Flow Posing: Fast and Furious Posing Techniques for Wedding
Use flow posing techniques to fluidly create dozens of portrait looks in minutes Creating flattering poses for portrait and wedding clients is key to success as a professional photographer, but it can be difficult to quickly move through a series of poses that results in flattering images and a wide variety of portrait looks. In this book, posing guru Doug Gordon (of Long Island, NY) distills his popular flow posing techniques to show readers how to establish a basic standing portrait pose that is perfectly suited to traditional/classic portrait looks, then fluidly progress through a series of minor posing adjustments, framing changes, and camera angles to build a cache of over fifty client-pleasing poses suitable for a wide range of clients and locations. Readers will learn how to slim clients, lengthen the body, elegantly pose hands, mask perceived imperfections, and make every client look and feel their best in front of the camera to deliver profit-building portraits in minimal time. AUTHOR: Doug Gordon is an award-winning portrait and wedding photographer and photo educator from Long Island, NY. He is a popular instructor at national and international photography conferences and regularly hosts flow posing workshops. Doug is the owner of a thriving portrait studio; he and his staff of 29 employees photograph an incredible average of 5,000 portrait sessions and 1,000 wedding sessions per year. SELLING POINTS: Readers will learn how to establish a flattering base pose that is perfect for classic/traditional portrait looks. Readers will learn how to make small changes to the base pose to produce dozens of flattering posing variations. Readers will learn how to use camera angle, camera tilt, and framing changes to create images with a wide range of looks.
Author: ,Doug Gordon
Format: Paperback, 128 pages, 178mm x 254mm
Published: 2017, Amherst Media, United States
Genre: Photography
Use flow posing techniques to fluidly create dozens of portrait looks in minutes Creating flattering poses for portrait and wedding clients is key to success as a professional photographer, but it can be difficult to quickly move through a series of poses that results in flattering images and a wide variety of portrait looks. In this book, posing guru Doug Gordon (of Long Island, NY) distills his popular flow posing techniques to show readers how to establish a basic standing portrait pose that is perfectly suited to traditional/classic portrait looks, then fluidly progress through a series of minor posing adjustments, framing changes, and camera angles to build a cache of over fifty client-pleasing poses suitable for a wide range of clients and locations. Readers will learn how to slim clients, lengthen the body, elegantly pose hands, mask perceived imperfections, and make every client look and feel their best in front of the camera to deliver profit-building portraits in minimal time. AUTHOR: Doug Gordon is an award-winning portrait and wedding photographer and photo educator from Long Island, NY. He is a popular instructor at national and international photography conferences and regularly hosts flow posing workshops. Doug is the owner of a thriving portrait studio; he and his staff of 29 employees photograph an incredible average of 5,000 portrait sessions and 1,000 wedding sessions per year. SELLING POINTS: Readers will learn how to establish a flattering base pose that is perfect for classic/traditional portrait looks. Readers will learn how to make small changes to the base pose to produce dozens of flattering posing variations. Readers will learn how to use camera angle, camera tilt, and framing changes to create images with a wide range of looks.