Posing for Portrait Photography

look good. Again, it is easier to isolate whatnot to do, then move
on to learning what todo. The deadly sins of posing the legs are:

1.In a standing pose, never put both feet flat on the ground

in a symmetrical perspective to the body.

2. Never position the feet so close together that there is no
   separation between the legs/thighs.
   3.Never do the same thing with each leg (with a few excep-
   tions, like when both knees are raised side by side).
   4.Never have both feet dangling; one must be grounded.
   5.Never bring the accent leg so high that it touches the
   abdomen.
   6.Don’t ever expect one pose to work on everyone.

There is no one pose that will always work. Because of how flex-
ible clients are (or are not), as well as how their bodies are designed,
no single pose—no matter how simple it is—will make everyone
look good. This is the golden rule of posing: when a client appears
to be having a problem with a pose, scrap it. Don’t struggle for five
minutes trying to get it to work.

100 POSING FOR PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY

Never do the same thing with both legs. Even

a small variation will make the pose look

much more polished.