Posing for Portrait Photography

shoe pointing down. Similarly, if you have a woman standing on
both feet, you should make one leg the support leg and the other
the accent leg. If you have the accent leg angled to the side (rather
than the toes pointing at the camera), it will make the pose look
even more interesting and flatter the legs even more.
Even in a seated pose, one leg normally extends to the floor in
order to, for lack of a better word, “ground” the pose. The body
needs to be grounded. Have you have seen a person with short legs
sit in a chair where their feet don’t touch the ground? While this is

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In this classic pose, the weight is put on one

leg and the accent leg is crossed over with the

toe pointing down.

Even in a seated pose, one leg

normally extends to the floor

in order to ground the pose.