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Want to look "natural"? Try looking out of the side of your face. Ok, the title of this doesn’t do much for explaining what I mean, so let me try again. I’ve noticed over the years, that there is a little something that can make a model’s portrait shot look a little more natural. I use this for testimonial type of portraits, when you need the model at the camera, but not look staged. I don’t always pull this trick out of the bag, but if I’m having trouble posing a model and the model is having trouble looking natural, I give it a go. |
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| The trick is… I as the model “don’t point your nose at the camera”. Sounds simple, doesn’t it? Sometimes the obvious is the hardest thing to come up with when you’re under pressure posing, or being posed.
Back to the mall again! Sometime when your wife is shopping and you’re killing a little time while she’s killing your bank balance, sit and watch people talking to each other. A high percentage of the time, people don’t point their noses at the people they’re talking to. Why? It’s because they’re talking and doing other things to. |
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| They might be reaching down putting something it they purse or talking on their cell phone or a million different things. So they’re looking in their purse and the kid asks for some change to buy a bum ball. Their head is down, and they glance up at their kid. Bingo, there’s the moment I’m trying to catch. There’s something about having that head doing something instead of pointing right at the camera and can make a shot look “natural”, or at least “interesting”. Hey you! The guy isn’t facing you, but he glances your way. Bingo! His eyes go to you before his nose follows. He might eventually point his nose your way, but not always. |
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I even have one client that makes the model look down and then have the model look up as I shoot the shot. To me, that’s a little much, and a waste of time to. If the model is really bad, then sure, whatever it takes. But I usually just have the model point their nose left or right, up or down, (usually not up) keeping their eyes on the camera |
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Good models already know this trick, even if it’s just subconsciously, but those “deer in headlights” models don’t. So, if you’re one of those new models, use this technique, and if you’re a photographer, have your subjects use it. It works.
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| Hey! (she looks up from what she's doing...)
Notice how she's looking slightly down? Doesn't it add a little "natural" to the shot? |
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