Jeff Smith. Posing Techniques for Location Portrait Photography. 2008

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rection, correct it. It’s that simple. (Note:If the subject is nervous, they will
instinctively tilt their head toward the high shoulder, making themselves look
very awkward.)
When photographing a woman with long hair, I look to the hair to help
decide the direction the head will be tilted and the direction the body will be
turned. Long hair is beautiful, and there must be an empty space to put it. A
woman’s hair is usually thicker on one side of her head than the other. The
tilt will go to the fuller side of the hair and the pose will create a void on the
same side for it to drape into. This means she will sometimes be tilting toward
the lower shoulder.
Guys typically, on the other hand, generally do look better tilting the head
toward their lower shoulder or not tilting at all. But again, the pose and the
circumstance dictate the direction the head is tilted or whether it is not tilted
at all.


With guys, the head usually looks best tilted
toward the low shoulder or not tilted at all.

Long hair is beautiful,

and there must be

an empty space to put it.
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