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How should photographers pose subjects verbally? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by Elegant_Sloth@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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When you're photographing someone or a team for business purposes, how do you interact with them? Do you spend time trying to put them at ease, ask how they want to be portrayed, or just say "stand here, lean back, look here. YES YOU'RE KILLING IT!"? I got professional headshots done by my company with some team photos and I hate how I look in all of them. The headshots I though would be chest up so I didn't pose my lower half or I was told to pose a certain way and it looks awful. I've seen the other's photos and they look natural and relaxed. I look awkward and rigid. The photographer said maybe 4 sentences in all 5 photos for how I should stand and none look good. I've never had photos taken of me outside of school pictures and I really tried with posing tutorials beforehand so I was excited. Was this the norm for team type shoots or do others do this differently? What could I have done differently as a subject to get the most out of a rushed session?

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[–] Elegant_Sloth@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Yes I've shown a few people and my colleagues have seen them and said the same thing. I got one stock stiff pose for team shots of "put your hand in your pocket" that I tried to make more natural with the practise I'd done before. My own ones got less direction as well from what everyone said which is sad because I was excited to be told how to pose well from behind the camera rather than from my perspective. It's hard to practise looking better when you don't know what your better is.