Can't find the thread I discuss my art work in, but basically I make oil paintings working off photos. Recently I've asked three beautiful women (my GF, my daughter, and a co-worker) if they would be willing to pose for a short period for some photographs for me to make portraits from (fully clothed--I paint nudes but I have severe shyness issues to overcome with all three, so I'm not even going there now--and with my daughter, of course, ever). All three are mulling this offer over, and I suspect that one or the other of them will agree to pose at some point.
How I do deal? What should I do to take a shy, self-conscious person who's pretty uncomfortable putting her beauty on display reveal that beauty in a short period before the camera? Any tips, suggestions, warnings, ideas, etc. appreciated. (I've stressed that I'd only want them to pose for a few minutes--the idea of sitting for an actual painting for hours on end is simply out of the question.) I'll be glad to hear from both experienced photographers and models,reluctant and otherwise.