500 Poses for Photographing Women: A Visual Sourcebook for

129 Pages·2009·19.88 MB·English

by  Michelle Perkins

500
POSES
for
Photographing
Women
A VISUAL
SOURCEBOOK
FOR PORTRAIT
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Michelle Perkins
Amherst Media
®
PUBLISHEROFPHOTOGRAPHYBOOKS

Copyright©2009byMichellePerkins.
Allrightsreserved.
FrontcoverphotographsbyTimSchooler.
BackcoverphotographbyDanBrouillette.
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AssistantEditor:BarbaraA.Lynch-Johnt
EditorialAssistance:JohnS.Loder,CareyA.Maines
ISBN-13:978-1-58428-249-5
LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2008926669
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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.