actually feels like.

Location + Arrival

New Vancouver Studio

Address:
1460 Burrard St, Vancouver, BC

Parking:
There is free street parking on that block and the surrounding few blocks when available.

If street parking is full, there is a paid parking lot under the Burrard Street Bridge, about a 1 minute walk from the studio.

When you arrive:
Please text me at 604-835-2747.

Please do not use the doorbell. Just text when you arrive and I’ll guide you from there.

Final Reminder

Come as you are. We’ll make the art from there.

You are allowed to be nervous. You are allowed to be excited. You are allowed to show up not knowing exactly what to do.

That’s the whole point. You don’t have to arrive transformed. You just have to arrive.

I cannot wait to create with you.

Cristal Sawatzky Studio · Vancouver Creative Call Prep Guide · 604.835.2747
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