3. Show, donot tell/show the position what you want the client to do
4. be tactful to use you words
5. Try different positions
6. understand the purpose
sexy/happy/natural/wholesome
7. Traditional posing (工作证照)slight changes in the angles of the body
not laughing
not serious
not scowl
8. Casual posing/usually for loved one
postion looks like she/he is watching TV, talkingon the phone, picnic
resting postion: arms rest one the legs, the chine rest on the hands, back is pose at more of angle (不用直腰）
9.glamorous posing
position by Victoria's Secret of Frederkick's of Hellywood, but wear more clothes.
12 choose the backgroundstrong, straigth lines == a sense of structure and strength
curved lines == softer, artistic look
13. choose the clothing
clothing match the posing
14 choose the lightingFace: left, right light ration in the 3:1 to 4:1 range to create shadow, be careful the shadow of nose
Body: the body poase tow the shadow side, body looks like more thin by create the shadow
15. Decide what to show
the purpose of the shooting
No always full - length
16. Compose
17. crop the pose
No always portrait length, but always.
19. Facelifting the hands or arms frame the face for an appealing look.
20. The head tilt
Tilt to should which make image looks great. (废话）
most of the time, tilt to high shoulder. But not to far.
For women with long har, tilting toward the fuller side of the hair gives it a sapce to fall into.
21. Watch the catchlights
Try to manage your light to the eyes in order to create catchlight.
22. The position of the eyes
Positing the iris toward the corner of the sys opening ives the eye more impact.
23. eye contact
look at someone, not something.
24. reflective poses
show one eye of two?
45-50 degress angle to the subject's nose.
25. The Nose
The top of noise and the shadow created by the side of the nose
The shodow makes nose looks bigger
26. The ears
direct to the camera, the ears are more prominent. Turning the face to an angle and providing less tonal separation reduces the visibility of the ears
27. The Mouth
Relax you smile
28 The neck and chin
The neck is the first area of the body to show weight gain and age.
A high-neck sweater, or raise the shoulder closer to the camera toward her chin. These are two way to cancel the area.
29. Shoulders
A man should appear broad
A woman at less of an angle / slimmer
30 Arms
Suggest wear long sleeves
posing the arms away from the boby creates a slimmer view of the waist
31 use the arms to conceal
32. Hands
Give them sth to do: onto the other arm, reting on a leg, holding the arm of a chair, support the face
If the hand is looks good: Fists/hands in pockets
33. Bust
To increse the shadow in the cleavage area, turn the subject away from the main light
for bresst uneven woman
Dark, loose cloth
lower the camer angle
hide smaller breast behind the larger breast
34. Waist
Woman always want their waistlines to appear as thin as possible. A pose with body turn will help it
When seat, it will have a roll
straighten their back
looser pants
use arm, cross legs, or sth to hide
Lying pose
can hide belly,
be careful face size
35. hips and thighs (stnading)
turn to shadow side
put on foot on a step, prop, or set
wear slacks (西裤）
36. hips and thight (seating)
Commond problem: down flat, their rear end will mushrrom out, and looks larger
roll toward the near hip
differnaitate the legs
between legs area will be problem:
loose pants
hide it
37. hips and thight (lying)
separated
taper down to knee
38. Legs
One leg is support leg, another is accent leg
accent leg can cross ove, extend out, bend, raise up BUT never duplicate the support leg
39. Shift the weight
Shift weight from support leg to accent leg (with sth, like chair, wall) will somehow increase the hip size
40. Avoid in leg posing
Both feet flat on the ground (static , stiff, and boring)
Two legs to close (look thicker because they are not defined as two legs)
Bothe leg identical (not always)
Both feet dangling (one must be grounded)
The accent leg too high (cause mushrooming and distortion)
41. Others about leg
ankle:
muscle
color
42. feet
clean/donot appear larger and toe longer
Not funky color of toenail polish
Shoe
43. pose for a full-length
44.emphasize the positive
Try to know what client believe to be great and want to emphasize
45. Minimize the negativeFor man: a large waistline, double chin, baldness
For woman: a large waistline, wide hips and thights, cankles
46. posting outdoors
choose a natrual-looking areas, Not maincured garden or parks.
47. Posing Woman: changllenges
They believe they are beautiful, reailty is not at all.
What is kind of posing they can accepte
48. Posting Woman: communication
Evaluating her needs: license photo, or sexy photo
her concerns: emphasize her breast or minimize it.
49. posing woman: cloting
The clothing set the tone
make flattering choices
pay attention to detail
50 Posing Woman: Concerns
weight: thickness
hips and thighs , bottom: shaving off a few inch
Face: wideness, underneath the chin
upper arms: cover with hair or cloth
hands: "sausage fingers"
waistline: wear black
legs: with nylons and tigh to thick the legs. BUT: Nylon with open-toed shoes looks just as bad as socks with sandals.
feet: each toe must be perfect shaped with no bumps and bugle
51. Posing woman: example
How to long her legs
shorter shorts to reveal more of her thigh
wear high heels
extend her bottom leg, cross top leg to low leg
Enlarge her bust
shadow in the cleavage area
53. Posing Man
Comfort is keyman like sit with legs open/ you need to pose their open legs away from the camera.
let man be man
56. Group portraits
Coordinate the clothing
Simple, classic attire is best
Identify the predominant person
proximity