From the course: Learning Natural Light Portrait Photography
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Posing and directing subjects
From the course: Learning Natural Light Portrait Photography
Posing and directing subjects
- Alright, well now that we've talked about a couple of ideas in regards to building rapport and gaining trust with our subjects, the next thing we need to think about is how we can pose. Now, posing's a really interesting topic. It has to do with the way someone is sitting or standing, their expression, their posture. So I want to start off with a few essential ideas and then move on to a couple of expert tips. Alright, in regards to these ideas, the first one is all about this idea of mirroring. Now, we have to keep in mind that we essentially are the mirror that our subject is looking at so if we show up to a shoot and we're kind of light on our feet and bubbly and excited and happy and we're ready to go, well, the subject will pick up on that. We're feeling kind of quiet and sad and melancholy, they're going to reflect that as well. If your subject's slouching, well, sometimes the way you can get them out of that is just sit up straight yourself or kind of stand up straight and…
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