When photographing people, you can have a great composition,
perfect light, and the right camera settings, but if your subject
doesn't look right--if the pose is off--the shot will not be a
keeper. Posing is truly a crucial skill that photographers need to
have in order to create great photographs. If you're looking to
improve your ability to pose your subjects--whether they're men,
women, couples, or groups--best-selling author and photographer
Lindsay Adler's The Photographer's Guide to Posing: Techniques to
Flatter Everyone is the perfect resource for you. In the first half
of The Photographer's Guide to Posing, Lindsay discusses how the
camera sees, and thus how camera angle, lens choice, and
perspective all affect the appearance of your subject. Lindsay then
covers the five most important things that ruin a pose--such as
placement of the hands, and your subject's expression and posture.
If you can look out for and avoid these five things, your skills
(and your images) will quickly improve. Next, Lindsay dives into
"posing essentials," outlining her approach to start with a "base
pose," then build on that to create endless posing opportunities.
She also discusses posing the face--with specific sections
dedicated to the chin, jaw, eyes, and forehead--as well as posing
hands. In the second half of the book, Lindsay dedicates entire
chapters to posing specific subject matter: women, men, couples,
curvy women, families and small groups, and large groups. In each
chapter, Lindsay addresses that subject matter's specific
challenges, provides five "go-to poses" you can always use, and
covers how to train the eye to determine the best pose for your
subject(s). In the final chapter of the book, Lindsay brings it all
together as she teaches you how to analyze a pose so that you can
create endless posing opportunities and continuously improve your
work.
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Must have book for photographers
Mon, 19 Sep 2022 | Review
by: Pieter B.
This book is almost a must have for photographers, covers how to pose everyone, from women to men to groups to couples, especially things you need to look out for such as tension in the hands.
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