Taking an Individualized Approach.
While glamour photography is about the subject’s inner and outer beauty,
posing is the portrayal of that subject’s body. Does she look tall, short,
fat, thin, curvy, not so curvy, etc.? Poses can affect most of these physical
traits.
Tall Subjects.For example, a taller model can become very short very
quickly if you employ a downward shooting angle and place her in a dress.
Instead, take that same model and have her sit on the corner of the couch.FACING PAGE AND RIGHT—AmericanIdolstar
Amy Davis asked me to photograph her
showing her beautiful back in a natural,
deep-in-thought pose while working with
her in the Virgin Islands. To emphasize
the pose, I photographed her with my
camera set in a monochromatic mode,
adding the mood associated with black
& white photography. The position of
her legs and arms created various diag-
onals that help strengthen the horizontal
format of the image. The “overlit” effect
of the background is created by the
brightly lit window, since the exposure
was based on her skin under less intense
light. By turning her head in one direc-
tion, the mood was further accented.
The second image was photographed al-
most identically, but in color. It was then
processed in Adobe Lightroom to create
a more antique light effect. By changing
the format from horizontal to vertical,
the effect of the image also changes,
thus the pose was changed and a shirt
was added to accentuate the model’s
shape. (Camera:Canon 5D;Lens:Canon
85mm f/1.2L, USM lens, effective focal
length 85mm;ISO:100;Shutter speed:
(^1) / 50 second;Aperture:f/4;Lighting:nat-
ural window light and only the modeling
lamp (3200K) from a Hensel Integra Pro
Plus 500 monolight without a reflector
or light modifier attached (flash was not
triggered);White balance:3900K)