Any suggest a good Portriat Posing book?

[whaussies]

I can pose a dog all day long! But people scare me! I keep getting asked to shoot people, but I am just not confident in that especially with posing. Can anyone suggest a good posing for portrait book?

Thanks in advance!

[dquisenberry]

rangefinder.com has Don Blair's Bodyparts on sale for 24.95. It is over $80 on some sites.

[jeffkohn]

It's actually Rangefindermag.com. Here's a direct link.

[whaussies]

Thank you, I went to the first and couldn't find books at all!

Heidi

[Allen]

I don't know about a book, but scanning the different galleries on pbase.com should give you some good ideas...and some not so good ones.

[Paulo]

Hello Heidi,
Sorry no book suggestion but do check out pbase.com if you haven't already.
evil4blue(Steven) shared this site earlier from there:

http://www.pbase.com/manny_librodo/root

[Robin Binder]

Paulo - awesome site and info

Heidi - I shoot with kids mostly and they are moving targets. We should have a section in for posing people (hint - hint to admin) to show the different dos and don't when posing people for different reason. I tell mostly to give me elbows and knees and they bend them for me. Like I said moving targets. lol

Best advice is look through different types of modeling poses in the search section. My all time pose is a swat pose. It's hard for them to stay in that position but the effect is great.

Happy shooting.

[jeffkohn]

"swat pose"?

[Robin Binder]

squat - lol

[jeffkohn]

ahh, OK. I was picturing flak-jackets and stun grenades.

[Chief]

Try this link.

It's one I came across a couple years ago.

Gordon

http://www.myeworld.net/digimp/posingguide/

[whaussies]

Thanks guys.

Paulo, beautiful stuff. I will check out the site.

Robin, your description of the kids, is the same with me with puppies! You just hope you get good shots. With the puppies I like them to be natural as possible and know they will eventually perk into the right position! Love the squat!

Gordon, wow! That is tooooo cool! Thanks!!!!!!!

I don't have a studio, we usually set everything up at dog shows and then take it down. So I don't have much of an chance to play with lights and thing. But as soon as the kids go to school, I wanted to get the stuff out and just move furniture so I can have a place to play for a bit!

Heidi

[Robin Binder]

Gordon - wow - great find. I'll have to share this with my girls.
Heidi - best bet with the kids is to let them play and you will get the best photos.

[Wes]

Gordon, that site ROCKS! I just wish that I could click on the individual pictures to see the larger image. Each time I try it opens a new window and tells me, "Page cannot be displayed".

[whaussies]

I know Robin, it seems when I tell my kids to pose I get such horrible faces! I have to share one of my favorite photos from our trip this summer of my daughter. This is here and one of her silly faces.....