Contents:
The Art of Photography. How to Create Stunning Digital Photography. Thinking, Fast and Slow.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. The Digital Photography Book, Part 2. Fine Art Wedding Photography. Mastering the Model Shoot. Master Posing Guide for Portrait Photographers.
www.farmersmarketmusic.com: Doug Box's Guide to Posing for Portrait Photographers ( ): Douglas Allen Box: Books. Editorial Reviews. Review. "You will surely gain more understanding. Doug Box's Guide to Posing for Portrait Photographers - Kindle edition by Douglas Allen.
Master's Guide to Wedding Photography. Captured by the Light.
The Best of Family Portrait Photography. Wedding Photography from the Heart. Your Family in Pictures. Monte Zucker's Portrait Photography Handbook. Rolando Gomez's Glamour Photography.
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Unfortunately, the angle of the hands to the camera makes the hands appear too prominent.
Posing the hands as if the woman was pulling the chair out, with her hands on the sides of the chair back, provides a more elegant, graceful view. The photos above illustrate two more hand posing options. The image on top shows too much of the back of the hands. The bottom photo presents a more desirable, graceful view.
Be careful to ensure that the fingers are not tightly curled into the palm; again, in this position, the hands look too much like fists.
When creating a pose, it is often desirable to create a triangular form. If you look at the series of images shown on the previous page, you will see these concepts at work. When posing the arms, keep in mind that they should not be held tightly against the body, as this will flatten the arms and seem to widen the arms and torso.
Always take a moment to finesse a pose to make sure your subject looks her best.
Here, you can see the improvements in the refined pose bottom over the starting pose top. When a subject has a good figure, you want to show it off by showing the waistline.
I did not like the way her left arm was positioned in the image below. The bottom image shows a better presentation of her left arm. Note the position of her right arm in the bottom portrait. The pose deemphasizes the waist area and can be useful for posing larger subjects. This shortens the perceived length of the arms.
Note that her shoulders drop almost straight down.
Though this is not ideal, it looks okay in this case. You might consider re-creating some of the poses shown in this book with some of your own subjects. Also, magazines, classic portraits painted by the old masters, and even catalogs can be a great resource when learning how to best present the body. You can create an idea file to expand your posing repertoire, or you might present a collection of images showing posing options to your clients.