posing styles to work with: traditional posing, casual posing, journalistic pos-
ing, and glamorous posing. Within a single person’s session you may use a va-
riety of posing styles. This is a business decision you must make. But to learn
posing you need to be able to distinguish between the various types of pos-
ing and know what type of situation each is suited for.
Traditional Posing.Traditional posing is used for portraits for business,
yearbooks, people of power, and people of distinction. This style of posing re-
flects power, and to some degree wealth, respect, and a classic elegance.
Whether these portraits are taken in a head-and-shoulders- or full-length
style, the posing is more linear, with only slight changes in the angles of the
body.The posing needs to be subtle. Most of the time, these clients will feel
more comfortable in a standing rather than a seated position because of the
clothing they are in. The expressions should be more subtle as well. Laugh-CRITICAL DECISIONS 23Traditional posing is subtle, involving only
slight changes in the angles of the body.