posing tips for photoshoot

1. pose with your hair

we don't think of hair as a part of a body while photo shooting a subject with long hair, their bad hair is going to be the first thing anyone notice about your bad hair.

let's assume you are doing  a basic potrait session without  makeup artist .the first thing is that hair sitting on the shoulder looks terrible.its looks sweet and innocent.hair on sholder should be avoided at at all cost.

2. pull the chin

when someone stand in the their normal relaxed stand ,or even stands up stairght to have nice posture , their a little bit flab right underneath their chin , no matter how u are skinny when u pull your chin its looks attractive than before , only of because pulling the chin.

the chin can give sharpness to our face that looks face at V shape , V shape has not very common face, its looks very effective. for an example :

this demonstrate than before and after of telling them to bring chin forward.

3. lift arm

when people stand naturally,another thing they do is stand with their arms flat at their sides, this may causes u feel awkward and uncomfortable in that pic and the not look so attractive , when u correctly that by having them just lift their arm an inch or two so its is floting and not press against them you can pose with their arm in diffrent poses such as putting your hand in the pocket and fold it.the exact same linewas moved over second photo so you can see how much smaller arm.

4. leave visual space by waist

everyone loves looks thin . one thing you can do to trim  down your subject is by giving them their natural waist , without any isolation the skinny part of the torso so they look as thin as they are. i had say my model to put their hand on their hip. its looks very effective and looks innocent and looks thin , you can see the space , so the waist doesn't have anything  adding visual bulk.

the line shows the visual width of the subject from the first photo . its replicates in the second photo to show how much width the arm actually adds....

5. turn the shoulder

this is very simple tip is turn your shoulder instead of front show shoulder.by having the subject turn, they are showing a slimmer profile of themselves to the camera and look slimmer.
in this the red line shows that when the model standing in front instead of to take turn  the pic is still the subject facing the camera , but in a slimmer profile...