Useful posing tips for photographing men

Wednesday 19 February 2020, 14:07 by Michelle Peeters | 5,134 views | 3 comments

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Posing can be one of the most difficult aspects of photography for many people. It takes time and effort to master it and gain confidence.

If posing is something you personally struggle with, this useful video gives you plenty of tips and examples specifically for working with men.

This excellent video comes from Samuel Elkins and shows you some great poses and tips for photographing men. Posing is often the most difficult part for many photographers.

Posing differs fundamentally from many other aspects of photography: it is not something that can easily be coded into objective measurements. And so it requires a different way of thinking than many other things, which makes it something many photographers dread.

It can help enormously to know a few reliable poses that you can fall back on when you are having problems with a specific shoot, knowing that you have that safety net. This gives you much more confidence when trying to direct your subjects.

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Michelle Peeters is fotografe en oprichter van DeuxBleus Fotografie. Michelle herkent het bijzondere in het gewone en het gewone in het bijzondere. Ze heeft zich nooit willen specialiseren en is daardoor van alle markten thuis.

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3 comments

Jasper Hof wrote on Wednesday 19 February 2020 at 15:38 | reply
Definitely an interesting video. But what also stands out to me is that the model 'knows' what he has to do. And I think that is also very important. He would have had more difficulty with a beginner model, or with a new model. Then everything takes quite a bit longer. Samuel also gives few directions, which shows that the model is experienced. With few words, he does what he has to do. That is impressive. I would also find it incredibly interesting to have him do this with an average person who is almost never in front of the camera.
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e.bakker wrote on Tuesday 25 February 2020 at 15:23 | reply
I'm curious which camera he uses, it looks like an analog camera
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Lauran wrote on Wednesday 26 February 2020 at 05:54 | reply
It's simply a medium format camera.
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