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‘Cory bye eee Argan oso pst by Ae ns Becker ogg bBo Forner. ‘ast ar tar yah be ‘ora nee om Ch Can a mb Loder Noparof tpn ay eerie ord or numa sey form orbysnymeon ceric medial pote rere forsee nd pees The tor ed pier let e eld roviareienepenanrenraeniine aren About This Book ‘Determining the best way to pose your subject—a way that fers the individual reflects the subject's personaly, and i visully appeding in the ovell ‘imposition can be one of the bigget chalenges in creating a sucesfl portrait. “This i especialy trae when cresting portaits of male subjects, For males the posing “rules” tend to be more stringentyappled, meaning that a very nuanced approach wil be requized to crate a variety of loks. Additionally, ten are ofen more refucaat thes women to have their porte taken, This eds toto iss. ir, most portrait photographers have fever opportunities to work with male subjects; asa result, when confronted with posing chalenges they have fewer pat experience to draw on, Second, many hotogrperaseport that thes escions wit mae ubjects te often much shorter than those with female sabjecte— ‘most guys jst don't have the interest n or tence for & fussy portrait sitting. This means the photographer must be prepared t get all of the requeed images in amited me fume ‘This collection is designed to addret thete problems Filled with images by accomplished porta, fsion, and commercial photographers, it provides a rewurce for photographers seeking inspiration for their own work, Stk on what to do with a particular cent or unsure how to use given proptFip though the sample ports, pick something you Hks, then adat it we needed to aut your tases Looking fo pice up your work with some new poses! Find « sample tht appels to you and look for ways to ‘mplemeat i (or some element of it) with one of your subject For ease of ue, the portits ae grouped according to hove much ofthe subject is shown in the frame. Thus the bookbegins with head-and shoulders porta followed by portals that introduce one or both hands into the head- and-shoulders look Next ate waist up portals, fetuing ‘mages that include the head and shoulders ame and bands, nd at leat some ofthe subject's treo. Moving on to three ‘qarterlegth portraits the examper feature subjects shown fom the bead down to mid-thigh or mid-cl. The balance of the book features full-length Images—the most complex portraits to pose, because they incinde the entire body. Both the thee-quartr- and fall-ength ports ae tubdivided into poses for standing eubjecte and seted bec, can be dficlt to remain erative day after day, your after year, but sometimes all you need to breakthrough & slump ite spark In this book you'l find a plethors of sages designed to provide ust that Contents PLATES Pntogap by Crepe ey.