Book Recommendation
anonymouscuban
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I am reading a book called POSING TECHNIQUES FOR GLAMOUR PHOTOGRAPHY. Author is Rolando Gomez.
I'm about 2/3 of the way through and I have to say it's probably the best thing I've read on the subject. It doesn't just show you a bunch of poses. It discusses how to pose the different areas of the body to yield the most flattering photo. Not specific poses but more general guidelines. Also details how to deal with certain issues like heavy models, short or talk models, ears, noises, tummies, etc. Highly recommend this book.
I'm about 2/3 of the way through and I have to say it's probably the best thing I've read on the subject. It doesn't just show you a bunch of poses. It discusses how to pose the different areas of the body to yield the most flattering photo. Not specific poses but more general guidelines. Also details how to deal with certain issues like heavy models, short or talk models, ears, noises, tummies, etc. Highly recommend this book.
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~scuttles off to amazon + google to have a look~
All of the above. And yes, very applicable. Like I said, it doesn't focus so much on specific poses but gives you an understanding of how to pose certain subjects, to use shadows, highlights and such to hide certain things and accentuate others.
I am just at the part where it starts to discuss when to use standing, sitting and lying poses. The first part, which I've read, breaks the body up into legs, torso and head and thoroughly details how to pose each area.
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Alex, get a load of this: there are also hands!
And IIRC all those parts were around for, uhm, 5-6 million years
Right Nik and he talks about them as well and certain guidelines around posing them. Basically, he discusses his technique of starting with the lower part first, the legs, which includes the thighs, knees, calves and feet. He even mentions your "point the toes" rule Nik. The torso consists of the waist, belly, breast/chest, shoulders, arms and hands. Head/neck is last and he goes into detail about neck, chin, hair, ears, mouth and eyes. So pretty detailed.
Again, not so much as specific poses but more general guidelines. For me, it's been pretty helpful because it gives some things to think about when posing. Instead of looking at a photo of a pose and trying to mimic it, I now have some concept that I can apply, in a consistent and methodical way to come up with good poses on my own that work for the person I am photographing.
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Ah, good then :-)