Posing for Portrait Photography

Practice on people who look like your buying clients, not like
models. Experiment with ways of making the upper body and face
look flawless. Photograph both men and woman, thin people and
heavy people. Challenge yourself to observe every detail in every
pose. Make sure that you know exactly what you are putting on film
(or in your digital file). If you see one thing that was out of place or
different than you thought it would be, go back and practice some
more.
Practice not only remembering the poses you like, but refining
those poses. Look to make each pose perfect, making each part of
the body look good both as an individual element of the pose and

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If you can’t consistently make head-and-

shoulders images look great, you’ll be in real

trouble when it comes to posing the entire

body.

If you see one thing that was

out of place, go back and

practice some more.