Comments on: What Everybody Ought to Know About Posing for Portraits

By: natalia

natalia — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 21:06:10 +0000

hey the dolls are cute!!
Thanks alot for this….huge help.

By: Wedding photographer Hampshire

Wedding photographer Hampshire — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:01:16 +0000

The Photo’s look very dated now Simo, but the information and techniques used are still valid even today. I keep meaning to make that baby poser.

By: Simo

Simo — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:41:35 +0000

Seems that link was stripped of from my comment… here’s the url
http://jzportraits.home.att.net/

By: Simo

Simo — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:40:05 +0000

“What posing tips would you give someone starting out in Portrait Photography?”
Two ‘rules’:
1. If it bends, bend it.
2. If there are two of them, make them different.

And then some essential reading

By: Carl

Carl — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:52:25 +0000

Great tips for mixing up older subjects’ poses, but I think curious and light attention with the subject on the edge of giggles and laughter and focussed on your lens (or just above it) are very frameable shots at those early ages. Get a favorite toy or prop, suprise them and draw it up to your camera. It’s hard to go wrong when you make it fun to smile for the camera.

By: Wedding photographer Hampshire

Wedding photographer Hampshire — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:38:50 +0000

I couldn’t work in a photo factory either Tanya. I like taking my time and letting the client behave naturally. Some posing is often needed, but never demanded. Its useful to know the art of posing and tips like we have here will always be useful.

By: TruLight

TruLight — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:05:48 +0000

Thanks so much for compiling the list – I’ve been looking at all of them randomly, so this really helps me know I’ve seen them all! I’ve never thought I really enjoyed taking “portraits,” but I am always taking photos of my family, so need to change me attitude and perspective about what I take!

By: eph2810

eph2810 — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:59:48 +0000

Just got this link from my hubby – awesome!!!! I have been offered to do senior portraits this year, so these tutorials sure will help me out a lot. Thank you for making them available to self-starters like me :)

By: Tanya Plonka

Tanya Plonka — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:41:48 +0000

Just get a job at Sears Portrait Studio or some other such cookie cutter corporate photography place… you shoot your “six sellables” and have to follow strict posing guidelines, all the while dreaming up tons of poses you would love to do but can’t.

Note: I still have nightmares about working there.

By: Lenard

Lenard — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:08:45 +0000

Thanks for all those wonderful tips… Keep them coming please…