Watch a Pro Pose her Subject [VIDEO]
Having trouble posing portrait subjects? In this video wedding photographer (and one of the nicest photographers I’ve met… in fact I had the pleasure of Jasmine photographing me a couple of years back) – Jasmine Star – shows a little video footage from behind the scenes of a shoot she did with a friend.
Between clips she also explains the thought behind what she’s doing. There’s a real sense that she’s warming her subject up, stretching them a little as she shoots and as they become more comfortable.
I guess now I know what she was doing with me when she shot me back in 2010!
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March 19th, 2012 at 8:19 am
The most useful thing is the idea of posing simply to get the subjects relaxed before you really start the shoot.
March 19th, 2012 at 9:52 am
The pose, along with lighting, composition, and background, is the most important part of portriat photography.
http://www.disney-photography-blog.blogspot.com/
March 19th, 2012 at 3:21 pm
I see some good ideas here! :cD
I like how those pictures turned out- the subject looked very relaxed and real.
March 19th, 2012 at 6:10 pm
The most difficult subject I had was a Zulu ‘big mama’ . I was trying to get a natural scene in her daily environment
http://wildlifeencounters.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Zulus-and-Zulu-village-scenes/G0000CUFsk4Bu0UU/I0000wOZeu2pNkgQ
March 19th, 2012 at 6:58 pm
wow, very useful piece of info !!!!!!!
March 20th, 2012 at 12:12 am
Thanks for this video and for sharing a few of the photos that came from the session. I’m not in business or anything, but I love photography as a hobby and have been doing it for a few years now. I mostly just shoot my own kids or other things I find interesting, but I was recently asked to shoot senior portraits for a family member who can’t really afford to pay for photos. He wants “brick wall” photos, so this helped me extra in that I was able to see the positioning of the photographer in relation to her subject, as well as the direction of the light. Even though I had the idea in my mind of how it should be, it was helpful to see it like that.
March 20th, 2012 at 12:27 am
Very nice short clip of Jasmine *. She is really wonderful when it comes down to explaining. Thank you for the upload.
March 20th, 2012 at 3:18 am
Nice article. Thanks. I especially liked seeing the photographs.
March 20th, 2012 at 10:57 am
How long was this shoot — clock time? 10-20 minutes? Longer? Shorter?
March 20th, 2012 at 1:51 pm
thank you sooo much! really helpful and fun! luv ur smile and your subject shots are beautiful!
March 22nd, 2012 at 1:13 am
Wonderful tips for portrait photographers! This is an area I want to develop and so huge thanks for this vid!
March 22nd, 2012 at 7:55 am
Wait. She’s shooting her best friend? Who also happens to be gorgeous? Who here can’t make their BEST FRIEND feel comfortable and look good?
This is embarrassing to watch.
March 23rd, 2012 at 2:23 am
Thanks for sharing this, very very nice
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March 23rd, 2012 at 3:02 am
I LOVED this tutorial. Thank you Jasmine Star!
March 23rd, 2012 at 4:03 am
LOVED your presentation, how you handled the client – doesn’t matter if it’s your best friend or a stranger, I do believe the camera makes EVERYONE nervous! Great presentation, very good tips – would love to see more!
March 23rd, 2012 at 2:31 pm
I know this has nothing to do with the subject matter of this post but her friend is really beautiful.
March 23rd, 2012 at 6:38 pm
Excellent video, but I couldn’t take my eyes off Jasmine
March 24th, 2012 at 4:03 pm
You know, you did a really good job with what you set out to do (after the fact) and I don’t need some HD supersoundtrack video to learn something new. You have a great personality for working with beginner/non-professionals. I can see you doing weddings. Thanks for taking the time to put this together.
March 24th, 2012 at 8:13 pm
I have to agree with Erm. Getting a best friend, who presumably is already trusting and comfortable with you, to feel comfortable is not the hardest thing in the world. On presentation, count how many times she says “I”, and at 3:11 – “… leaning on the wall (…) gave her a level of comfortability”. What sort of pretentious nonsense is that?
This video feels to be more about self-promotion than anything else.
March 25th, 2012 at 6:19 am
Nice, shoiws there is more to taking a photo than technical skills!?
March 26th, 2012 at 5:19 pm
Jasmine is an amazing person but just an average photographer. I get excited watching her but her photos are nothing to get excited about. I don’t see any “WOW” in any of her shots. Just being real.
March 27th, 2012 at 12:34 am
Although this was a video geared for beginners, I found it enjoyable and interesting . Jasmine is cute and has a refreshing personality .I’m sure she does well making her clients feel comfortable.
March 27th, 2012 at 5:25 pm
In re. to Erm and Roaringfish – I guess there always has to be someone who will look for even the littlest flaws to bash. I, with just about everyone on this post, thought Jasmine did a good job.
March 28th, 2012 at 4:26 pm
This was to show how a pro poses her subject. now, did anyone learn anything about that at all? what she did was so elementary. i expected more, and did not get it.
March 28th, 2012 at 11:23 pm
@ bigdave
I guess some of us have standards, and other like to celebrate the mediocre.
Tell us honestly: were you incapable of getting your *best friend* to pose for photographs before you saw that video? Maybe you were, but I can tell you that I didn’t, nor can I bring to mind any normal human being who would find it a challenge. Think about what the word “friend” means – it is someone who trusts you and willingly co-operates with you. This video is essentially a display of getting someone who is already willing to co-operate to willingly co-operate. What is so fantastic about that?
As for the presentation, using a word that doesn’t exist (comfortability) is not a little flaw, it is something you would correct in a school child, and definitely would not be accepted in any professional environment. It is extremely amateurish, as is her repeated use of “I”. If she is allegedly ‘educating’ people, why is she talking about herself all the time? A professional presenting that video would use cleft or passive sentence constructions to put the *information* front and centre. Jasmine is using active constructions to put *herself* front and centre. That is either amateurish, or deliberate self-promotion disguised as ‘informational’ for the gullible.
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