Photography - Individual & Family Posing - Live Sessions

Tips on posing mum, dad and two lovely younger children, they were great fun.

This video shows some seated poses on the ground and some natural ones running around, plus a tip on clothing. very importantly, you'll get to see how I chat and relate to my lovely customers. and I how I try to make it a fun experience for them.

More tips on posing mum, dad and two lovely younger children.

This video shows some them running again, plus some seated poses on the ground and on a park bench.

Se Part I for the PDF posing crib sheet for these poses.

This can be tough, what to do when confronted with a large number of people, all expecting you to come up trumps with an award winning photo, where they all want to look devilishly attractive and handsome!!

This video shows my approach, and how I organise the group,

See the lecture on the extended family gallery for the relevant PDF crib sheet

Part II of posing a larger family, due to the time taken to get the poses organised, there's only a small number of poses here. The final pose is interesting in that I wasn't happy with the pose, so I show how I could have put it right.

If you want to see a whole lot more, watch the next video which shows far more poses.

See the next lecture for the relevant PDF crib sheet.

Family photos look a whole lot better when people feel comfortable and relaxed and when you avoid cheesy family poses and gimmicks, this film shows you several specific family poses and small group poses that you can use to improve your group photos.

Part 1 of group posing deals with standing poses, these are arguably a little more difficult than seated posing and can look a little too stiff or formal if you're not careful.

Also, there are definite ways of flattering people so they look their best, and this film provides some ideas.

Standing poses PDF cribsheet attached

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Family photos look a whole lot better when people feel comfortable and relaxed and when you avoid cheesy family poses and gimmicks, this film shows you several specific family poses and small group poses that you can use to improve your group photos.

Part 2 of group posing deals with seated family poses, these are quick fire posing tips that you can go out and practise yourself, they can make a real difference to family and group photos and give them a far more professional look.

Also, there are definite ways of flattering people so they look their best, and this film provides some ideas.

No live session in this video, instead I talk through a gallery of poses for some of the larger or extended families I've photographed through the years.

Some great poses here, even if I do say so myself, and some really useful tips.

Posing crib sheet attached.

Part I of II

This video demonstrates some posing for men, it's a live photo session with Elliot, you'll see him standing in the garden, posing with a jacket, and leaning against a fence

He's a cool looking guy, but as you'll discover, he's no model, and so is not used to being asked to pose. But that's fine, because that's the case in the majority of portraits.

The posing crib sheet for men is attached to this lecture.

This is Part II of II

This video demonstrates some posing for men, it's a live photo session with Elliot, you'll see him posing seated on a sofa, on a chair and seated and standing by wall.

He's a cool looking guy, but as you'll discover, he's no model, and so is not used to being asked to pose. But that's fine, because that's the case in the majority of portraits.

The posing crib sheet for men is attached to this part I.

This set of videos shows individual female poses and is the only one on the whole course that uses a model, and what a model Katie is, she's been published in various magazines, and was a one time 'Wonderbra' model, it's amazing how she effortlessly adopts some great poses and makes it all look so easy.

There's great poses here for family and friends plus a few of the more 'Model' type poses that you might see in magazines etc...

So watch this video to pick up loads of tips on how to pose the female form

This is a continuation video for individual female posing

This set of videos shows individual female poses and is the only one on the whole course that uses a model, and what a model Katie is, she's been published in various magazines, and was a one time 'Wonderbra' model, it's amazing how she effortlessly adopts some great poses and makes it all look so easy.

There's great poses here for family and friends plus a few of the more 'Model' type poses that you might see in magazines etc...

So watch this video to pick up loads of tips on how to pose the female form

After we finished shooting the main videos with Katie, I decided to take some more photos with some dramatic lighting. So I setup a couple of speedlights and and took a few more photos, here's the results

This lecture demonstrates about a dozen natural looking poses for women. They're really easy to do and can make all the difference when you're taking a portrait of your mum, yours sister, girlfriend or wife, or even just a friend!!

Posing PDF crip sheet PDF attached

This video demonstrates some tips and tricks for individual head and shoulders posing, it's not meant to be an exhaustive display of poses, more like a step by step guide to getting started. Many of the actual poses shown in the other individual lecture would be suitable for head and shoulders photos, so they are not repeated here.

The head tilt is discussed in more details along with shoulder and body postioning.

After watching this video and a little practice, you should be more confident in taking close up portraits of individuals

The PDF crib sheet shows some examples.

Profile images for Facebook , LinkedIn, forums and other social networking sites tend to be quite small don't they? So it's usually a good idea to get in real close to your subject for these type of photos.

However, when you're close-in to your subject, the jawline becomes very important, so this video demonstrates how you can accentuate your subject's jawline to get a much stronger headshot.

This video shows my approach to taking couples standing up. In fact this was the first video I shot for the course, so I tend to go into more detail about the structure of poses, and try to analyse them a bit more.

This turned into quite a long session, so is split into 4 parts

The PDF crib sheet is attached to this lecture

Let's face, we all come in different shapes and sizes, and everyone wants to look great in their photos.

This video demonstrates a few tips for flattering people who are let's say a little more 'fully figured' than most.

I was quite pleased with the results from some of these images and I like to think I the couple were happy with their images.

PDF Crib sheet attached

Although many couple poses would work for brothers and sisters, there are some poses which are not appropriate (especially for teenagers who don't want to get closer than a couple of feet to their brother or sister!!)

So here's a few fun poses for younger siblings, these are the brothers you met in one of the family videos.

I think it's fair to say that these poses would work equally well for younger sisters too.

Here's a video we shot whilst on a family holiday in Cornwall. It shows a few tips for posing older siblings, and again these poses would work equally well for sisters or brother and sister..