Professional Posing Techniques for Wedding and Portrait Photographers by Norman Phillips - 9781584281702 - Compare Prices on New & Used Textbooks, Cheap Textbooks

Combining two disciplines—posing and wedding portraiture—this professional resource helps photographers create flattering poses to build the best possible portraits and highest possible sales. Photographers are taught how to position the head, shoulders, torso, arms, hands, legs, and feet to correct figure flaws, make a client feel relaxed, and evoke a dynamic image that tells a story or defines a relationship. The challenges of shooting on location are addressed with tips for adjusting poses in any situation. A discussion of body language and how small adjustments can change an entire mood provides photographers with the ability to help their clients convey a variety of desired messages, whether elegant, sexy, or playful. Standing, seated, and floor poses are covered along with specific techniques for photographing brides, grooms, and wedding parties.

		Professional Posing Techniques for Wedding and Portrait Photographers by Norman Phillips ISBN-10: 9781584281702 ISBN-10: 1-58428-170-7 ISBN-13: 9781584281702 ISBN-13: 978-1-58428-170-2 Paperback 2005-10-28 Amherst Media, Inc. Find Lowest Price
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Product Description Combining two disciplines—posing and wedding portraiture—this professional resource helps photographers create flattering poses to build the best possible portraits and highest possible sales. Photographers are taught how to position the head, shoulders, torso, arms, hands, legs, and feet to correct figure flaws, make a client feel relaxed, and evoke a dynamic image that tells a story or defines a relationship. The challenges of shooting on location are addressed with tips for adjusting poses in any situation. A discussion of body language and how small adjustments can change an entire mood provides photographers with the ability to help their clients convey a variety of desired messages, whether elegant, sexy, or playful. Standing, seated, and floor poses are covered along with specific techniques for photographing brides, grooms, and wedding parties.
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Excellent learning tool An excellent choice for those looking to improve their posing skills. The guidelines for doing so are well explained and easy to understand. Norman Phillips is thorough in covering a variety of posing situations which include specific body parts, groups, and wedding portraiture to name a few. Differences incurred between posing men and women are also featured. Many diagrams and illustrations along with good supporting information make this book an excellent learning tool.
Mike Decent book, but may be a little too simplistic for the advanced photographer. I found some good ideas, but was looking for a little more direction on difficult people to pose, etc.
Outdated photography, Decent text First things first -- the photography in this book is HEINOUS! The wardrobe, the poses, the lighting, the overall quality of the images led me to believe that this was published in the early 90's, when in fact it was published very recently. I even saw the classic "Napoleon Dynamite" pose amongst its pages. So I figured this photographer would have nothing to teach me, given I (and every other photographer I know) was producing photographs of far greater quality the first day we picked up a camera Freshman year of college. But the text is actually quite enlightening, giving you some handy advice for flattering your clients' figures that is really indispensable. Since I currently am doing production photography (5 minutes per set to do creative shots for an entire family), I need a lot of fast, easy poses to place people in, or at least basic rules to avoid costly mistakes, and this delivered. You won't find a book of poses, or a book of good photography, but you will find an education in how to come up with your own poses.
Good Posing Techniques book this book has very good samples and ideas about posing.. just dont see only pictures..take your time to read it all and practice with a friend or model. hight recommended
Very Disorganized! Sample pictures do not have a clear description of which poses are good or bad. You have to read text which is usually in different pages to determine the expalantion of the poses. Writer is not clear in his explanations and is hard to follow. I will not buy any other books by this author.