away from the camera to accentuate the model’s shape and bring out those
S curves. Pay close attention to the hands in this pose. Sometimes having
the model use her hands can help break up any stiffness—something as
simple as the model playing with her hair, adjusting her sunglasses, zipping
or unzipping her pants, or placing her hands in her pockets can add a great
flavor to this pose.
The Backside Pose.
There are many ways to create a backside pose, a shot in which the pho-
tographer shoots from an angle that captures the model’s backside more
“I Can Model God”-owner Tess was pho-
tographed in Beverly Hills, where I no-
ticed this tree and felt it would be a great
to have her lean back onto it. I asked
Tess to step away from the tree about a
foot, then lean back and grab the tree,
thus creating a nice arch along the
length of her body. This resulted in a
natural S-curve along the length of her
torso. (Camera:Canon 5D;Lens:Canon
70–200mm F/2.8L IS, USM lens, effective
focal length at 95mm;ISO:100;Shutter
speed:^1 / 200 second;Aperture:f/11;
Lighting:Lighting, Hensel Integra Pro
Plus 500 monolight fitted with a medium
Chimera Soft Strip and a Lighttools 40-
degree honeycomb grid;White balance:
6000K)112POSINGTECHNIQUESFORGLAMOURPHOTOGRAPHY