Describe your contribution accurately
Identify the part you actually undertook. A portfolio caption can name the brief, the working context and the choices you contributed without suggesting that every element was yours. Distinguish concept, makeup, hair, styling, photography and any other relevant roles so that the account remains understandable.
Ask who can authorise the use
Participation in a shoot does not settle every right to publish its images. Confirm the permission relevant to the intended destination and purpose. Ask the responsible people before assuming that a personal portfolio, an editorial proposal and a commercial promotion are covered by the same agreement.
Keep credits attached as work moves
A shared image can move from a project account to a personal portfolio, a discussion or a publication. Preserve the original credits and context through that movement. Do not turn a team project into an implied sole achievement or allow an illustrative photograph to become a claim about a real client or member.
Separate references, studies and results
Label a reference as a reference and identify its source. Explain whether your own example is a personal study, supervised exercise, collaboration or actual commission. A public post is not proof of unrestricted reuse, and a visually polished result does not establish a qualification, current service or independent assessment outcome.
Protect the people in the account
Keep private client, learner and workplace information out of general discussion. Ask before naming somebody, quoting feedback or sharing personal details. If a permission is uncertain, clarify it before publishing and use another authorised example rather than relying on a general association conversation to approve the use.
Make correction part of the practice
If a credit, role or current relationship is inaccurate, seek the appropriate correction through the responsible channel. Retain the context needed to explain a past project honestly. A professional account should not imply that every past collaboration is current or that an association has endorsed the person, work or service.