I have recently decided to step outside my comfort zone with my photography. I have shot lots of portraits for women, but rarely, if ever, done so for men. That is until Joshua was directed my way by a mutual friend who I had shot before. You have got to love the power of mouth to mouth publicity.
One of the problems that I came up against was with the posing. I have so many tips and ideas running through my head for how to pose a woman and to make her look feminine, but hardly any for a man. The only two tips that came to mind, were not to pose the head towards the higher should, and to have the whole body in two directions, that is the body facing one way, and the face and eyes in another. A woman though could have body facing one direction, her head a second, and her eyes a third.
So, the above image is just one of a series images taken for Joshua. They were taken in Whirlow Brook Park in Sheffield, and tried to show a variety of clothing styles.
Does anybody have any additional tips to improve my work with male posing and portfolio development?
Friday, September 10, 2010
Joshua in a Male Model Portrait Portfolio in Sheffield
Monday, June 15, 2009
Katie on a Location Portrait Portfolio Shoot in Sheffield
It has been a long time since my last update, mainly due to looming deadlines for the college course that I have been attending. In this post is my first shoot with Katie. It is, I think, one of her first with a photographer other than herself. As a first time model, she seemed to be very self confident in her posing, and adapted quickly to her surroundings. The images where shot in and around Whirlow Brook Park, which is quickly gaining in my liking for a place to shoot. The park has a variety of different locations on offer, ranging from a hall and it's gardens, to small lakes and ponds, wooded areas to rockerys.
Another reason for a long time between postings is a mass culling of my photostream over at flickr. I have now imposed upon myself a rule that if a photo has not gained 100 views within a month of posting, it will now be deleted from my stream. This has been done as an effort to improve the quality of my stream. I had been going along the lines of quantity instead. I feel that this has made my stream stronger in content. Please visit the stream to see for yourself.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Ginger La Rouge in a Studio Portrait Session in Sheffield
There are some images that capture other people's imaginations. This seems to be one of them. The other images that are grouped with this image never quite took off like this one did. Below are some of the others taken at the same shoot. BTW, can you tell that Ginger La Rouge is a burlesque performer?
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
College Studio Session
A small selection of images from a recent shoot where I am studying photography at college.
