 Kristi Eckberg |
Posing overweight subjects I'am doing senior portraits tomorrow and while I was talking with the mom on the phone she mentioned that her daughter is overweight and wanted to let me know in case I needed to come up with special poses for her or do anything different. So now I have been thinking about it and worrying that I need to come up with differnt poses that would be most flattering for her body type but I have no idea what those might be. Any advice??
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Christopher A. Vedros |
Debby Tabb can probably give some specifics on body positioning. One tip that I give (having more than one chin of my own) is to try to position a little above the subject's eye level, so that they will look slightly up at the camera. Good luck,
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BetterPhoto Member |
Avoid a flash if possible. The directed light can lead to unwanted shadows on your subject. Best to shoot in the shade for even lighting and as Chris said, either above your subject's eyes (them sitting) or with them nodding their head slightly toward you. Be PICKY. Make sure your image is TIGHT. She will probably be a little self conscious. So get to know her to put her at ease. Tension will ruin a portait in a heart beat so eliminate it as much as you can. You might even waist a roll at the beginning of the shoot to get her used to being in front of a camera. And compliment her on something other than her clothing. Something that is her. It can go a long way. Walrath Photographic Imaging
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Debby A. Tabb |
GOOD EVENING, thanks Chris for the faith,lol lets try to help. ** of course if posible do mostly standing poses and angle the body ,this is very important ( when square to the camera any subject looks much larger. ** also you have them angled now bring thier nose around until you have full eyes (no eye cuts) then have them lean towards you- now , you might feel this is or looks a bit uncomfortable and your subject may think it is a bit uncomfortable as well, but you HAVE to trust me on this-the camera will see it differently- please note a rule of thumb in posing: " if it is uncomfortable it a great portrait.." here's how I explaine it in workshops: oh and you need to find a big or full length mirror and a chair, now sit in front of it to try this: Sit as you would normally ,like you were sitting down to watch tv( now you have to do this honest for it to work- be comfortable) see your shoulders slump, your lower belly looks extended(Kerry is just going to have a field day with this tommorrow) you may even see a little chin where usually there is not one, and the breasts sag - now sit up straight-see the tummy pull in shoulders go back and the chin-well lean forward a little and it's gone. now want the camera to take a few pounds off- get to the very edge of that chair(VERY EDGE) extend your legs at a 45 degree angle towards where your imaginary camera is-put the hand closest to the camera on or towards the hip . the other extend it down the same side leg- now bring your nose towards your camera and lean- do you see everything slims down the breasts are brought up a bit and when streching it tightins all the face and chin muscels-and the windows(these would be the empty space between the arm and and the tourso gives a slimming look(Kerry are ya doing it,lol,lol lord I hope out of couriosity he trys this before coffee,lol just kidding) ok these should help, all this complaments of a WONDERFUL Teacher: Art Bishop who it was a privalge to spend even a day with.and the sole reason that I share these "secrets" he shared his "pearls" with every one who would listen. wishing you the very best in your ventures, Debby
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Debby A. Tabb |
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Craig Paulsen |
I don't tell them, but I do some size reductions and softening of wrinkles in PS. They are always happy with the results
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Craig Paulsen |
hey Tabb, why does your group look so posed. Did you tell them to do that or were they looking at another photographer that told them to do that?Don't mean to be rude, the quality is great, they just look stiff, like students
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- Gregory LaGrange Contact Gregory LaGrange Gregory LaGrange's Gallery |
post mordem?
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Debby A. Tabb |
That Pose is part of a very popular approvel set that I Implimented when I was teaching for the Olan Mills corp. we did it in all the stores- somethins family requested- how ever when shot several times(and may I ad in aal the poses they took) you just couldn't get that glazed look off the those men-father an dson both did that, even after pulling out all the tricks-oh well. but , it was the only one I found with the proper subject matter. I thought I had many different ones-but without going through CDs at 9:30 at night..... and no you couldn't offend me.
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Debby A. Tabb |
I just thought I would ad this because people seem to get confused as to what a portrait is truly ment to be. And that this one after working with these people all day is truly perfect. *****Portrait Portrait also means a document or image where height is greater than width (opposite of Landscape position). The art of the portrait flourished in Roman sculptures, where sitters demanded realistic portraits, even unflattering ones.
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