Posing for Portrait Photography

same way, no matter who the portrait is being taken for. Working
with seniors, I can’t count the number of seminars I have been to
where photographers displayed images in which every senior girl
looked like she was twenty-five and seeking employment in a gentle-
men’s club.
A client who is a mother wants to appear beautiful, but not like
she belongs on the cover of a car magazine. A senior, at least to her
parents, wants portraits that make her look like a beautiful seven-
teen-year-old person, not like a seductress. I know Iwould be proud
of a portrait of my daughter in that pose—yeah, right!

86 POSING FOR PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY

Most female clients want images that make

them look feminine and attractive, but not like

seductresses.

A mother wants to appear

beautiful, but not like she belongs

on the cover of a car magazine.