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POSING 101WITH LINDSAY ADLER

THE DO’S AND DON’TS OF POSING

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1. Whatever is CLOSEST to the camera appears LARGEST

Whatever is FURTHEST from the camera appears SMALLEST

POSING 101THE DO’S AND DON’TS OF POSING

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hips closest to camera

hips away from camera

don’t do

DON’T - Don’t have hips closest to camera

DO - Push hips back & away from camera













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2. FORESHORTENING



elbow toward camera elbow down

don’t do

DON’T - Have elbow straight out towards camera

DO - Have elbow down













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2. FORESHORTENING



elbow toward cameraelbow to the side, beware of armpits

don’t do

DON’T - Have elbow straight out towards camera

DO -

Have elbow to the side but beware

of armpits













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2. FORESHORTENING



fingers toward camera, elbow away

fingers up, down or

across body

don’t do

DON’T - Have fingers toward camera with elbows

pulled straight back/away from camera

DO - Have fingers up, down or across body

with elbow angled to the side













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3. CAMERA ANGLE



ANGLE: below ANGLE: above

ANGLE: BELOW - When you want to make subject look

tall & powerful, shoot at a lower angle

ANGLE: ABOVE - Sometimes it’s nice to shoot at

a higher angle above subject to

accentuate their best feature













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3. CAMERA ANGLE

* Effects of camera angle are more pronounced with wider lens when

you are closer to your subject



stomach knee standing elevated

4-5 Feet, 50mm lens













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3. CAMERA ANGLE



standing 15 Feet, 200mm lens

laying15 Feet, 200mm lens

STANDING -

15 Feet,

200mm Lens

LAYING -

15 Feet,

200mm Lens













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3. CAMERA ANGLE

* Whether a pose is “right” often depends on camera angle



below eye level eye level above eye

level

elongates neck,

emphasizes chin

proportionalemphasizes eyes/forehead, shortens

neck

CAMERA BELOW

EYE LEVEL

Elongates neck,

emphasizes chin

CAMERA AT

EYE LEVEL

Proportional

CAMERA ABOVE

EYE LEVEL

Emphasizes

eyes/forehead,

shortens neck













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4. LENS CHOICE

* Compression

- A wide lens exaggerates distance

(things look further apart, distance increases)

- A long lens flattens distance

(things look closer together, distance decreases)



compressing the scene

70mm 180mm













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4. LENS CHOICE

* Compressing a Face

General guideline: When shooting a tight headshot, don’t shoot any

wider than with a 70mm lens on a full frame camera because you can

start seeing distortion.



24mm 50mm 85mm 200mm













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5. POSTURE

* Elongate

* Pull up through your spine & top of your head

* Never slouch



don’t do

relaxed, curved spine elongated back and neck

DON’T - Have a relaxed, curved spine

DO - Have an elongated back and neck













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5. POSTURE



slouching, too relaxed













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5. POSTURE



relax shoulders, good posture

upright bend forward lean forward













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6. CROPPING

* In camera, crop at a narrowing point of subject’s body

(waist or above the knees)















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6. CROPPING

* Avoid cropping negative space in mid-length

* Avoid cropping at joints or ends of appendages















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6. CROPPING

* Do not crop at wrists, elbows, ankles, knees, finger tips



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