small turn away from the camera. Or have the model lean forward to help
relax the final pose. This will make her appear more approachable and not
so rigid. Have her bend her spine or curve her body (without slouching)
to accentuate the S-curve her body forms. Women are more about curves
than straight lines—though diagonal lines formed by the arms, hair, and
cheekbones are fine.
The Collarbones.
Look for protruding collarbones. If your model is particularly slender, this
can be a problem regardless of the position the model takes. To compen-
sate, you’ll need to adjust your lighting so that it doesn’t create shadows
underneath these bony areas. Sometimes white, fill cards or a carefully
controlled fill light can be aimed at the upper torso area to eliminate this
dilemma. You can also help fill any shadows underneath the collarbones by
LEFT,BELOW,AND FACING PAGE—In this se-
ries of images of Playboy Playmate Hol-
ley Dorrough, notice how her shoulders
shift from squared to tilted. It’s almost
always best to have to avoid having
models square their shoulders to the
camera. The model should either tilt
them or turn one shoulder to the camera
and one away slightly to prevent a mas-
culine appearance.50POSINGTECHNIQUESFORGLAMOURPHOTOGRAPHY