Posing for Portrait Photography

themselves a nice suit, only a successful person that knows how to

dress will spend the extra money on a pair of shoes that is as nice as

their suit.

As the clothing gets more casual, tennis shoes or bare feet are

the best choices. Wearing socks without shoes really isn’t a good

idea.

Most of the time, shoe fashion really only matters with women.

Men’s shoes tend to fall into two categories, professional shoes and

casual shoes, so there is little chance for mistakes. Women, however,

have unlimited choices in the styles of their shoes, and usually own

numerous pairs of shoes in any given style.

Since shoes are such a fashion statement with women, male pho-

tographers need to look for “foot fashion faux pas.” There two

things to look out for—both of which have to do with the size of

the shoe compared with the size of the foot. If the shoe is too big,

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The subject’s shoes need to match their cloth-
ing. With women, the fashions may change
quite a bit from outfit to outfit (facing page).
With guys, shoes tend to be less varied and
less prominent (right).

Most of the time, shoe fashion

really only matters with women.