Posing for a model can be quite a challenging task to do. But once to you have experienced in handling models, you will be able to direct model to whatever poses that suit your theme. It will be better if the models are experienced and there will be little guidance and directions to give to them. What if the models are inexperienced? Then you will have to guide them in posing so as to achieve what you want in your pictures. There are some books you can use to refer to and here are some general tips that you can follow:
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1. Don’t hold your breath for a pose but hold in your stomach so that you will give a more toned appearance to the abdomen. Keep you back straight and your shoulder up if you are portraying a casual look.
2. Bend your arms to make the pose look natural. Don’t keep them entirely straight unless you are told to do so. Do the same things for the legs. Do not do the same placement in both arms and legs. If you have one hand on the waist, try to hang your the other hand.
3. Do not always look straight at the camera. Instead, try to turn your head at different angle and different eyes positions. Try to tilt your head or look somewhere for some poses.
4. Try a different variety of expression such as anger, laugh, and stare, to give colour to your poses. This is especially helpful since the expression will contribute to the mood of the pictures.
Instead of resting your weight on both feet, try to shift most of your weight on one foot. Doing so will make it look natural and gives a slimming effect in most positions. Keep your chin up to avoid chin wrinkles or double chins.
5. Last but not least if you find that you are having problem getting the model to pose, the simplest thing to do is to tell them to “act”. By getting them to do something, the model may get to do something that are natural and can make them less stiff. For example, if you have a model that acts as a doctor, you can tell the model to listen to his patient heartbeat. In this way, the model will be focused on what he/she is doing rather than posing. It will result in a more natural posing as opposed to “forced posing”. Another way of getting to do it is to ask the model to do something and then when the model is about to do something that you want, you can just tell them to freeze the action and take the pictures. Of course, this method will give you what you want but will place the model in an awkward position. I will prefer the former way as it will produce better result of capturing the posture but it will take some practice as timing is an issue.To better understand how to do posing, below are some videos that you can watch.These videos are by Katharin Dombrow. She will show you the basic of posing techniques.
How to Model Clothes: Part 1
How to Model Clothes: Part 2
How to Model Clothes: Part 3
How to Model Clothes: Part 4
How to Model Hats: Part 1
How to Model Hats: Part 2
How to Model Hats: Part 3
How to Take Headshots: Part 1
How to Take Headshots: Part 2
How to Take Headshots: Part 3
How to Take Headshots: Part 4
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