Waist. Let’s start with waists. “It’s really safe to say all women want their
waist thinner,” said Gayla. I won’t question that. I don’t really care what a
model’s waist actually measures, it needs to look thin. What most women
don’t realize is that “thin” is judged visually in comparison to the hips and
shoulders. Let’s say your client is posed with her body at a 45-degree angle
to the camera. If we turn her shoulders back toward the camera, the shoul-
ders appear wider. Her waist hasn’t changed, but it now appears thinner. To
accentuate this, turn her hips slightly toward the camera. Don’t do this, how-
ever, if your client has big hips or thinks her hips are too wide.
Stomach.Rachel (below) had just had a baby, so it’s not even realistic to
expect a flat, toned midsection for at least a year. In looking over her ques-
tionnaire, I noticed she thought she had a nice butt—and it was one of herRachel had just had a baby, so we chose a pose
that concealed her midsection and focused on
one of her favorite features—her bottom.