Even though Denise is lying on her back, the pose is
still an S. We’ve pulled her right shoulder and right
hip toward each other. This causes an arch in her
back right at her waistline. Raising her right knee
completes the S. If we wanted a more defiant atti-
tude, we could have tipped her head toward her left
shoulder. (Note:This is a really attractive nude pose
too. If Denise were nude, we’d have taken a slightly
lower camera angle and tipped her knee a little
more to keep too much female flesh out of the
picture.)
Dana’s fiancé was a serviceman stationed overseas,
and she wanted to send him a gift while he was
away. We used a white seamless background, spread
sheets of mylar on the floor, and added gelled red
and blue lights on the background. A powerful
strobe projected the stars at about a stop hotter
than the background. A 3x4-foot bell-shaped soft-
box lit Dana. Note that Dana is in a C pose. The
camera angle is low to lengthen her body, because
she’s not tall—only about five feet. Further, we ex-
posed as much of her left leg as possible both to
lengthen her look and to tease a little bit.Brooke is shown in a basic C pose. The wet hair
look, made popular by Calvin Klein ads, gives her a
really sexy look. The angle, shot over her back, is a
good variation. As with other poses, this shouldn’t
be shot straight on, but rather with the body at an
angle to the camera. There are two reasons. First,
you don’t want her tush to be too prominent. Sec-
ond, most people don’t have the flexibility to get a
decent facial angle with their back square to the
camera. Note Brooke’s two-thirds basic facial
angle. If she had to twist her neck excessively, the
pose would no longer look natural.This pose requires strength in the back to keep the line straight or slightly arched—try it yourself. Not only is the back important, note the positioning of the feet
and legs. One foot, preferably the front one, is placed behind the other, raising that knee and partially hiding the other leg. Your subject must either wear heels
or raise her heels off the floor. Not all your clients will be able to pull it off, but for the ones who can, the lines of the body are absolutely gorgeous.