Posing for Portrait Photography

(Martin Jones) #1

Posing takes on a whole new dimension when it comes to


arranging multiple subjects within the same composition.
However, all the same rules for posing one person still apply to pos-
ing multiple people.

Proximity and Composition.


As you pose the subjects within a group, it is important to keep a
similar distance between each person. You don’t have to take out a
measuring tape; I said similar, not exact. The main idea is that if one
person seems to be farther away from the group of faces and/or

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9. POSING MULTIPLE CLIENTS.


Placing people physically close together also
creates a sense of emotional closeness.

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