Results 1 to 5 of 5

Posing help

This is a discussion on Posing help within the Critiques forums, part of the Photography & Fine art photography category; The grand kids are in town for a couple of weeks and on one trip out and about I took ...

  1. #1
    Andrew is offline Senior Member
    Join Date
    Jun 2009
    Location
    Victoria, BC. Canada
    Posts
    444
    My Photos
    Please ask before editing my photos

    Default Posing help

    The grand kids are in town for a couple of weeks and on one trip out and about I took them down to the beach where a tree root washed up on the shore a couple of years ago. I'd like some suggestions on posing them. They're here for another week so I can get them down and take some more photo's based on some input for more advanced posing. Thanks in advance.
    Name:  2010 08 18 kids 037 (Large).jpg
Views: 202
Size:  175.2 KBName:  2010 08 18 kids 026 (Large).jpg
Views: 200
Size:  158.0 KBName:  2010 08 18 kids 038 (Large).jpg
Views: 201
Size:  109.3 KBName:  2010 08 18 kids 035 (Large).jpg
Views: 202
Size:  152.5 KBName:  2010 08 18 kids 019 (Large).jpg
Views: 201
Size:  166.5 KB

  2. #2
    Iguanasan's Avatar
    Iguanasan is offline Moderator
    Join Date
    Jan 2009
    Location
    Halifax, NS
    Posts
    10,917
    My Photos
    Please feel free to edit my photos
    Critiques
    Critique my photos anywhere in the forum

    Default

    I'm not the portrait photographer here, maybe others will have better suggestions but I'll through in what I think will help.

    The images you have above are nice, however, they look posed and not as natural and comfortable as you would like.

    1) Don't go out at 1:00pm. The harsh light and deep shadows around their eyes is rough. Take them out in the morning or early evening.

    2) Don't be afraid to use fill flash. I know it's a bright sunny day but the flash will help hide some of those shadows.

    3) Instead of trying to pose them ask them to play and then catch shots of them as they move about. One of my favourite images of my son (below) happened while we were apple picking. He as climbing the tree and I just called his name. He turned around and snap!

    “If you are out there shooting, things will happen for you. If you’re not out there, you’ll only hear about it.” – Jay Maisel
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Feel free to edit my shots ONLY for use on this forum and critique my shots in ANY discussion area.
    Flickr | Blog | Google+

  3. #3
    Marko's Avatar
    Marko is offline Administrator
    Join Date
    May 2005
    Location
    Montreal, QC. Canada
    Posts
    14,870
    My Photos
    Please do NOT edit my photos
    Critiques
    Critique my photos anywhere in the forum

    Default

    Iggy gives good tips here.
    Advanced posing will only show itself off if the lighting (and other things) is good. I agree about getting them to engage in an activity...especially with boys.
    In these shots the light is much too harsh, which is why they are squinting and why their eyes have heavy shadows. If the sun is not directly overhead, you can try placing the sun behind the people amd then use fill flash or reflector. If the sun is directly overhead, seek some shade.
    - Please connect with me further
    Photo tours of Montreal - Private photography courses
    - Join the new Photography.ca Facebook page
    - Follow me on Twitter http://twitter.com/markokulik
    - Follow me on Google+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/111159185852360398018/posts
    - Check out the photography podcast


    "You have to milk the cow quite a lot, and get plenty of milk to get a little cheese." Henri Cartier-Bresson from The Decisive Moment.

  4. #4
    Andrew is offline Senior Member
    Join Date
    Jun 2009
    Location
    Victoria, BC. Canada
    Posts
    444
    My Photos
    Please ask before editing my photos

    Default Posing

    Thanks gents,,,I'll head back out later in the day. I did get a few pictures of them playing however because of the shape of the root, nothing on the other side and pretty much verticle on the one you can see, all I got was shots of their backs. I'll try again and move off to a side to perhaps catch some faces. Thanks again.

  5. #5
    Andrew is offline Senior Member
    Join Date
    Jun 2009
    Location
    Victoria, BC. Canada
    Posts
    444
    My Photos
    Please ask before editing my photos

    Default

    On the second trip I couldn't get away from a little posing because when climbing the root their backs are to me. I have a couple but they are just not that appealling. I also couldn't wait until too late in the day and the flash helped quite a bit getting rid the shadows on the eyes. I'll definitely be using it on the rare occassion I photograph people.
    Attached Images Attached Images  

     


Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36