Pose - Model position and guidance in portrait photography

Pose - Model position and guidance in portrait photography

Do you want to learn to become an even better model director and layout designer?

Photographer Tiina Puputti's book Pose is intended for everyone who is passionate about photography, whether they are amateurs, professionals or those who use photography in their work.

A picture has a message. The photographer plans his or her picture in advance, and the choices made during the photo shoot are based on this plan. In portrait photography, the model's pose is one of the most important choices. It doesn't matter how the model's body or, for example, their hands are positioned. By directing the model, a more descriptive and communicative pose is achieved, and above all, it creates an atmosphere in the photo shoot. The confidential interaction between the photographer and the model is the basis of a high-quality picture.

POSE is a photographer's manual on directing and posing a model. It provides practical examples of classic photographic poses in portrait photography. The book covers various portrait photography situations: including child photography, graduation photos, photographing a wedding couple and bride, family or extended family, and glamour photography. The example photos are taken with different framings, including full-body, half-body, bust, and face shots. Each example photo is accompanied by a diagram and a text section explaining the most important points to consider in the photo.

Topics covered in the book:

• model layout basics
• guiding the model during a photo shoot
• positioning of different body parts: head, torso, hands, wrists, elbows, waist, hips, legs, ankles, toes, etc.
• poses of one, two and more people in the same photo
• different image borders and model position
• symbolism and props
• lighting diagrams in some example images
  
  

Tiina Puputti (Minister of Education, VAT, VEAT, SAVM) worked for years as the principal and chief trainer of the Visual Communication Institute, which trains photographers. Today, she is an independent practitioner who teaches photojournalists and various professional groups that need photography skills. In addition to her educational work, she works as a photographer. The Finnish Professional Photographers Association has awarded Puputti the Master's Degree (SAVM), the highest level of professional competence.

Tiina Puput has also published the works Light Up the Story into a Picture - Portrait Photography in the Studio and in the Environment (2021) and POSE - Model Positioning and Directing in Portrait Photography (2015) .

Authors: Puputti, Tiina (Author)
ISBN: 978-952-291-067-7
Product format: Hardcover book

Publisher: Docendo
Year of publication: 2015
Reprint: 2021

Language: Finnish
Number of pages: 141
Product categories: Photography and image processing
Library class: 75.72 Photography techniques. Photography guides
YSO - General Finnish vocabulary: photography, portraits, human photography, postures (body positions)