When I started to seriously photograph people, I got on
Pinterest (since then, I have found its usefulness for writers as well). There
are tons of cute posing ideas on Pinterest! But I quickly found two problems
with it: 1) I am not good at replicating a shot (not do I want to mimic someone
else), 2) Not all subjects pose like Pinterest pins.
I discovered both of these points when experimenting with my
sister. I loved some cute hand-poses. It did not take long to see that those
poses just did not look like my sister's normal self. It was forced. Unnatural.
So then we did some things with her hands that she always does and you know what? Those pictures captured her
personality splendidly! "Read" your subject. Ask them if a pose feels
comfortable. Get them to pose themselves--"Just sit next to the
wall"--and see how they naturally set themselves. You may need to tweak
their pose a little, but try to capture their pictures--not shaping them to a
Pinterest idea mold.
(or my card ;))
Here are the pictures of my sister that I ended up taking.
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Yesterday I was trying to do some pictures of my sister (Olivia ;)) and it wasn't turning out! Thank you so much for doing this post! :) I'll have to try this.
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful pictures of your sister! Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDelete@ Rosalyn - I'm so happy that this post came at a needed time for you! :) If you get some great poses, I'd love to see them! (you may email me: amandaruthphotography{at}gmail{dot}com)
ReplyDelete@ Salinn - thank you! :) And you're welcome!
@Amanda T - I will definitely send some of the pictures to you! :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pics! I agree that you get much better pics if you let people be natural.
ReplyDelete@ Rosalyn - yay! Can't wait!
ReplyDelete@ Kim - thank you! :) I love natural.