Posing Techniques for Photographing Model Portfolios |  | Author: Billy Pegram
Publisher: Amherst Media, Inc.
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Pages: 128
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Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.4
ISBN: 1584282207
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Publication Date: January 1, 2008
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Product Description
With detailed discussions and eye-catching, dynamic images, this guidebook shows professional photographers how to masterfully create beautiful images of a model to achieve any creative objective. Instructions illustrate basic poses as well as a host of subtle variations to provide photographers with an endless array of looks for editorial fashion shots, athletics, glamour or nude photography, and shots designed to show curves, reveal personality, or showcase the hands, hair, or legs. This comprehensive resource also provides expert advice on conducting a successful session, how to work with the model, how to work with a support staff of image stylists, and tips for designing a high-quality portfolio. Additional lessons provide a start-to-finish analysis of four different shooting sessions, each with a different model and a different objective.
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 The Fine Points of Model Photography March 22, 2008
Patrick Rice (North Olmsted, Ohio USA)
29 out of 30 found this review helpful
Unlike most books on modeling and model photography, this book has more than just a bunch of pictures of pretty women. The author takes the time to explain posing concepts like creating an 's curve' in the positioning of the body. Great detail is given to graceful hand posing. It is the little things that differentiate between a good photograph and a great one.
This is well written and well illustrated. Definetly worth the money
Extremely helpful resource August 18, 2008
Ole-henrik Helin
21 out of 21 found this review helpful
I've not been shooting models for very long, so I'd say that I am in the beginner/intermediate category.
So far, I've been tearing out photos from Vogue, Numero, French and others and tried to duplicate and then improvise, but I've always felt that posing and placement of the models was kind of mysterious and "difficult" to get a real grip on. (how to elongate a model, how to make the butt smaller, how to pose the model in a way that leads the eye trough the photo etc)
-So I've basically used "what looks good" thus far (and I see after reading this book, that some of my past shoots have lots of room for improvement :) )
- It can be easy to get lost in the process during a shoot, thinking and stressing to get the light right, -and forget to instruct and help and tweak the model correctly, often resulting in photos that need to be cropped to hide bad hands, or simply scrapped due to a bad pose, caused by bad instructions, for example.
(I mainly work with new/inexperienced models and often need to instruct and tweak their pose, this is a great learning tool for both model and photographer)
I mean, I've managed "fair" trough improvisation, try/fail, but it was only after reading this book that I started to really understand more on how and why this and that works - and why some of my previous attempts have failed.
The book is comprehensive and well laid out, it covers and explains the cause and effect from posing the feet and legs, to fingers, hands and arms and also the body and face.
I think that the photos in the book compliment the text very well, what I really liked, was that the author not only show the "best" pose, he also often show everything from bad, to fair, to good to excellent posing -and all complemented with very understandable text captions.
I've seen enough tutorials from the classic 70's to know that this wasn't what I was looking for, this book is fresh, modern (imo) and is written by a guy that not only knows his craft, he also knows the industry very well.
Highly recommended!
OH
Norway
Very useful information March 1, 2008
Richard Sallee (CT USA)
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
Posing Techniques by Billy Pegram is a very useful book, particularly for someone starting in the field of model photography. It is well illustrated with large pictures showing how (and occasionally, how not) to pose the model. All of the sections provide good tips. I found the section on hand positioning particularly helpful. The book leans more toward fashion shots than glamour and has some useful words on how to produce a port that contains what the model needs (rather than what you like).
Recommended for study.
rps
Great technical source for photographers June 9, 2008
Andrew A. Hughes (Atlanta, GA)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
This book is all about the finer points of posing a model. It covers hands, feet and other subtle things to make a good portrait a great one. After reading this I have noticed shortcomings in my own work and how to fix them. This book teaches the body language that is used in portraits and you will notice it in every magazine you pick up afterwards. You should see improvement after reading this resource.
Great for photographer and aspiring model. October 13, 2008
Ric Trexell (Berlin, WI. United States)
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
I'm planning on doing senior portraits for high school kids in the near future and wanted to know some of the finer points about posing people. This book does go into great detail on things that my other books (see my reviews) doesn't. For example, the hand can be placed in graceful positions or it can really throw off an other wise good shot. For a gal that wants to be a model, this will help you to understand what the photographer is trying to do, and how you can avoid positions that he would ask you to change. In posing a model, you are not just out to get a picture of the person, but you are using the person to sell the product. This book will show how to use the model to draw your attention to the product. Where as in a portrait shot you are probably just drawing your attention to the subjects eyes and the other features sort of take a secondary place. I think there is enough in this book to help you avoid some common errors. I rate books on how they might have prevented me from making an error that would cost me the price of the book. If you shoot a session and every shot has the same major flaw that the book showed was a no no, you have lost the price of the book many times over. On the other hand, if the book has showed you how to make that shot better, and you make a chunk of change from it, then the book has done its job. I think this book will pay for itself in the long run. Thanks, Ric.
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