Give Your Best Pose For The Best Portrait Photograph

Are you getting ready for posing for a photo shoot? Be extra prepared since this is not just an ordinary photo shoot. You are planning to give out this photo for being reproduced into a portrait. Portrait is a life long and treasured memory. So extra preparation will be imperative.

Does the extra preparation for posing mean having bath for a longer time and styling your hair a new way? Yes that sure is a necessity to some extent. But two important elements need to be born in mind while posing for a portrait photograph. The first is that the pose must be natural. Second, the character and spirit of the subject must be undistorted.

Being natural while posing means trying to be less conscious of the camera lens before you. It is generally seen that when people are asked to smile, they give out a forceful smile. No! They have no stress and they may be feeling that they are giving their best. But it is not. And here comes the role of the photographer.

The photographer transforms the three dimensional human shape in a two dimensional form. A good portrait photographer must be aware of all the nuances of photography to result into a fantastic picture.

A few basic guidelines will always be resourceful for a photographer to create a magnificent portrait photograph.

Eyes are the focus of areas of any good photographer. Stick to the eyes. You shift focus from the eyes and you will find the entire picture as having shifted focus. How will a portrait of Abraham Lincoln look when a bar tender in the background is the center of attention. Look into the subject’s eyes and try to figure out what story they tell.

Next come the heads and shoulders. Tilt the shoulders at an angle to the camera. The photographer must decide the angle according to his requirements. This is a particularly challenging issue since having the poser face the camera will make him look obese and sometimes clumsy. Keeping both shoulders in a linear fashion is not recommended. Instead, raise one shoulder than the other.

Now comes the head. Tilt the head in the angle opposite to the angle that your shoulders have been turned. The effect of this is that an incline occurs in the natural line of the subject’s eyes. This too has a different significance depending on the subject being shot. When shooting men, the head is often tilted towards the lower shoulder, which signifies their masculine traits such as assertiveness and muscle. In women, tilting the head towards the high shoulder will make them give out a more mysterious charm.

Do not slouch when you are posing for a portrait photograph. If the photograph depicts subject in a standing position, put the feet apart from each other. Putting weight of the subject on the back leg will give a good impression. When sitting, incline forward from the waist to fashion a slopping line to the shoulders.

That will surely make for a good portrait photograph, which ultimately will be your best portrait painting.