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500 POSES for Photographing Women A VISUAL SOURCEBOOK FOR PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHERS Michelle Perkins Amherst Media ® PUBLISHEROFPHOTOGRAPHYBOOKS Copyright©2009byMichellePerkins. Allrightsreserved. FrontcoverphotographsbyTimSchooler. BackcoverphotographbyDanBrouillette. Publishedby: AmherstMedia,Inc. P.O.Box586 Buffalo,N.Y.14226 Fax:716-874-4508 www.AmherstMedia.com Publisher:CraigAlesse AssistantEditor:BarbaraA.Lynch-Johnt EditorialAssistance:JohnS.Loder,CareyA.Maines ISBN-13:978-1-58428-249-5 LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2008926669 PrintedinKorea. 10987654321 Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,stored,ortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical, photocopied,recordedorotherwise,withoutpriorwrittenconsentfromthepublisher. NoticeofDisclaimer:Theinformationcontainedinthisbookisbasedontheauthor’sexperienceandopinions.Theauthor andpublisherwillnotbeheldliablefortheuseormisuseoftheinformationinthisbook. About This Book Determining the best way to pose your subject—a way intoposesforstandingsubjects,seatedsubjects,andreclin- that is flattering to the individual, appropriate to the ingsubjects. setting and clothing, and visually appealing in the overall It can be difficult to remain creative day after day, year composition—canbeoneofthebiggestchallengesincreat- after year, but sometimes all you need to break through a ing a successful portrait. This is especially true when creat- slumpisalittlespark.Inthisbook,you’llfindaplethoraof ing portraits of women, where the photographer may be imagesdesignedtoprovidejustthat. called on to create anything from a very traditional head- and-shoulders pose to a more adventurous full-length look Contents straight out of the pages of a fashion magazine. Quite sim- ply,thevariationsarealmostlimitless. AboutThisBook ...............................3 Thiscollectionisavisualsourcebookdesignedtoaddress Head-and-ShouldersPoses ...............PLATES1–127 exactly that problem. Filled with images by some of the Waist-UpPoses ......................PLATES128–217 world’smostaccomplishedportrait,fashion,andcommercial Three-Quarter-Length photographers, it provides a resource for photographers RecliningPoses ....................PLATES218–236 seekinginspirationfortheirownwork.Stuckonwhattodo Three-Quarter-Length with a particular client or unsure how to use a given prop? SeatedPoses ......................PLATES237–270 Flip through the sample portraits, pick something you like, Three-Quarter-Length thenadaptitasneededtosuityourtastes.Lookingtospice StandingPoses ....................PLATES271–243 up your work with some new poses? Find a sample that ap- Full-LengthRecliningPoses ............PLATES244–371 pealstoyouandlookforwaystoimplementit(orsomeel- Full-LengthSeatedPoses ..............PLATES372–440 ementofit)withoneofyoursubjects. Full-LengthStandingPoses .............PLATES441–501 For ease of use, the portraits are grouped according to how much of the subject is shown in the frame. Thus, the Appendix:PosingBasics .......................123 ThePhotographers ...........................125 bookbeginswithhead-and-shouldersportraits,followedby portraits that introduce one or both hands into the head- and-shoulders look. Next are waist-up portraits, featuring imagesthatincludetheheadandshoulders,armsandhands, andatleastsomeofthesubject’storso.Movingontothree- quarter-lengthportraits,theexamplesfeaturesubjectsshown from the head down to mid-thigh or mid-calf. The balance of the book features full-length images—the most complex portraitstopose,becausetheyincludetheentirebody.Both the three-quarter- and full-length portraits are subdivided 3 PLATE1.PHOTOGRAPHBYCHERIESTEINBERGCOTE. PLATE2.PHOTOGRAPHBYBILLYPEGRAM. PLATE4.PHOTOGRAPHBYTIMSCHOOLER. PLATE3.PHOTOGRAPHBYBILLYPEGRAM. PLATE5.PHOTOGRAPHBYTIMSCHOOLER. PLATE6.PHOTOGRAPHBYVICKITAUFER. PLATE7.PHOTOGRAPHBYVICKITAUFER. PLATE8.PHOTOGRAPHBYTIMSCHOOLER. PLATE9.PHOTOGRAPHBYTIMSCHOOLER. PLATE10.PHOTOGRAPHBYTIMSCHOOLER. PLATE11.PHOTOGRAPHBYTIMSCHOOLER. PLATE12.PHOTOGRAPHBYTIMSCHOOLER. PLATE13.PHOTOGRAPHBYSTEVENBEGLEITER. PLATE14.PHOTOGRAPHBYTIM SCHOOLER. PLATE15.PHOTOGRAPHBYTIMSCHOOLER. PLATE16.PHOTOGRAPHBYBILLYPEGRAM. PLATE17.PHOTOGRAPHBYBILLYPEGRAM. PLATE18(LEFT).PHOTOGRAPHBYWESKRONINGER. PLATE19(ABOVE).PHOTOGRAPHBYWESKRONINGER. PLATE20.PHOTOGRAPHBYSTEPHENDANTZIG. PLATE21.PHOTOGRAPHBYSTEPHENDANTZIG. PLATE22.PHOTOGRAPHBYBILLYPEGRAM.