Jeff Smith. Posing Techniques for Location Portrait Photography. 2008

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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 problem with a pose,
scrap it. Don’t struggle for five minutes trying to get it to work.

Feet.


If women didn’t have enough to worry about, now they have to worry about
their feet. This is a relatively new area of concern about attractiveness in our
society (I don’t make the rules, I just respond to them).
Bare Feet.Clients don’t want their feet to appear large, or their toes to
look long. Also to be avoided are funky colors of toenail polish, long toenails
(especially on the guys), or (if possible) poses where the bottoms of the feet
show. If the bottoms of the feet are to show, make sure they are clean.

In portraits where the clothing is casual,
bare feet can be a good choice.


This is a relatively new

area of concern about

attractiveness in our society
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