 Posing tips for models and photographers in Commercial Photography situations |
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Posing problem modelsSooner or later, you’re going to run into someone that just can’t seem to look at ease in front of the camera. Maybe they don’t really want to be there or maybe they haven’t learned yet that they can’t model. Or maybe you're supposed to shoot a little smaill child and the little brat just doesn;t want to be there. Sometimes, rather than actually posing someone, it’s a good idea to just let them “act” instead of pose. When they pose, they look stiff and there’s no way around it. In cases like this, I prefer to get the models to actually do something. Hopefully, my lighting is set up so that any motion is either stopped or the blur created by the movement is a “plus” to the photo. |
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Buy getting them involved in actually doing something the model ends up doing some of those natural gestures that make them look more at ease. I say to them lean into that. Look under the thing, you can’s see what you’re doing! Put some mussel behind that. By saying phrases like that to the model, it gets them thinking about doing and not posing. The only thing is that you need to be ready when they finally do hit that pose that makes them look natural, because in another second, it will be gone. An effective tactic I use in these situations, is to get the models doing the task and then yell “freeze“ when I see something I like. After they freeze, I either tweak the pose from where they are that second, or I have them move on to something totally different as they continue the task. Timing becomes the issue. The big challenge is when you have several models doing something at the same time and more than one of these is a “problem” model for you. It’s situations like this that make you earn your money. | |
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