Breasts.Large breasts sometimes sag. Brooke was concerned about this.
A lot of times photographing a subject in a bra (thank you Victoria’s Secret)
will help, but sometimes you’ll want a topless image. “Everyone likes them,”
Brooke, a regional rock singer, said. “But I’m really self-conscious about how
they look.” Still she wanted them in the image. In the sample image, I’ve
posed her on her back, contrary to advice some photographers will give. That
can be true if you don’t raise her arms, but raise her arms and her breasts fol-
low, resulting in a very sensual and glamorous portrait. An alternative could
have been supporting her breasts by folding her arms under her bustline,
which I would have done had I taken a bird’s-eye view (remember the movie
American Beauty).
Some women are self-conscious about their small breasts. This can be ad-
dressed in two ways. First, you can divert the viewer’s attention to some other
part of the subject’s body. For instance, you can focus on the beautiful S-
shaped lines you create with her pose. You can also add something to her
surroundings—perhaps adding water sensually splashing over her body or
some other attention-getter.
Second, you can have your subject support her breasts by crossing her
arms over them. This gives the impression that she is coyly covering her
breasts. At the same time, though, her arms are doing the same thing as a
push-up bra. To finish, position the subject so the light is crossing her body,
creating a shadow in her cleavage.FLATTERING FACES AND FIGURES 55For a subject with large breasts, lifting her
arms lifts the breasts, too. This creates a more
firm and shapely look.