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Three easy portrait posing techniques for seated subjects

Mar 14, 2023 by John Aldred Leave a Comment
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Posing for portraits is always a tricky topic. There are a lot of variables to consider, including many defined by the appearance of the subject and more defined by the environment in which you’re shooting them. The more we do it, the better we get. But often, those portrait subjects are standing and there are a million examples of standing portraits out there that we can learn from and attempt to emulate.

With seated subjects, though, it can often get even more difficult. It’s not a pose that many of us often shoot vs standing portraits. There aren’t as many good examples of seated portraits out there, and it’s very easy to mess them up. In this video, Jiggie Alejandrino walks us through three basic seated poses that we can try to produce great results every time.

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Balenciaga under fire for posing kids with BDSM props; blames it on the photographer

Nov 25, 2022 by Dunja Djudjic 6 Comments
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Fashion brand Balenciaga recently ran a controversial and bizarre holiday campaign – to say the least. The photos featured children posing with teddy bears dressed in BDSM gear. After an angry internet mob attacked Balenciaga, the brand reportedly blamed it on the photographer and the set crew, even threatening with lawsuits.

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Woman shoots herself while posing with a shotgun for a selfie

Jul 26, 2021 by Dunja Djudjic 12 Comments
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A 26-year-old woman from India has taken her own life by accident while posing for a selfie. She was posing with a shotgun last week and reportedly didn’t know that it had been loaded. According to the reports, she accidentally pulled the trigger, and taking a selfie turned into a tragedy.

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Turn your male model from Forrest Gump to Jason Statham with these ten posing tips

Jul 23, 2021 by Dunja Djudjic 3 Comments
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There are plenty of tips out there for posing women who aren’t models. However, tips for posing male non-models are still not that common, so we always love when we find some useful ones. Well, this video from Adorama has quite a few of them. Pye Jirsa teams up with Derek Pratt to share ten male posing tips in about ten minutes. Other than having fun watching Derek goof around, you’ll learn some great tricks for turning your model from Forest Gump to Jason Statham.

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Woman posing for a photo causes the worst crash in Tour de France history

Jul 2, 2021 by Dunja Djudjic 12 Comments
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People will do all kinds of stupid s*it just to take an Instagram photo, capture a video, or be on TV. A woman trying to do one of these things recently ruined Tour de France for everyone involved. She and a sign she was holding caused one of the worst crashes in Tour de France’s 118-year-old history. It was all caught on camera, and the woman was even arrested for her stunt.

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Check out these 7 tips for posing male subjects

Apr 22, 2021 by John Aldred Leave a Comment
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There are undoubtedly differences in posing when photographing male subjects vs female subjects. Both can be tricky, but guys tend to be particularly difficult to photograph for many photographers. Most male subjects don’t have that innate grace that tells them how to hold themselves to look good for the camera.

In this video, COOPH brings us seven tips and techniques for photographing male subjects and how we can deal with some of the awkwardness that often arises when photographing men.

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5 corrective face-posing tips for shooting non-models

Feb 28, 2021 by Udi Tirosh 4 Comments
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OK, I lied. These posing tips are relevant for posing models as well.

When you shoot “ordinary people,” they are not always aware what which post highlights their best features—things like the shape of the face, long noses, big ears, and so on. Experienced models will usually know how to pose to look at their best, but for the rest of us, here we go.

Photographer Jerry Ghionis shares a few posing tips for shooting people, focusing on non-models. Of course, we can always go into photoshop and liquify our models to perfection, but Jerry shares how to make people look goon in-camera.

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Watch: Girls swept away by a huge wave while posing for Instagram

Dec 14, 2020 by Dunja Djudjic 4 Comments
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We know that there are people who would do anything to get likes. Boyfriends of Instagram have already shown us what we can expect from influencers and wannabe influencers on Instagram. But this time, they shared a video that left me unsure whether to laugh or cry.

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B&H employee “removed” after publicly opposing “Black Lives Matter” movement

Jun 11, 2020 by Dunja Djudjic 89 Comments
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An employee at B&H Photo’s Human Resources department recently shared posts on social media that openly opposed the Black Lives Matter movement. A day later, he was “removed from his position,” according to B&H.

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High Power Posing vs. Low Power Posing – How body language influences your pictures

Jun 8, 2020 by elixxier 5 Comments
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All photos in this tutorial were rendered with Set.a.light 3d, it really is an amazing software, check it out here.

The body language of your model has an enormous influence on the visual impact of your photos. We tell you how you can support the expressiveness of your pictures by planned posing and show you with examples what is behind the terms “High Power” & “Low Power” Poses.

As a photographer, you don’t always get a model in front of the lens who is practiced in posing and is also aware of the effect of its poses, for example in customer shootings. A lack of body awareness can sometimes lead to exaggerated poses or insecurity in front of the camera can lead to a tense posture. But this does not have to be the case.

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Udi Tirosh: from diyphotography.netUdi Tirosh is an entrepreneur, photography inventor, journalist, educator, and writer based in Israel. With over 25 years of experience in the photo-video industry, Udi has built and sold several photography-related brands. Udi has a double degree in mass media communications and computer science.

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John Aldred: from diyphotography.netJohn Aldred is a photographer with over 20 years of experience in the portrait and commercial worlds. He is based in Scotland and has been an early adopter - and occasional beta tester - of almost every digital imaging technology in that time. As well as his creative visual work, John uses 3D printing, electronics and programming to create his own photography and filmmaking tools and consults for a number of brands across the industry.

Dunja Djudjic: from diyphotography.netDunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.

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