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 what
I am trying to teach them.
Believe it or not, guys have changed, too. We don’t kill our own
prey, we shower regularly (well, until the whole “grunge” thing with
younger people came along), we help raise our children, and we are
allowed to be much less rigid and unemotional. This means you
don’t have to make every executive portrait of a man look as though
he has a stick up his backside. It’s alright to have Dad lean forward
or recline back slightly. He can even smile a little in a family portrait,
so he actually looks like he is enjoying himself.
That said, the first step in learning how to pose today’s client is
to overlook what you have learned about the clients of yesterday.
Notice I said overlook, not forget.It is important to understand clas-
sic posing, but once you understand it, move on. For any of youINTRODUCTION 9Women want to look like women, of course,
but they also want to look confident and
intelligent.