CHAPTER 4

10 Steps to POSING SUCCESS and POSING VARIATIONS

Posing isn’t just a formula. Like a dance, the core moves may be the same, but each dancer gives the performance something unique based on their body type and personal style.

I approach posing as a process. Well over a decade of practice has made this process instantaneous—I’m not checking off the steps in my mind; instead, I smoothly transition between steps as I shoot. This 10-step process helps me create endless variations in my portrait sessions without memorizing hundreds of poses. Instead, I only need to remember a few base poses. From there I can build on these base poses and never feel stalled for ideas.

If you can master this process, you’ll always have enough material to create ...

Get The Photographer's Guide to Posing, 1st Edition now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.