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Overview
When photographing people, you can have a great composition, perfect light, and the right camera settings, but if your subject doesn’t look right—if the pose is off—the shot will not be a keeper. Posing is truly a crucial skill that photographers need to have in order to create great photographs. If you’re looking to improve your ability to pose your subjects—whether they’re men, women, couples, or groups—best-selling author and photographer Lindsay Adler’s The Photographer’s Guide to Posing: Techniques to Flatter Everyone is the perfect resource for you.
In the first half of The Photographer’s Guide to Posing, Lindsay discusses how the camera sees, and thus how camera angle, lens choice, and perspective all affect the appearance of your subject. Lindsay then covers the five most important things that ruin a pose—such as placement of the hands, and your subject’s expression and posture. If you can look out for and avoid these five things, your skills (and your images) will quickly improve. Next, Lindsay dives into “posing essentials,” outlining her approach to start with a “base pose,” then build on that to create endless posing opportunities. She also discusses posing the face—with specific sections dedicated to the chin, jaw, eyes, and forehead—as well as posing hands.
In the second half of the book, Lindsay dedicates entire chapters to posing specific subject matter: women, men, couples, curvy women, families and small groups, and large groups. In each chapter, Lindsay addresses that subject matter’s specific challenges, provides five “go-to poses” you can always use, and covers how to train the eye to determine the best pose for your subject(s). In the final chapter of the book, Lindsay brings it all together as she teaches you how to analyze a pose so that you can create endless posing opportunities and continuously improve your work.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781681982007 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Rocky Nook |
| Publication date: | 12/08/2016 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 288 |
| File size: | 30 MB |
| Note: | This product may take a few minutes to download. |
About the Author
Claire Rosen is an award-winning artist whose transportive imagery uses universal themes of dreams, fairy tales, and mythology to visually symbolize the many facets of the human condition. Her elaborate tableaux constructions often feature anthropomorphic animals or solitary heroines, evoking the aesthetics and ideals of classical painting from the Pre-Raphaelite, Romantic, and Gothic periods.
In 2012 and 2013, Claire earned a place on the Forbes “30 Brightest under 30” list for Art&Design. Her work has also received recognition from Aesthetica Art Prize, Communication Arts Photography Annual, International Photography Awards, Graphis, PDN Photo Annual, Photoville Fence, Photolucida Critical Mass, Prix de la Photographie, and Sony World Awards. Her work has been featured in Beautiful/Decay, Communication Arts, Complex Art+Design, Creative Quarterly Journal, Der Greif, Direct Art, Faded + Blurred, Fast Company, Feature Shoot, The Guardian UK, Hi Fructose Magazine, Juxtapoz Magazine, PDN's Emerging Photographer, Refinery29, The Rumpus, Slate Magazine, and The World Photography Organization.
Claire has been exhibited from New York to Los Angeles and London to Seoul, and her work can be found in a number of public and private collections. In 2013, Claire had her first solo museum show at the the SCAD Savannah Museum of Art in Georgia. Her fine art work has been included in a number of juried group shows at Aperture Gallery, Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA), Consensus, MOPLA, PhotoPlace Gallery, with four consecutive years on the public art installation Photoville Fence in Atlanta, Boston, Brooklyn, Houston, and Santa Fe.
The vivid storytelling throughout Claire’s work has enabled her to construct unique creative campaigns and installations for a wide range of commercial brands. From fashion labels to luxury hotels, book publishers to restaurants, Claire’s portfolio of commissioned images briEAes the gap between fine art and commercial work.
In addition, Claire has taught workshops and lectured about the creative process and photography around the world. Claire is a brand ambassador for Dynalite, Hahnemühle USA, and liveBooks.
Claire graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2006 with a BFA in photography. She received an AA degree from Bard College at Simon's Rock in 2003.
Visit author’s website: www.claire-rosen.com
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Claire Rosen is an award-winning artist whose transportive imagery uses universal themes of dreams, fairy tales, and mythology to visually symbolize the many facets of the human condition. Her elaborate constructions are reminiscent of classical paintings, and they evoke the aesthetics and ideals of Pre-Raphaelite, Romantic, and Gothic periods.
Her images have been featured in countless magazines, including Creative Quarterly Journal, Fast Company, and Juxtapose Magazine, and her work has been exhibited from New York to Los Angeles to London to Bangkok. In 2013, Claire had her first solo museum show at the Savannah Museum of Art in Georgia. In addition, Claire has taught numerous workshops and lectured about the creative process around the globe.
Table of Contents
Imaginarium: The Process Behind the PicturesTable of Contents
1: ON ART
The Purpose of Art
Strong Images
Development of an Artist
Goals for Making Work
Chapter Wrap-Up
2: ARTISTIC LIFESTYLE
The Foundation
Curation of Experiences
Tapping into the Unconscious
Creative Psychology
Health
Nurturing Creativity
Community of Artists
Chapter Wrap-Up
3: TIME MANAGEMENT
Motion Versus Progress
Productivity
Motivation
Work That Fits into Your Life
Chapter Wrap-Up
4: PREVISUALIZATION
Concept Generation Triggers
Divergent Thinking
Free Association
Brainstorming
Mind Mapping
Mood Boards
Previsualization
Concept Development
Chapter Wrap-Up
5: PRODUCTION
Pre-Production
Resources and Research
Building a Team
Plan B, C, and D
On Set Checklist
Best Practices
Editing
Post-Production
Chapter Wrap-Up
6: THE VIEWER EXPERIENCE
The Viewer Experience
Presentation Considerations
Critique and Feedback
Series and Long-Term Projects
Assignments/Commissions
Body of Work: What We Leave Behind
Chapter Wrap-Up
Conclusion
Artist Interviews