Lesson Info
4. Posing Parts: Shoulders, Chin, Eyes & Hands
Lessons
Introduction To Posing
04:38 2Expression & Interaction Posing Tips
06:11 3Posing Guidelines
16:05 4Posing Parts: Shoulders, Chin, Eyes & Hands
07:00 5Posing Parts: Men, Feet, Elbows & Nose
04:06 6Posing For Body Types
05:00 7Posing & Shooting Flaws
03:59 8Male Posing Guides
03:41Couples
05:10 10Shoot: Female High School Senior Poses
02:49 11Shoot: Male High School Senior Poses
02:23 12Shoot: Mature Male Poses
01:47 13Shoot: Mature Female Poses
02:02 14Shoot: Boudoir Poses
03:45 15Shoot: Plus Size Poses
01:57 16Shoot: Wedding Photography Bridal Poses
02:35 17Shoot: Mature Couple Poses
02:17 18Shoot: Uneven Height Couple Poses
02:24 19Shoot: Bridal Couple Poses
02:06 20Shoot: Group Poses
02:38 21Shoot: Bridal Party Poses
03:00 22Shoot: Family Poses
03:49 23Shoot: Mother with Children Poses
01:28 24Shoot: Single Child Poses
03:56 25Shoot: Maternity Poses
04:55 26Shoot: Maternity Couple Poses
02:15 27Shoot: Same-Sex Couple Poses
02:00 28Shoot: Fashion Female Poses
03:12 29Shoot: Beauty Poses
02:19Lesson Info
Posing Parts: Shoulders, Chin, Eyes & Hands
So we're talking about shoulders and there's a few more important things to talk about with shoulders. So I was saying here whatever side is closest to the camera, remove the hair, elongates their neck. Also watch for body language. She's leaning back, so I can point to you all of the things. Why? So this is how I would like you, ideally, to train your eyes to kind of see these things. Okay, so in this photo, the problem we have, it's her arm is back here. So what it's doing is because her arm basically starts where the back of her body ends. Let's see. My arm is 2.5 inches wide. I added 2.5 inches on my waist onto my with. By doing that, I can actually see the back of her. So I'm making her look wider. The next thing for girls, you want to kind of see curve. I don't see any. There's no curve, really there at all. The other thing is, she's kind of standing flat footed and she's leaning back. So not only is her jaw pulled in, you can kind of see that on, but wrinkles there, But she also...
is apprehensive for the camera. So those are all things that if you just have some kind of ST up against the wall, you might have a problem with so an improvement, The things that I would then say I would say, Okay, I got to get that hand away. There's a couple ways you could handle it if you watch any of soup prices, classes. One of the things that she often does is she takes the hand this it would be this arm right here, and she puts it on the wall and takes the back of the hand. It kind of puts it against the bum and puts her elbow to the wall. So now you'd have the arm was a little bit. I would You'd have the arm out here to the wall, Okay? But maybe I wanted to do something with her hand here, so I had to cross it over just to make sure I could see this curve. But the next thing is, she's leaning away. So it's the body language isn't talking to me. So I had her put her weight on her back foot and lean towards me an arch her back a little bit. So that's what you had to do from here to here. And so what was the thing I said in my head? Okay, I want to see curve. I want to connect with her. Um, and I want my emphasis to be on her face. So that would be kind of the breakdown that I would have there. The most important thing to remember from men is that shoulders controlled broadness and basically, how big or how manly or how broad they look. So obviously straight on, they're going to look most broad to the side, completely to the side. They're going to look most minimized. It is going to depend on the guy you're photographing. What do you trying to achieve? So here's an example with a guy, and you actually got to see this perfectly. And I have the arrows. Okay, So what, you want to watch? He's a good looking guy. So he has a jawline, but you will see much more to find. All I had him do is he was kind of sitting back. I had him stick his job ready, see how it's much sharper. Like here. See this perv? It's a little bit of a curve when six his chin out. It is a sharp line like he has a sharp defined jaw. Now he already has a job. But if you have somebody that has a little bit of a double chin or not really defined jaw, it is significant. Chin neutral. Chin out, chin down. So you see significantly. That makes a really big difference. So it's a solution for loose skin, double chins. Okay, eyeballs. People forgets to pose eyeballs. They need to be posed. And what I mean by that is you definitely want to avoid seeing whites of the eyes. It's a really, really big one. So my my point is if the person is not looking at you, tell their eyes exactly where to look, always give them something to look at. OK, hands. This one is the one that everybody is like super stressed out about how to both hands. So we're gonna take a look at this is mostly going to be a lot of do's and dont's and then I'll just demo some with her and I can tell you one big thing that people mess up with hands is the posture thing because I put hands in the face and then all you see is arm and elbow. So leaning forward makes a huge difference, and it has nothing to do with hands. But it does, cause it's what's closest to the camera at that point. That's a big one that I see in portrait. So for women, you want soft and relaxed. For men, the most important thing for men is to keep their hands occupied. Um, okay, so at weddings, for example, for a second at weddings, I see this nonstop. Guys pose like that. They live. Yeah, you know, you got it. You have to The biggest thing for guys. You have to tell them what to do with their hands. Otherwise, it's uncomfortable, or they put them where they should be anyway. So women All right, let's take a look. Um, so one of the things I said was trying their hands caressed. So if you want the person's hand to be on, say their shoulder, I don't tell them to do this. I would say do this. I would have them actually dragged their hand across their chest to their shoulder, so these are obviously exaggerated examples. But the really important ones, the fingers shouldn't be straight because your fingers aren't straight when you're standing there, there of soft curve to them. Um, yeah, robot fingers. So what you want to do is I always have people just wiggle their fingers and say, Wiggle your fingers and placing back on your faith So someone's really stressed because some people do That will be stressed. I'll say, Okay, I want you Just wiggle your fingers in place some down real soft, Okay? Whether your fingers and trace them around your face real soft. That's kind of how I direct people to give me the hands that I want. Um, OK, another one. Watch out for hands actually covering the jawline, and I see this often in portrait of girls that are sitting and they cut the jawline. Now, at least if they have one side of the face visible, you can see the job. But let's say this is the side closest to the camp. There's no jawline visible, and we want to see jaw lines as photographers. It's flattering. So what you want to see basically, every time that you're photographing a hand, and I'm going to say that loosely. This is maybe, like nine out of 10 shots. Ideo. I'm looking to see this. I'm looking to see the pinky side of the hand. Not the Paul, not the back, not the thumb, because it is the most elegant and is the softest, and it is the smallest profile. So if you want hands to be in there but not dominant in the frame, that's what you're looking for. So those are the things that I'm trying to direct somebody to dio but related to hands. Another problem that I see is for shortening of hands, truly, for a good pose. Also I have of this I can see you can see truly for a good pose. You want to avoid the fingers, which is an appendage coming at the camera. So here it's a right angle because it's at the camera because it's wait on her hand and it's at the camera, so she looks like she is short. Fingers. Better is if she turns her hand to the side and instead of right angle, put it out just a little bit. So it's soft
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Samantha Riegels
This is a great course for a quick reminder of things to keep in mind when headed out for a particular shoot. It's bullet points. General principals. If you are new to posing, you'll want a more in-depth course where she has live models and is positioning them rather than just talking about posing techniques. But for a Fast Class, I think this is perfect. Wonderful job, as always Lindsay!
a Creativelive Student
Fantastic quick but comprehensive summary of the key points for many different types of shoot. As always Lindsay Adlers delivers excellense. Brilliant
Creative Team
Lindsay's classes are always informative and interesting.
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