Posing Help for upcoming photoshoot

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

11/11/2009 06:58:21 PM · #1

Hi everyone! i will be shooting a family of four (2 parents, 2 young girls) this Sunday for some family pictures and i am in need of some help! Posing is what i struggle with the most, i would love if some of you pros could help me out by posting some examples! I always forget once i'm actually shooting so i would like to print them out and bring them along with me on the shoot! we will be outdoors and i will not have chairs/stools or any of that. THANK YOU ALL IN ADVANCE! :]

i'm in need of poses for

whole family (at least 3 different poses)
mom and daughters
dad and daughters
husband/wife
girls together

jeger

Canon EOS-5D

11/11/2009 07:12:42 PM · #2

Pm sent

LMA128

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

11/11/2009 10:32:12 PM · #3

THANK YOU! Just replied.

david_c

Canon EOS-7D

11/12/2009 03:14:22 PM · #4

Originally posted by jeger:

Pm sent

Hey! Can I get that PM, too? TIA.

TonyUK

11/12/2009 05:17:26 PM · #5

me too please!

JaimeVinas

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV

11/12/2009 05:37:55 PM · #6

Me too please

LMA128

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

11/12/2009 07:00:10 PM · #7

hey

jeger thanks for the email, i did get the posing pdf, but was curious if you had a similar one with more than two models in it??

jeger

Canon EOS-5D

11/12/2009 07:12:18 PM · #8

Originally posted by LMA128:

hey jeger thanks for the email, i did get the posing pdf, but was curious if you had a similar one with more than two models in it??

Sorry, that's the only one I have on hand.

For anyone else who is interested, here is a link to the PDF:

//polisphotography.com/Documents/Imagesforweb/posing.pdf

AJSullivan

11/13/2009 10:47:56 AM · #9

Your best bet is to find something that can serve as a posing stool of sorts...a wall, a tree, steps, etc.

JaimeVinas

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV

Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED Zoom Lens for Sony Alpha

11/13/2009 11:16:48 AM · #10

Thank you, this is very helpful

brittanymilliken

Canon EOS-20D

12/21/2009 09:13:37 PM · #11

Jeger; I love that pdf! Deff gona print that one out!

albc28

Canon EOS-50D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

12/22/2009 11:19:51 PM · #12

I'll be in the same boat on the 27th. I'm shooting my first family shoot. What I found to be the difficult part is that the husband is perfectly fine with posed shots...the wife/mom wants mostly unposed shots...wife/mom wins.

So before planning different poses, you should talk with the family and see what type of shots they actually want.

kiwinick

Sony DSLR-A550

12/22/2009 11:50:08 PM · #13

Being the cynical person I am perhaps if you are uncomfortable with this is not to do the job. Go down town and have a look in the Pros window displays and see how they do the job. Also visit the public libraty most have a very great and varied selection of tomes on photography sure to have something on posing, The basic principle is to keep your composition symetrical and in anegg shape.

If you google Monty Zuger you will find several tutorials to get you startd . practice onyour own family and friends first to eliminate any cock ups

littlegett

Canon EOS-20D

12/23/2009 12:02:38 AM · #14

Originally posted by albc28:

Here is an idea. Find out if the family does anything together. If they are a close family, you can get them doing that and take shots of them. Kinda like if they have a game night, pull out the games, put them around the table and snap as they play. The shots are 'posed' because you put them in the situation, and they are all obvious of the camera. However they are unposed because they are not sitting there staring at the lense forcing a smile.

if they are not that close, figure something to get them interacting with each other. Maybe just set up a wide shot of them sitting on the couch and you sit with the clicker in your hand and talk to them, ask them about stories, past history and you click away as they talk, and laugh. They cannot pose for the camera because they don't know when you are going to click. Obviously this works if you put them anywhere, together.

Just a couple ideas I keep in my bag of goodies.

Travis99

Canon EOS-5D