Jeff Smith. Posing Techniques for Location Portrait Photography. 2008

Legs. To a woman, the appearance of her legs is just as important as that of her bustline. The standard of beauty dictates to wo ...

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with short legs sit in a chair where their feet don’t touch the ground? While this is cute for little kids, a pose that is not g ...

matter how simple it is—will make everyone look good. This is the golden rule of posing: when a client appears to be having a pr ...

Minimizing the Apparent Size.Bare feet can be made to look smaller by pushing up the heels of the foot. Similarly, if the feet a ...

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S ince the best-selling portraits are those that show the client as they re- ally are, I thought it fitting to start out our loo ...

t-shirts, shorts and casual tops, and other everyday outfits will work best. Usually, the client will be barefoot. If your clien ...

doesn’t mushroom. Alternately, I may have the subject laying flat on their stomach, because many people with less-than-flat stom ...

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Find Posing Aids. When you work in the studio, you have a choice of posing aids when you want to elevate a part of the body off ...

the foreground. When I light a pose on the ground, I make sure that no ad- ditive light source will brighten the ground in front ...

Posing a small or large group is no different than posing a single person; the poses used are the same or similar. What makes it ...

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Additional Tips. When it comes to posing on the ground, let me give you some bits of advice that will improve the outcome of you ...

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C ertain clients or situations call for a pose that is still relaxed but not on the ground. The decision to get the client up of ...

logs, rocks, fallen trees, and other man-made sitting areas. If your location doesn’t provide any natural or man-made places to ...

tom is now behind you, so it doesn’t mushroom out widening the hips. So that’s our second rule: pose your clients on their hip c ...