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The Natural Light Portrait Book
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The Natural Light Portrait Book

by Scott Kelby
November 2019
Beginner to intermediate
208 pages
4h 42m
English
Rocky Nook
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Don’t Shoot Flat-Footed with Straight Legs

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If you’re shooting full-length or three-quarter-length shots, particularly of women, you don’t want your subject to stand flat-footed or with their legs straight together. It tends to create kind of a “dumpy” look (for lack of a better term). One thing that will help is to have your subject wear high heels—high enough that they arch their feet. This arch helps make their legs look more toned and thinner, and it deals with the flat-footed issue as well. Next, have your subject put one leg out in front and slightly bend their knee. Then, have them shift their weight to their back leg. This helps elongate ...

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ISBN: 9781681984261