Posing for Portrait Photography

the years. The common ground between them is that none of them
have figured out that it isn’t your magnificent technical skills that
make you successful. Rather, it is your way of dealing with people
that makes clients realize how magnificent your skills really are.
What you think of yourself doesn’t determine success, it is what your
clients think of you that does.
It is all about compassion. If you can’t understand the mistakes
your clients make in preparing for the session, you can’t have com-
passion for them.
Interpreting Emotions. Posing also deals with interpreting and
conveying emotions. The way in which a body flows evokes a cer-
tain look or emotion from the viewer. This is one of the reasons why
so many photographers have a hard time with it. They understand
the technical side of photography but think it is unnecessary to
understand the emotional aspects.
I had a photographer in the studio a few years back who was
very skilled in setting up lighting, determining exposure, and all the

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You can’t create feeling in a portrait without

being able to possess that feeling yourself.

What you think of yourself doesn’t

determine success, it is what your

clients think of you that does.