Several Suitable Postures in Portrait Photography

Lead: Before a photographer meets a model to shoot, he should first come up with a dozen or twenty poses for the model's reference according to the number of photos taken in his mind. You can also store the reference photos in your mobile phone and show them to the model before shooting. When necessary, the photographer will even personally show the models how to pose, so that they can be more confident when posing. Let's have a look!

Full body posture

Taking a full-length photo is to take the model from head to toe. If you shoot standing, the proportion of models in the photo is the smallest, and background processing becomes very important. Novices should try to consider some simple dark backgrounds when choosing backgrounds, which usually makes it easier to highlight models. Models also try to avoid standing straight, and can guide them to tilt their heads or bodies slightly, press their knees, pull their skirts and so on. If you are sitting and taking a full-body photo, you can let the model bend his legs, tuck his knees and stretch his legs.

Compared with the front, side shooting can make the waist look slimmer and highlight the beauty of the model's lines.

The placement of feet can also add changes to photos. Basically, the center of gravity should only be placed on one foot to avoid both feet exerting force together.

If you sit, you can make your upper body lean forward slightly and shorten the proportion of your upper body.

When shooting while sitting, you usually sit on the edge of the chair and keep your balance.

Wearing high heels and stretching your legs can make the model look slender. For better results, let the front of the leg face the camera, not the side.

Sitting on the ground is also a common full-body posture.

You can pull the skirt by hand, which can increase the aesthetic feeling and solve the problem of hand placement.

Squat shooting is also a common posture.

When lying and posing, it will be more natural to put your hands on your head and your legs can be slightly tilted.