Family poses....post yours!

urbanaries · October 27, 2006

I have two outdoor (weather permitting) family shoots this weekend, one family of four, one of five. Looking for some fresh ideas if you have some! The ground will likely be very wet so I don't want to just rely on traditional poses. Any ideas?

Seneca · October 27, 2006

I am having that same problem. In a couple of weeks I'll be shooting pics for a friend of mine who has 2 teenage boys. I'm trying to find out how I should pose them. These boys are 15 & 17 (5'10 & 6'0)...so you see I have a problem too.

rosselliot · October 27, 2006

I tried to start one similar to this, and it didn't take off - AT ALL.

http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=45579

- RE

urbanaries · October 27, 2006

rosselliot wrote:

I tried to start one similar to this, and it didn't take off - AT ALL.

http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=45579

- RE

i guess there's a reason...people obviously hate this type of photography as much as i do. but, it pays da bills...

i promise to post what i come up w/ tomorrow, so y'all can feel bad for not helping

LiquidAir · October 28, 2006

I am going to be doing one of these shoots soon too. It will be my first so was hoping for some inspiration, but it looks like we are all in the same boat.

cdonovan · October 28, 2006

I did a casual shoot...are you looking for unique ideas?? different backgrounds...poses...what???

I have some different ideas..I tried them out the last time I did one...it workd fairly well...i had posted one in another thread...lots of people looking..noone commenting???

I dunno...if I have time later I'll show you some others

photogmomma · October 28, 2006

If you can do it outside, how about sitting on rocks/logs?

Get up on a ladder or balcony and take a shot mainly of faces pointing down - GREAT for bigger groups.

My recent family shots have all had sitting in them so if the ground is wet, that won't help. Can you bring blankets that are similar in color to the ground and try to hid them under the people? Or put a tarp under a nice, simple blanket and have them sit on that?

Here are my recent ones:

sitting close - note that they are sitting in a triangle - this is the strongest pose, IMHO, most of the time.

Standing, but doing something fun. Note the triangle again.

Sitting to the side - triangle again - right angle, but still a triangle

Across a field/water/whatever - looking at the camera or doing something fun.

Sitting on a rock snuggled very close.

Another rock pose.

Hope you get some ideas from these! You may or may not like 'em, but maybe that'll help you find something that works for you. Good luck with your shoot!

cdonovan · October 28, 2006

Still can't figure or master the multiple pictures in one..so i will have a few posts with different shots!!!

cdonovan · October 28, 2006

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cdonovan · October 28, 2006

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cdonovan · October 28, 2006

#6...this is the last that i have to post...would love C&C on any of them! sorry so many posts...will have to go do some reading to figure this multiple pic thing!

saurora · October 29, 2006

cdonovan wrote:

#5

Some nice stuff! 4 and 5 are your best portrait-wise, I think. I like 6, but of course, it shows back of heads. The first 3 are either blurry or too much soft focus???

(For multiple posting, just add some carriage returns before you insert your first shot. This gives you some room to move your cursor back in the message area and insert another, and another and when you are finished, you can preview and submit! You have to click on the yellow box for each photo)

seneca77 · October 29, 2006

Multiple Pics

cdonovan wrote:

#6...this is the last that i have to post...would love C&C on any of them! sorry so many posts...will have to go do some reading to figure this multiple pic thing!

Follow this link, and scroll down to Option 2, and like "saurora" mentioned, after each picture, add a hard return.

http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=8401

Good luck!

- Bob

Zoe · October 29, 2006

From a session today.

Some inside with a studio light, and some outside natural light.

ooops, I see you are probably looking for larger family examples.

rosselliot · October 29, 2006

those are great!

I'd love to see more!!!!

- RE

cdonovan · October 29, 2006

My focus generally ends up being more candid, which in the end are exactly what the families want more often than not...so I do the obligitory poses, but then makes sure i get a lot of the non scripted ones!

here's a few...(wish me luck going to try multiples

Ok..so I got it to work, but I am unimpressed that I have to make them availble for use on blogs ebay etc etc to have that...guess i will stick to the old fashioned way...since I refuse to get rid of the right protect

Family poses....post yours!

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