Posing for Portrait Photography

POSING PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY a head-to-toe guide JEFF SMITH Amherst MediaPUBLISHER OF PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS® POSING for PORTRAIT PHOT ...

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1. SIX THINGS TABLE OF CONTENTS ...

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INTRODUCTION. Salable Posing. Obstacles to Salable Posing. The Client Knows Best. Learning Posing. Show, Don’t Tell. Update Y ...

The human form. It can be shaped and proportioned to be one of the most beautiful subjects on earth. At the same time, the body ...

vidual client. This is completely the opposite of the way all of us learn photography. We are taught that every detail of every ...

hard to get past. It’s important to understand that classic posing theories came from a different place and a much different tim ...

shoulder. It isn’t until I show them how awkward that tilt can make some women look in some poses that they start to understand ...

younger photographers who haven’t studied art theory, buy some books, go to some museums, enjoy the beauty in the work of the pa ...

makes oneclient happy, will not necessarily make another client happy. How to make clients happy is a subject that could easily ...

Show, Don’t Tell.One of the best learning tools for posing is to show poses to clients by posing yourself first. If you can’t de ...

come up with a new variation that is more comfortable for them and that you can add to your pose selections. When this happens, ...

If, however, a photographer understands the basics of posing each part of the body, recognizes the problems that are inherent wi ...

When I hire a new photographer at the studio, they start in the yearbook room. (If you haven’t read any of my other books, I hav ...

Make sure the shoulders, waist, and hips are never squared off to the camera. Make sure the arms are never posed in contact wit ...

Decreasing the lighting ratio produces a flat look in the portrait. I call this “mall lighting,” because the inexperienced photo ...

Number Three: The Arms. When the arms are allowed to hang down to the side of a client, the body isn’t defined. It is one mass, ...

Strong catchlights in the eyes are the single most important aspect of a portrait (from a lighting standpoint). The main light s ...

is running perfectly vertical in the frame, the person in the portrait appears stiff. Visually, you are telling everyone who see ...