1 00:00:02,450 --> 00:00:04,490 So you've been wonderful so far. 2 00:00:04,490 --> 00:00:06,550 Are you ready for some floor poses? 3 00:00:06,550 --> 00:00:08,370 Sure. Okay cool. 4 00:00:08,373 --> 00:00:09,203 Thank you. 5 00:00:11,273 --> 00:00:12,303 It's cool. 6 00:00:12,300 --> 00:00:13,700 I will move right over here. 7 00:00:15,610 --> 00:00:17,070 Awesome. 8 00:00:17,070 --> 00:00:17,950 Okay great. 9 00:00:17,950 --> 00:00:20,380 So, first thing I'm going to have you do, 10 00:00:20,380 --> 00:00:21,890 I do mirroring. 11 00:00:21,890 --> 00:00:25,460 Okay, so I did my sitting poses with hands. 12 00:00:25,460 --> 00:00:26,820 Okay. 13 00:00:26,820 --> 00:00:29,760 Usually I don't do standing with hands as much. 14 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:32,450 I don't know, it just because then people's weight, 15 00:00:32,450 --> 00:00:33,620 the way that they're shifting their weight 16 00:00:33,620 --> 00:00:34,450 makes a difference. 17 00:00:34,453 --> 00:00:35,913 When people are sitting, they're more comfortable. 18 00:00:35,910 --> 00:00:37,970 They're not worried about what this looks like 19 00:00:37,970 --> 00:00:40,160 so they know, okay it's clearly here 20 00:00:40,160 --> 00:00:42,350 and then they're not stressed out as much. 21 00:00:42,350 --> 00:00:45,180 So for sitting, I can do a couple things. 22 00:00:45,180 --> 00:00:47,850 So I told you often my default is to say, 23 00:00:47,847 --> 00:00:49,957 "just take a seat, just be comfortable". 24 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:51,520 That's my first default one. 25 00:00:54,510 --> 00:00:55,340 Let's take a look. 26 00:00:55,343 --> 00:00:57,033 I've not seen what she's done yet. 27 00:00:58,100 --> 00:01:01,780 Okay, so I take a look and, are you a dancer? 28 00:01:01,782 --> 00:01:02,612 No. 29 00:01:02,615 --> 00:01:03,445 No? 30 00:01:03,448 --> 00:01:05,578 That, I didn't know like bend that way. 31 00:01:05,580 --> 00:01:07,640 (audience laughs) 32 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:09,600 I mean it's cute. 33 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:13,060 Okay, so I have a dress on so we're just going to try. 34 00:01:13,060 --> 00:01:16,480 I actually when I do a high school senior portrait session, 35 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:17,460 I just pose. 36 00:01:17,460 --> 00:01:19,330 Like I don't try to explain it. 37 00:01:19,330 --> 00:01:21,070 I just do it with them personally. 38 00:01:21,070 --> 00:01:22,520 So what I'm going to have, what I'm going to do, 39 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:25,510 is I'm going to have you just put your knees together 40 00:01:25,510 --> 00:01:26,970 and then lean out on this arm 41 00:01:26,970 --> 00:01:29,540 and put that hand kind of soft on your leg here. 42 00:01:29,540 --> 00:01:30,370 Perfect. 43 00:01:30,373 --> 00:01:32,603 So it would be kind of a first pose that I would do. 44 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:33,570 Just soft. 45 00:01:33,570 --> 00:01:35,230 YOu're going to tilt your head either way 46 00:01:35,230 --> 00:01:39,580 and then can you cross your left hand over in front? 47 00:01:39,580 --> 00:01:40,410 Perfect. 48 00:01:40,413 --> 00:01:43,383 And what the one thing that I see is you have a little bit 49 00:01:43,380 --> 00:01:45,290 too much weight on your hand, just soft. 50 00:01:45,290 --> 00:01:46,980 Like just like barely, like don't put any weight on it. 51 00:01:46,980 --> 00:01:49,090 Just barely touch it on the floor. 52 00:01:49,090 --> 00:01:50,920 And lean out just a little bit more. 53 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:53,420 Okay, so that's like the basic, you know, she's out 54 00:01:53,420 --> 00:01:56,070 on the park, get that basic photo. 55 00:01:56,070 --> 00:01:56,900 Okay. 56 00:01:56,903 --> 00:01:58,583 So I'm not going to count that towards one of our poses 57 00:01:58,580 --> 00:02:01,190 just because I want to do some more interesting ones. 58 00:02:01,190 --> 00:02:02,520 We're not going to do that one. 59 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:05,460 Okay, the next one is I'm going to have you lean out 60 00:02:05,460 --> 00:02:06,290 on your elbow. 61 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:07,990 Okay. 62 00:02:07,993 --> 00:02:08,823 And I'm going to have her, 63 00:02:08,826 --> 00:02:10,296 so what I'm going to do so far 64 00:02:10,300 --> 00:02:12,340 is that looks good. 65 00:02:12,340 --> 00:02:14,700 Her torso looks good because right now she doesn't 66 00:02:14,700 --> 00:02:16,000 have too much weight on her arm. 67 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:18,070 She doesn't look like her neck is straining. 68 00:02:18,070 --> 00:02:21,370 This arm that's brought over, it's a big circle 69 00:02:21,370 --> 00:02:23,730 so I've kind of held the neck pose there. 70 00:02:23,730 --> 00:02:25,350 But I'm looking at her legs. 71 00:02:25,350 --> 00:02:27,710 And because of fort shortening, her knees are kind of 72 00:02:27,710 --> 00:02:29,910 coming at the camera and it looks like she has short legs. 73 00:02:29,910 --> 00:02:31,350 So I'm gonna have you kind of extend your legs 74 00:02:31,350 --> 00:02:33,810 out a little bit, something like that. 75 00:02:33,810 --> 00:02:36,080 And I'll make them uneven. 76 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:40,600 If you wanted to have a girl have more curve, 77 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:43,390 you would tuck the top knee over. 78 00:02:43,390 --> 00:02:45,360 If that's not what you're going for, 79 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:47,820 you would do the opposite and you would kind of pull 80 00:02:47,820 --> 00:02:49,710 that leg extended out. 81 00:02:49,710 --> 00:02:52,960 So I'm going to have you extend your top leg out, okay. 82 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:55,510 To something like that versus if I curve it over, 83 00:02:55,510 --> 00:02:57,370 now her hip pops out. 84 00:02:57,370 --> 00:03:00,250 So it just kind of just depends on what's the style 85 00:03:00,250 --> 00:03:01,410 you're going for. 86 00:03:01,411 --> 00:03:02,241 What's the look you're going for there. 87 00:03:02,244 --> 00:03:04,084 So I would get that nice shot. 88 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:06,390 I'm going to go grab a photo of that okay? 89 00:03:08,125 --> 00:03:09,845 And I'm trying to be aware of the camera over here 90 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:12,490 as I'm running around. 91 00:03:12,490 --> 00:03:13,320 Okay. 92 00:03:15,170 --> 00:03:16,000 Perfect. 93 00:03:17,990 --> 00:03:18,820 Great. 94 00:03:20,615 --> 00:03:22,495 (camera clicks) 95 00:03:22,490 --> 00:03:24,530 And one thing I see she's not too bad 96 00:03:24,530 --> 00:03:27,110 but I see a little bit of tension in her hands. 97 00:03:27,110 --> 00:03:28,600 Not too much but they're a little ball. 98 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:30,410 Just wiggle your fingers real fast 99 00:03:30,406 --> 00:03:31,236 and then put them back together. 100 00:03:31,239 --> 00:03:32,069 Good. 101 00:03:32,072 --> 00:03:32,942 So I think she looks more comfortable 102 00:03:32,940 --> 00:03:35,010 versus when her hands are in a ball, 103 00:03:35,010 --> 00:03:37,290 it looks a little more stressed. 104 00:03:37,287 --> 00:03:38,267 Okay, cool. 105 00:03:38,266 --> 00:03:39,096 (camera clicks) 106 00:03:39,099 --> 00:03:41,889 Notice as well, I'm down on the floor with her. 107 00:03:41,890 --> 00:03:45,120 If I shoot at a higher angle, I lose the negative 108 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:46,510 space of her arms. 109 00:03:46,510 --> 00:03:48,640 So if I come up kind of this way, 110 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:52,010 notice it's not bad but that negative space 111 00:03:52,010 --> 00:03:54,520 from the top arm disappears. 112 00:03:55,430 --> 00:03:56,760 Let's see in a second. 113 00:03:56,760 --> 00:03:59,660 And I know this kind of from shooting a lot. 114 00:04:00,710 --> 00:04:05,710 It's not terrible maybe if she doesn't have matching 115 00:04:05,730 --> 00:04:08,380 colored sleeves so, you know, it doesn't look like 116 00:04:08,380 --> 00:04:11,080 it all blends in but when she's wearing black, 117 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:13,810 it's not as flattering as the alternative. 118 00:04:13,810 --> 00:04:14,640 Okay. 119 00:04:14,643 --> 00:04:19,573 So now I want to get a little cuter, okay, 120 00:04:19,570 --> 00:04:21,320 so I'm going to have your just scoot this way 121 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:22,190 just a little bit 122 00:04:22,192 --> 00:04:24,732 and I'm going to actually have you lay out 123 00:04:24,730 --> 00:04:25,830 with your hand in your hair. 124 00:04:25,830 --> 00:04:26,850 Like lay, lay out. 125 00:04:26,850 --> 00:04:28,200 Perfect. 126 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:31,890 Okay, so like pretty naturally, teenage girls 127 00:04:31,890 --> 00:04:34,140 kind of just flop and pose, you know. 128 00:04:34,140 --> 00:04:35,600 It looked pretty good. 129 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:39,170 I will have you pull your left knee over real quick. 130 00:04:39,170 --> 00:04:40,630 Yep and just flip it on the ground. 131 00:04:40,630 --> 00:04:42,000 I want to see how it works. 132 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:45,530 If, so if I am not getting a full length pose, 133 00:04:45,530 --> 00:04:47,760 and I just want there to be just a little curve, 134 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:48,600 that works. 135 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:51,510 For full length, it looks kind of sprawled 136 00:04:51,510 --> 00:04:53,260 so I'd have you tuck it back. 137 00:04:53,260 --> 00:04:54,680 Just like that, you can put it even behind, 138 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:56,820 you can kind of whatever's comfortable. 139 00:04:56,820 --> 00:04:58,780 So I'm going to do a pose like that 140 00:04:58,780 --> 00:05:00,810 and you can even sprawl out even more. 141 00:05:00,810 --> 00:05:02,680 You can actually lay on the ground. 142 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:03,910 Okay, that's fine. 143 00:05:03,910 --> 00:05:07,730 And then put that hand real soft just there. 144 00:05:07,730 --> 00:05:10,500 So that would be another pose that I would do. 145 00:05:10,500 --> 00:05:12,330 And her hand is great. 146 00:05:12,330 --> 00:05:14,530 What I would watch for, turn that hand this way. 147 00:05:14,530 --> 00:05:17,080 I'd watch for that if somebody's balancing 148 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:18,830 because then you have foreshortened fingers. 149 00:05:18,830 --> 00:05:20,100 It's at the camera. 150 00:05:20,100 --> 00:05:21,470 So just turn it side, turn it in. 151 00:05:21,470 --> 00:05:23,670 Good, a little bit more, a little more, right there. 152 00:05:23,670 --> 00:05:25,910 And then I hit wiggle fingers. 153 00:05:25,910 --> 00:05:28,340 If people have their hand flat on the ground, 154 00:05:28,340 --> 00:05:29,680 you can tell they're stressed. 155 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:31,360 I want them to look super comfortable, 156 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:32,550 super natural. 157 00:05:32,550 --> 00:05:34,320 So I just say, "wiggle your fingers". 158 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:35,150 Perfect. 159 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:37,340 She's super cute. 160 00:05:37,335 --> 00:05:38,165 Can I rub your hair? 161 00:05:38,168 --> 00:05:39,398 Mm-hm. Okay. 162 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:41,820 Yeah, teenagers, don't touch them without asking, 163 00:05:41,820 --> 00:05:44,930 slash, if you can avoid it, just have them do it themselves. 164 00:05:44,930 --> 00:05:48,040 But I'm just going to flip your hair real quick for you. 165 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:49,830 Perfect, great. 166 00:05:49,830 --> 00:05:50,660 All right. 167 00:05:50,663 --> 00:05:53,753 So let me get a photo of how super cute you look here. 168 00:05:53,750 --> 00:05:55,730 And can you bring your hand up even further? 169 00:05:55,730 --> 00:05:56,840 Right there, great. 170 00:05:58,892 --> 00:06:00,712 (camera clicks) 171 00:06:00,715 --> 00:06:01,975 Good. 172 00:06:01,970 --> 00:06:03,020 And do one serious. 173 00:06:05,340 --> 00:06:09,380 It's cute, but I think I like this serious a little bit. 174 00:06:09,382 --> 00:06:10,452 Looks cute. 175 00:06:11,620 --> 00:06:12,930 Nice angles. 176 00:06:12,930 --> 00:06:14,210 You look nice. 177 00:06:14,210 --> 00:06:15,040 Very cute. 178 00:06:16,580 --> 00:06:20,450 That would be kind of, I got my basics of standing. 179 00:06:20,446 --> 00:06:22,656 I got my basics of her hand in her hair. 180 00:06:22,660 --> 00:06:24,140 I got the basics of laying down, 181 00:06:24,140 --> 00:06:26,280 so now I can go a little cuter. 182 00:06:26,280 --> 00:06:28,280 I'm gonna have you lay on your stomach 183 00:06:28,280 --> 00:06:29,580 with your head towards me. 184 00:06:31,172 --> 00:06:32,272 (laughs) 185 00:06:32,273 --> 00:06:33,573 Okay so she's a ham. 186 00:06:33,577 --> 00:06:36,117 (audience laughter) 187 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:39,660 So when I see that, this pose for me, 188 00:06:39,660 --> 00:06:41,230 because of how her hands are, 189 00:06:41,230 --> 00:06:42,770 are younger than she even is. 190 00:06:42,770 --> 00:06:43,780 So she's 14. 191 00:06:45,090 --> 00:06:47,900 This pose I would see probably more 192 00:06:47,900 --> 00:06:50,790 for like a kid six, seven, eight, 193 00:06:50,790 --> 00:06:53,370 something like that, with the two hands. 194 00:06:53,370 --> 00:06:55,870 So if you want her to look a little more mature. 195 00:06:55,870 --> 00:06:58,720 I'm gonna have you drop your left arm. 196 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:01,320 Good and then soft hand on that side. 197 00:07:03,090 --> 00:07:04,930 She did it pretty perfect. 198 00:07:04,930 --> 00:07:07,530 So I would zoom in and I know I'd get a tight shot 199 00:07:07,530 --> 00:07:08,990 right away, right off the bat. 200 00:07:08,990 --> 00:07:12,350 I'm gonna move my light just a little. 201 00:07:12,350 --> 00:07:14,970 Perfect and let's get a close-up shot here. 202 00:07:16,941 --> 00:07:18,141 (camera clicks) 203 00:07:18,140 --> 00:07:18,970 Great. 204 00:07:20,890 --> 00:07:23,250 And now if I wanted a full length shot, 205 00:07:23,250 --> 00:07:25,500 I'd have her cross her legs. 206 00:07:25,500 --> 00:07:28,090 Perfect and I would shoot from here. 207 00:07:28,090 --> 00:07:30,510 Whatever's closest to the camera looks biggest. 208 00:07:30,510 --> 00:07:32,290 It looks cute, you look adorable. 209 00:07:34,993 --> 00:07:37,303 When I shoot the boudoir shoots later, 210 00:07:37,300 --> 00:07:39,780 I would shoot a little more from the side, 211 00:07:39,780 --> 00:07:41,400 have the girl arch her back, 212 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:42,950 put a little weight on her knees. 213 00:07:42,950 --> 00:07:44,210 Make a little more curve, 214 00:07:44,210 --> 00:07:47,020 I'd have her pull her hands in tighter. 215 00:07:47,020 --> 00:07:48,550 These really are all the same poses, 216 00:07:48,550 --> 00:07:50,310 you're just kinda tweaking 217 00:07:50,310 --> 00:07:52,060 for what your subject matter is. 218 00:07:52,060 --> 00:07:52,970 Awesome. 219 00:07:52,970 --> 00:07:54,220 So you look super cute. 220 00:07:54,220 --> 00:07:56,670 I'm gonna have you sit on your bottom real quick. 221 00:07:58,690 --> 00:08:01,200 Awesome and I'm going to break a huge rule. 222 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:03,670 I'm gonna have you curl up in a ball 223 00:08:03,670 --> 00:08:06,040 and put your hand on your knee 224 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:07,590 and then cross this hand over. 225 00:08:07,590 --> 00:08:08,420 Perfect. 226 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:11,780 This is bad pose. 227 00:08:11,780 --> 00:08:14,670 Everything's kind of tight together. 228 00:08:14,670 --> 00:08:16,870 I'm going to tweak it to make it better. 229 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:21,670 I'm gonna have you tuck your outside hand underneath, 230 00:08:21,670 --> 00:08:23,410 even further back, good. 231 00:08:23,410 --> 00:08:25,810 And put your knees down just a little bit. 232 00:08:25,810 --> 00:08:27,410 So now lean out on your knees. 233 00:08:27,410 --> 00:08:30,020 I'm trying to make her a little less bunched up. 234 00:08:30,020 --> 00:08:32,230 I'm elongating a little bit. 235 00:08:32,230 --> 00:08:34,180 I see her hand is in front of her chin. 236 00:08:35,220 --> 00:08:36,050 I don't want it to be in front of her chin. 237 00:08:36,053 --> 00:08:37,553 Can you put it back just a little bit? 238 00:08:37,550 --> 00:08:40,060 Great, so much better angle. 239 00:08:40,060 --> 00:08:41,640 Looks much more flattering to her. 240 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:43,700 I would floof out her hair. 241 00:08:43,700 --> 00:08:46,560 For girls, floofing hair is important (laughs). 242 00:08:46,556 --> 00:08:48,046 Can you just flick it out a little bit? 243 00:08:48,050 --> 00:08:49,380 Good, perfect. 244 00:08:49,380 --> 00:08:52,010 See how much more of a natural flow it has there? 245 00:08:52,010 --> 00:08:55,290 I would not shoot this pose like this. 246 00:08:56,600 --> 00:08:57,600 Okay, you see? 247 00:08:57,600 --> 00:08:59,400 I wouldn't shoot it like this. 248 00:08:59,397 --> 00:09:01,057 I would come over here. 249 00:09:02,030 --> 00:09:03,480 Good and look right up at me. 250 00:09:04,978 --> 00:09:06,008 (camera clicks) 251 00:09:06,010 --> 00:09:07,290 Good. 252 00:09:07,288 --> 00:09:08,118 Good. 253 00:09:09,650 --> 00:09:11,510 I would shoot closer. 254 00:09:11,506 --> 00:09:14,796 I would probably shoot this on location or something. 255 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:17,280 I'd shoot it horizontally so her eyes are in focus, 256 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:19,890 I can see a kind of green grass behind her, 257 00:09:19,890 --> 00:09:20,790 something like that. 258 00:09:20,790 --> 00:09:23,530 Just know that a bad pose isn't necessarily bad 259 00:09:23,527 --> 00:09:25,747 when you can crop in. 260 00:09:25,750 --> 00:09:28,590 Let's do even funkier. 261 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:31,900 Let's bring inspiration. 262 00:09:31,900 --> 00:09:34,340 Let's bring an inspiration out here. 263 00:09:34,340 --> 00:09:35,540 So we're gonna try one. 264 00:09:37,670 --> 00:09:40,800 What I want you to do is I'm gonna have you do this. 265 00:09:41,930 --> 00:09:42,860 Something like that? 266 00:09:42,860 --> 00:09:45,270 So let's just say you guys don't know what it is. 267 00:09:49,150 --> 00:09:50,080 I'll do that, I'm like what do you think 268 00:09:50,077 --> 00:09:53,097 about this pose and they'll be like, oh okay, sure. 269 00:09:53,100 --> 00:09:55,260 I can actually get their feedback. 270 00:09:55,257 --> 00:09:59,027 They'll tell you right away if they don't like that one. 271 00:09:59,023 --> 00:10:02,603 This is kind of the pose I was directing here. 272 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:04,120 If she didn't have solid colors on, 273 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:06,180 it'd maybe be a little better with this hand. 274 00:10:06,178 --> 00:10:07,418 Let me explain. 275 00:10:07,420 --> 00:10:08,770 So what I'm looking at here 276 00:10:09,900 --> 00:10:13,260 is I like the negative space that she has, 277 00:10:13,260 --> 00:10:15,970 but because she's wearing all black, 278 00:10:15,970 --> 00:10:17,780 this is going to blend in. 279 00:10:17,780 --> 00:10:19,740 It's too much merge. 280 00:10:19,740 --> 00:10:22,340 So I could have her put her hand kind of on her hip. 281 00:10:23,212 --> 00:10:25,702 So now I have nice triangles, and that's cute. 282 00:10:25,700 --> 00:10:28,060 If I wanted her to have a little more length, 283 00:10:28,060 --> 00:10:29,980 instead of sitting, I could have her extend up, 284 00:10:29,980 --> 00:10:31,780 so you try something like that. 285 00:10:31,780 --> 00:10:34,440 And you can lean out and tilt head. 286 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:35,810 Or sit back down. 287 00:10:35,810 --> 00:10:38,810 So this is another starting point that I 288 00:10:38,810 --> 00:10:40,450 could kind of work with here. 289 00:10:41,292 --> 00:10:43,092 I'm gonna take one more photo there. 290 00:10:44,100 --> 00:10:47,290 Perfect, and will you sit up a little straighter? 291 00:10:47,290 --> 00:10:48,120 Good. 292 00:10:50,330 --> 00:10:51,740 (camera clicks) 293 00:10:51,740 --> 00:10:52,570 And will you pop your elbow out back? 294 00:10:52,573 --> 00:10:54,163 Yeah, there you go, good. 295 00:10:55,719 --> 00:10:56,549 (camera clicks) 296 00:10:56,552 --> 00:10:58,042 Perfect. 297 00:10:58,040 --> 00:10:58,870 All right. 298 00:10:59,840 --> 00:11:01,190 That would be another one. 299 00:11:01,190 --> 00:11:03,380 I'm only gonna do two more things. 300 00:11:03,380 --> 00:11:06,390 Last thing, well last thing right here. 301 00:11:06,390 --> 00:11:08,250 Would you just lie on your back? 302 00:11:10,290 --> 00:11:11,890 And put your head over this way. 303 00:11:14,010 --> 00:11:17,920 So for me, this is not a studio shot. 304 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:19,620 This would be outdoors. 305 00:11:20,670 --> 00:11:23,330 Lying in the grass, something like that. 306 00:11:23,330 --> 00:11:26,240 So I would do is have her floof her hair out. 307 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:28,200 So I'd come over and I'd make it all floofy 308 00:11:28,196 --> 00:11:30,656 and pretty, girls if they have long hair, 309 00:11:30,660 --> 00:11:31,750 love the floofy pretty shots. 310 00:11:31,750 --> 00:11:33,750 Okay you can put your head back down. 311 00:11:33,753 --> 00:11:36,133 All right, floof your hair out all cute, perfect. 312 00:11:36,130 --> 00:11:38,150 And I'm gonna have you put your hands above your head. 313 00:11:40,335 --> 00:11:42,165 (laughs) I like that, Superman. 314 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:45,070 So what I want to do, I know I wanna photograph 315 00:11:45,070 --> 00:11:46,450 shooting a downward angle. 316 00:11:47,860 --> 00:11:49,510 Guys (mumbles) like love that. 317 00:11:49,510 --> 00:11:51,740 I don't know, I would always shoot this. 318 00:11:51,740 --> 00:11:54,220 So I'm gonna have you put your hands in, 319 00:11:55,300 --> 00:11:57,530 something like a little bit more above your head. 320 00:11:57,526 --> 00:12:00,656 Good, all right so now she's symmetrical. 321 00:12:00,660 --> 00:12:03,210 So I need to make it asymmetrical. 322 00:12:03,210 --> 00:12:06,250 So I'm gonna have you put one hand higher than the other. 323 00:12:06,250 --> 00:12:07,740 Just like that, perfect. 324 00:12:07,740 --> 00:12:10,230 What she did, she shifted one arm up, 325 00:12:10,230 --> 00:12:14,850 the other arm down, but I'm seeing a lot of palms. 326 00:12:14,853 --> 00:12:18,803 So I come in and I would just say, "can you just 327 00:12:18,807 --> 00:12:20,837 "tweak your hand like that, perfect, 328 00:12:20,837 --> 00:12:23,407 "and tweak your hand like that, great." 329 00:12:23,410 --> 00:12:24,620 Just like that and I'm gonna actually 330 00:12:24,620 --> 00:12:27,720 put this hand much lower, maybe just around your head. 331 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:30,130 And make it asymmetrical. 332 00:12:30,130 --> 00:12:31,190 Let's take a shot like that. 333 00:12:31,190 --> 00:12:33,060 You're gonna turn your head towards me just a little, 334 00:12:33,060 --> 00:12:35,020 and I would stand on a step ladder. 335 00:12:35,020 --> 00:12:37,400 I don't know if we have a little step stool 336 00:12:37,396 --> 00:12:39,476 or an apple box is good. 337 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:42,480 Apple boxes are my favorite (laughs). 338 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:44,240 I need them all the time. 339 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:45,070 Perfect. 340 00:12:46,420 --> 00:12:47,810 Great, perfect. 341 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:52,530 And so what I was looking for was asymmetry. 342 00:12:52,530 --> 00:12:54,580 My hand kind of follows around. 343 00:12:54,580 --> 00:12:56,790 If I wanna do a full length shot as well, 344 00:12:56,790 --> 00:12:58,500 if I wanted to get maybe mid length, 345 00:12:58,500 --> 00:13:00,080 I'll show what I would change. 346 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:01,400 Get one quick shot here. 347 00:13:02,823 --> 00:13:03,653 (camera clicks) 348 00:13:03,656 --> 00:13:05,226 Oh, did not fire. 349 00:13:05,230 --> 00:13:06,930 Let's try it one more time, good. 350 00:13:10,170 --> 00:13:11,710 Um, okay hold on. 351 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:16,990 Let's try it, let me give this a try again. 352 00:13:18,030 --> 00:13:19,850 Yeah that one worked, okay good. 353 00:13:21,299 --> 00:13:23,549 We'll see, yeah you can already see it kinda. 354 00:13:24,900 --> 00:13:26,940 Okay so shooting from a higher angle, 355 00:13:26,940 --> 00:13:28,500 so if I wanted to do fuller length, 356 00:13:28,497 --> 00:13:32,387 I'd take that one arm and put it across your stomach. 357 00:13:32,390 --> 00:13:34,370 So now what I have is I have an S-curve, 358 00:13:34,370 --> 00:13:35,410 'cause what you'll see, 359 00:13:35,410 --> 00:13:37,340 can you bring that hand a little closer to your head? 360 00:13:37,340 --> 00:13:38,170 Perfect. 361 00:13:38,173 --> 00:13:39,723 So now what you'll see, 362 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:41,920 and lean towards me just a little bit, good. 363 00:13:44,957 --> 00:13:45,787 (camera clicks) 364 00:13:45,790 --> 00:13:46,620 Perfect. 365 00:13:47,550 --> 00:13:49,370 When you watch her arms, you'll see that it 366 00:13:49,370 --> 00:13:51,570 starts near her head and does a little 367 00:13:51,570 --> 00:13:54,700 curve down her body so your eyes kind of 368 00:13:54,700 --> 00:13:55,990 follow her pose. 369 00:13:55,988 --> 00:13:58,428 This one was also very popular. 370 00:13:58,430 --> 00:14:01,670 But notice, negative space on that back arm. 371 00:14:01,670 --> 00:14:03,760 So it's not very tight up against her, 372 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:06,100 she's nice and relaxed. 373 00:14:06,095 --> 00:14:08,695 On that hand, I do see the back of her hand. 374 00:14:08,690 --> 00:14:12,330 It's okay because it wouldn't actually really work 375 00:14:12,330 --> 00:14:14,830 to do pinky unless I had her put her hand 376 00:14:14,830 --> 00:14:17,020 on her hip which I want it just relaxed. 377 00:14:17,020 --> 00:14:19,140 I do see pinky side on the top hand. 378 00:14:19,140 --> 00:14:21,920 And so my eye just kind of curves like that. 379 00:14:23,049 --> 00:14:24,899 So the very last one I'm going to do 380 00:14:24,900 --> 00:14:26,010 for high school senior girls, 381 00:14:26,010 --> 00:14:27,680 these are kind of my go to poses, 382 00:14:27,680 --> 00:14:30,810 is I am going to take her over to that wall there. 383 00:14:30,810 --> 00:14:33,090 So, Iris would you help me with that? 384 00:14:34,420 --> 00:14:35,650 And I'm gonna go have you 385 00:14:35,650 --> 00:14:37,760 lean up against the wall however you want. 386 00:14:38,640 --> 00:14:40,070 Okay. 387 00:14:40,073 --> 00:14:43,863 I'm personally a fan of trying to read 388 00:14:43,860 --> 00:14:45,520 the person's personality. 389 00:14:45,516 --> 00:14:48,736 So we actually had a discussion about this yesterday. 390 00:14:48,740 --> 00:14:51,080 A lot of times the people that hire you, 391 00:14:52,850 --> 00:14:54,370 they want you to direct them 392 00:14:54,370 --> 00:14:56,950 more just so they know why they're paying you. 393 00:14:56,950 --> 00:14:58,850 Sometimes they just want to hear that you 394 00:14:58,850 --> 00:15:01,070 have ideas and that you're directing. 395 00:15:01,070 --> 00:15:04,150 High school seniors, sometimes when you ask them 396 00:15:04,150 --> 00:15:06,480 or tell them just to go pose against the wall, 397 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:08,030 they feel more involved. 398 00:15:08,030 --> 00:15:10,550 They feel like they're partaking in the process, 399 00:15:10,550 --> 00:15:12,040 versus if it's an adult, 400 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:14,410 they don't want to partake in the process (laughs). 401 00:15:14,410 --> 00:15:15,730 They're like, just tell me what to do. 402 00:15:15,730 --> 00:15:16,870 Let's make this fast. 403 00:15:16,870 --> 00:15:18,100 Whereas some high school seniors, 404 00:15:18,100 --> 00:15:20,150 they get excited about it, or teenagers. 405 00:15:20,150 --> 00:15:21,910 So she looks cute, she went up and posed 406 00:15:21,910 --> 00:15:23,470 up against the wall there. 407 00:15:23,473 --> 00:15:26,943 I'm actually, this might be a bit of a pain, 408 00:15:26,940 --> 00:15:28,470 so I'm gonna try. 409 00:15:28,470 --> 00:15:32,300 I'm actually not going to shoot flat onto the wall. 410 00:15:32,300 --> 00:15:34,620 I'm actually going to shoot down the wall a bit. 411 00:15:34,620 --> 00:15:36,380 So you're fine with that. 412 00:15:37,723 --> 00:15:38,553 I'm just gonna stand over here. 413 00:15:38,556 --> 00:15:40,866 Will you move it out to the front just a tiny bit? 414 00:15:41,897 --> 00:15:43,467 Perfect. 415 00:15:43,470 --> 00:15:45,860 Let me just see how this looks lighting-wise. 416 00:15:48,050 --> 00:15:49,590 Take a look. 417 00:15:49,590 --> 00:15:51,010 Can you bring it way out to the front, 418 00:15:51,010 --> 00:15:52,500 like way, way, way, way flat light, 419 00:15:52,500 --> 00:15:55,370 keep going, perfect, okay great. 420 00:15:55,370 --> 00:15:56,490 Let me test this. 421 00:15:56,490 --> 00:15:59,240 All right so I'm gonna take a pose like this, 422 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:01,750 everything's kind of blended in. 423 00:16:01,750 --> 00:16:03,520 I know you guys can kind of see that. 424 00:16:03,520 --> 00:16:05,020 Okay everything's kinda blended in. 425 00:16:05,020 --> 00:16:08,050 I want to have a little bit more shape. 426 00:16:08,050 --> 00:16:12,100 I wanna have a little bit more pose to it. 427 00:16:12,100 --> 00:16:13,490 So what I'm gonna have you do is I'm gonna have you 428 00:16:13,490 --> 00:16:16,320 turn towards me just a little bit, great. 429 00:16:16,324 --> 00:16:17,714 I'm gonna have you put your hand on your shoulder. 430 00:16:17,710 --> 00:16:19,330 That one, perfect. 431 00:16:19,330 --> 00:16:21,800 Great and I'm gonna have you put your hand on your hip. 432 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:23,150 Perfect, just like that. 433 00:16:23,150 --> 00:16:26,170 Okay so what I just did and I know you guys can't see this, 434 00:16:26,167 --> 00:16:29,397 slash any cameras can't see this. 435 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:32,320 Let me articulate since I realize you can't see this. 436 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:34,350 I have her leaning up against the wall. 437 00:16:34,350 --> 00:16:37,750 When she was leaning flat from that angle, it's flat. 438 00:16:37,750 --> 00:16:39,140 You can't see anything. 439 00:16:39,140 --> 00:16:40,370 So I had her turn sideways. 440 00:16:40,370 --> 00:16:42,890 So she's not totally reduced against the wall. 441 00:16:42,890 --> 00:16:45,680 Now she has a little more command of the frame. 442 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:48,250 If she just leans flat with her arm, 443 00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:52,140 there's no negative space, it's squished. 444 00:16:52,140 --> 00:16:53,250 So I had her put her hand on her hip 445 00:16:53,250 --> 00:16:55,000 and she's more leaning on her elbow 446 00:16:55,870 --> 00:16:57,370 than anything else. 447 00:16:57,370 --> 00:16:59,610 Well then this arm doesn't have anything to do, 448 00:16:59,610 --> 00:17:01,800 so I had her just kind of put it here for negative space. 449 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:04,530 Will you lay on your back, 450 00:17:04,533 --> 00:17:05,703 you know lean on your back again, hands down 451 00:17:05,700 --> 00:17:08,310 and tell me when you feel good about that camera. 452 00:17:10,220 --> 00:17:11,450 So what I'm gonna have you do 453 00:17:11,450 --> 00:17:14,420 is turn sideways, put your hand on your hip. 454 00:17:14,420 --> 00:17:16,580 Okay so now we got a little bit of negative space there. 455 00:17:16,580 --> 00:17:19,120 And now put that hand up on your shoulder. 456 00:17:19,120 --> 00:17:20,450 Perfect, all right let me take a look, 457 00:17:20,450 --> 00:17:21,930 I'm gonna shoot from over here. 458 00:17:21,930 --> 00:17:24,480 Great, I'm just getting right in your camera angle. 459 00:17:25,750 --> 00:17:27,730 And let's check a look at my light. 460 00:17:27,730 --> 00:17:29,790 And now will you look at that light. 461 00:17:32,110 --> 00:17:34,630 And now put that hand in your hair, good. 462 00:17:36,930 --> 00:17:37,760 Perfect. 463 00:17:39,010 --> 00:17:39,840 So something like that. 464 00:17:39,843 --> 00:17:42,503 Of course I would be not having that 465 00:17:42,500 --> 00:17:44,370 exact light, but that's what I'm thinking about. 466 00:17:44,370 --> 00:17:45,660 A lot of people when they pose somebody 467 00:17:45,660 --> 00:17:46,880 up and against the wall, 468 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:48,130 they just have them lean. 469 00:17:49,130 --> 00:17:51,300 There's no shape, there's no negative space, 470 00:17:51,300 --> 00:17:52,650 it's really really flat. 471 00:17:52,650 --> 00:17:53,990 So I'm looking for ways to give it 472 00:17:53,990 --> 00:17:55,440 a little bit of negative space, 473 00:17:55,440 --> 00:17:56,820 kick some weight out in the hip, 474 00:17:56,820 --> 00:17:58,300 give more negative space here, 475 00:17:58,300 --> 00:17:59,690 occupy this hand. 476 00:17:59,690 --> 00:18:01,500 Same thing is when people pose high 477 00:18:01,500 --> 00:18:03,160 school seniors up against a wall, 478 00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:06,230 a lot of times they just have flat. 479 00:18:06,230 --> 00:18:07,550 I try to think of the same thing, 480 00:18:07,550 --> 00:18:09,970 can they lean back, have the hand soft, 481 00:18:09,970 --> 00:18:12,770 or hand on the hip, and one hand, 482 00:18:12,770 --> 00:18:13,710 well both hands on the hips 483 00:18:13,710 --> 00:18:15,360 and kind of lean on an elbow. 484 00:18:15,360 --> 00:18:17,500 So watch for not flat and not merger 485 00:18:17,500 --> 00:18:19,000 and this gives her a little opportunity 486 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:21,280 to do like, personality 487 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:24,470 and she can kind of lean and interact. 488 00:18:24,470 --> 00:18:27,800 So those would be, that was perfect, thank you. 489 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:29,970 Oh and I'm gonna be super tangled, eek. 490 00:18:29,970 --> 00:18:32,980 Sorry I'm gonna pass this around here. 491 00:18:32,980 --> 00:18:35,390 Those would be, I'm gonna leave it for you. 492 00:18:35,390 --> 00:18:38,320 My go to high school senior poses. 493 00:18:38,320 --> 00:18:39,410 There were more than five there. 494 00:18:39,410 --> 00:18:41,300 I'll pick out my key five, 495 00:18:41,300 --> 00:18:43,780 but what it would be would be standing, 496 00:18:43,780 --> 00:18:45,890 something close up with hands, 497 00:18:45,890 --> 00:18:48,730 sitting, laying, leaning. 498 00:18:48,730 --> 00:18:50,710 My creative one would be laying out on 499 00:18:50,710 --> 00:18:52,720 their back if you can shoot in location. 500 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:54,210 I don't really like it in the studio. 501 00:18:54,210 --> 00:18:56,250 It feels more natural to actually 502 00:18:56,250 --> 00:18:57,780 be lying out, say in the grass. 503 00:18:57,780 --> 00:18:59,770 So let's see if there are any questions 504 00:18:59,770 --> 00:19:04,380 for five high school senior girl posing tips. 505 00:19:04,380 --> 00:19:06,280 Absolutely, so we have one starting out 506 00:19:06,283 --> 00:19:09,463 from Zantos01, he says "what poses would you do 507 00:19:09,467 --> 00:19:11,897 "for a girl that is not quite so confident, 508 00:19:11,897 --> 00:19:13,567 "someone who's a little shyer, 509 00:19:13,567 --> 00:19:14,707 "would you change it up at all 510 00:19:14,707 --> 00:19:15,897 "based on that personality?" 511 00:19:15,900 --> 00:19:17,830 Sure, so one of the things I would probably 512 00:19:17,830 --> 00:19:20,040 stay away from right away would be just 513 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:21,740 plain old standing shots. 514 00:19:21,740 --> 00:19:23,340 Because standing is very vulnerable, 515 00:19:23,340 --> 00:19:24,910 you're not holding onto anything. 516 00:19:24,910 --> 00:19:26,580 So I would start with sitting 517 00:19:26,580 --> 00:19:29,980 and just hands, like sitting in a chair. 518 00:19:29,980 --> 00:19:32,040 Then I would have sitting on a floor. 519 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:33,760 Then I would have leaning on the wall. 520 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:35,700 I wouldn't do laying out on their back. 521 00:19:35,700 --> 00:19:37,870 I wouldn't do posing with your hand on the hip. 522 00:19:37,870 --> 00:19:39,530 I would just keep everything so that 523 00:19:39,530 --> 00:19:42,050 they're always in contact with something 524 00:19:42,050 --> 00:19:43,770 because it gives you stability. 525 00:19:43,770 --> 00:19:45,040 It's something to basically feel like 526 00:19:45,040 --> 00:19:46,220 you're holding onto. 527 00:19:46,220 --> 00:19:47,190 So if someone's not confident, 528 00:19:47,190 --> 00:19:48,400 and then if by the end, 529 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:50,210 they're feeling a little more confident, 530 00:19:50,210 --> 00:19:51,760 I test the waters and I say, 531 00:19:51,757 --> 00:19:53,217 "All right, let's do something different. 532 00:19:53,217 --> 00:19:56,217 "I've got one more funky thing I wanna try." 533 00:19:56,220 --> 00:19:58,240 You can read by their body language 534 00:19:58,240 --> 00:20:01,060 if they're up for it and you know what, 535 00:20:01,060 --> 00:20:02,470 this is why I start boring and then 536 00:20:02,470 --> 00:20:04,500 go more creative, because if I got the 537 00:20:04,500 --> 00:20:06,390 shots I need and the last one sucks, I go, 538 00:20:06,387 --> 00:20:08,527 "Okay, that looks great, and we're done." 539 00:20:08,528 --> 00:20:09,558 (laughs) 540 00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:10,810 And then we just move on. 541 00:20:11,670 --> 00:20:14,520 Cool, so from Amy H., she says, 542 00:20:14,523 --> 00:20:16,443 "I have a problem when I shoot down 543 00:20:16,447 --> 00:20:17,737 "on somebody laying on the ground. 544 00:20:17,737 --> 00:20:19,977 "Sometimes all their flesh sort of 545 00:20:19,977 --> 00:20:22,667 "rushes up and gives them a very round face. 546 00:20:22,667 --> 00:20:24,417 "Is there a way to avoid that 547 00:20:24,419 --> 00:20:26,239 "and do you have any secrets to making that not happen?" 548 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:28,100 Yeah and if you looked at that pose, 549 00:20:28,100 --> 00:20:30,030 I didn't actually have her look up, 550 00:20:30,030 --> 00:20:32,160 I had her tilt to the side. 551 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:34,150 So she actually was tilted towards the camera. 552 00:20:34,150 --> 00:20:37,650 If a girl already has a very round face, 553 00:20:37,650 --> 00:20:39,960 I would do the chin out to the side. 554 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:41,830 You know she's laying on her back here, 555 00:20:41,830 --> 00:20:43,070 instead of leaning straight up, 556 00:20:43,070 --> 00:20:45,440 I'd have her kind of lean and tilt 557 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:46,920 and I would adjust that way. 558 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:47,750 And that's true. 559 00:20:47,753 --> 00:20:52,203 And it's much more noticeable on older women. 560 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:53,500 Everything's ppp (laughs). 561 00:20:53,500 --> 00:20:55,370 It happens to all of us. 562 00:20:55,366 --> 00:20:57,506 Question from Renee. 563 00:20:57,510 --> 00:20:59,560 What do you do with a girl who's more 564 00:20:59,561 --> 00:21:02,091 tomboyish, a little bit more you know, 565 00:21:02,090 --> 00:21:05,080 masculine in her kind of attitude and dress? 566 00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:08,750 Definitely and so this is why you take this class. 567 00:21:08,750 --> 00:21:10,110 You learn all the poses and then you 568 00:21:10,110 --> 00:21:11,150 put it in between. 569 00:21:11,150 --> 00:21:14,180 So maybe then instead of doing the soft 570 00:21:14,180 --> 00:21:17,090 hand in the hair, I might just do two hands together 571 00:21:17,090 --> 00:21:19,590 and they're leaning on a posing table, for example. 572 00:21:19,590 --> 00:21:23,450 Or sitting on the ground, maybe not soft laying, 573 00:21:23,450 --> 00:21:25,160 maybe more like the pose that I did for 574 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:26,950 the guy yesterday, which would be totally 575 00:21:26,950 --> 00:21:28,610 fine for a high school senior girl. 576 00:21:28,610 --> 00:21:30,990 One knee up, hand on the knee, arm out. 577 00:21:30,990 --> 00:21:31,840 And that would be totally fine. 578 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:35,440 And I've photographed a lot of high school seniors 579 00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:36,790 and it would be exactly that. 580 00:21:36,790 --> 00:21:39,010 You can tell by the way that they present 581 00:21:39,010 --> 00:21:41,210 themselves and the clothing that they chose. 582 00:21:41,210 --> 00:21:42,530 If they want to be twirling in a dress 583 00:21:42,530 --> 00:21:45,290 or if they wanna look a little tougher. 584 00:21:45,290 --> 00:21:46,240 Cool, thank you. 585 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:47,550 Lindsay, for us newbies out there, 586 00:21:47,550 --> 00:21:49,920 can you define exactly what a posing table 587 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:51,880 and a posing chair are? 588 00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:52,770 Yeah, perfect. 589 00:21:52,770 --> 00:21:56,240 Can I have that pneumatic stool first of all? 590 00:21:56,237 --> 00:21:58,517 The stool that, it was over here somewhere. 591 00:22:00,590 --> 00:22:02,810 If you have a portrait studio where 592 00:22:02,810 --> 00:22:04,360 you'll be shooting actually indoors, 593 00:22:04,360 --> 00:22:06,160 these things are really useful 594 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:08,460 and I call it, it means that they're, 595 00:22:08,463 --> 00:22:11,103 air lift up and down so you can actually adjust it. 596 00:22:12,020 --> 00:22:14,340 So this would be my posing stool. 597 00:22:14,340 --> 00:22:15,170 Thank you. 598 00:22:16,890 --> 00:22:17,870 Go up and down. 599 00:22:17,870 --> 00:22:19,220 Let's see if I can do this. 600 00:22:20,083 --> 00:22:21,323 Maybe not. 601 00:22:21,324 --> 00:22:23,294 I don't know this one, push down. 602 00:22:23,290 --> 00:22:25,530 Anyway, this is not mine. 603 00:22:25,530 --> 00:22:26,860 This would be the posing stool. 604 00:22:26,860 --> 00:22:28,610 And a posing table is the one 605 00:22:28,610 --> 00:22:30,180 that we had over there. 606 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:33,540 And the reason that if you're doing 607 00:22:34,630 --> 00:22:37,010 head shots or high school senior portraits. 608 00:22:37,010 --> 00:22:38,470 If you do family shoots, 609 00:22:38,470 --> 00:22:40,190 this is not something that you need, 610 00:22:40,190 --> 00:22:41,510 in my opinion. 611 00:22:41,510 --> 00:22:44,260 If you're photographing bridal shoots, 612 00:22:44,260 --> 00:22:45,260 you don't need these. 613 00:22:45,260 --> 00:22:47,280 But the reason I say that is you 614 00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:49,480 can see when she was higher up on that 615 00:22:49,480 --> 00:22:51,600 stool before, when I wanted to do that 616 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:53,470 pose she kinda had to lean. 617 00:22:53,470 --> 00:22:54,830 You want these because they're variable 618 00:22:54,830 --> 00:22:56,310 heights so you can actually get it to a 619 00:22:56,310 --> 00:22:58,210 comfortable height, 'cause you don't want 620 00:22:58,210 --> 00:22:59,600 them to be stressed or trying to 621 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:00,650 manipulate their body. 622 00:23:00,650 --> 00:23:02,590 You just want them to be comfortable. 623 00:23:02,586 --> 00:23:06,566 And they're really really inexpensive. 624 00:23:06,570 --> 00:23:09,010 I think, well I know you can get them 625 00:23:09,010 --> 00:23:12,250 at Denny's makes a couple of them for $100, 626 00:23:13,795 --> 00:23:15,895 79, I mean it kind of depends. 627 00:23:16,750 --> 00:23:17,670 And I definitely use them. 628 00:23:17,670 --> 00:23:18,920 And I've used them for my fashion 629 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:20,640 and beauty photography as well. 630 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:22,860 And it's nice too for beauty photography, 631 00:23:22,860 --> 00:23:25,270 sometimes I'll even put the reflector 632 00:23:25,267 --> 00:23:28,417 on the stand, so I don't have to hold 633 00:23:28,420 --> 00:23:30,520 it and now I have that nice fill and 634 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:33,230 it multi-purposes and then if I want them 635 00:23:33,230 --> 00:23:35,630 to pose, then I can use the stand. 636 00:23:35,630 --> 00:23:36,460 Awesome. 637 00:23:36,463 --> 00:23:38,463 We're getting a lot of questions about props. 638 00:23:38,460 --> 00:23:41,290 And while this is not a styling or prop-based workshop, 639 00:23:41,290 --> 00:23:43,870 do you have any thoughts on posing with props? 640 00:23:43,870 --> 00:23:45,680 Is there anything that you consider 641 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:47,210 when you're thinking about that? 642 00:23:47,210 --> 00:23:49,520 For any time I'm photographing teens, 643 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:52,120 I almost almost always ask them 644 00:23:52,120 --> 00:23:53,660 to bring some kind of prop, 645 00:23:53,660 --> 00:23:55,620 something, I don't call it a prop, 646 00:23:55,620 --> 00:23:57,940 I say, "bring something, do you play a sport, 647 00:23:57,937 --> 00:24:00,467 "do you have a hobby, do you play an instrument?" 648 00:24:00,470 --> 00:24:02,000 Something like that. 649 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,580 Two reasons, one it is so much easier 650 00:24:04,580 --> 00:24:06,250 when they have something in their hands. 651 00:24:06,250 --> 00:24:08,100 You can basically pose them and then 652 00:24:08,100 --> 00:24:10,870 work that in and you don't have to worry about hands. 653 00:24:10,870 --> 00:24:12,560 The hands are posing with that. 654 00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:14,070 So actually for a high school senior 655 00:24:14,070 --> 00:24:16,170 guy over here, he brought his basketball, 656 00:24:16,172 --> 00:24:18,532 so I'm gonna pose him the way that I would 657 00:24:18,530 --> 00:24:20,510 with sporting gear. 658 00:24:21,665 --> 00:24:26,125 Props in general, I tended to stay away from. 659 00:24:26,124 --> 00:24:28,974 Like blocks and things like that. 660 00:24:28,970 --> 00:24:30,720 Not 'cause I have a aversion to them, 661 00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:32,560 but I always had a small studio space 662 00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:34,150 with no room for props. 663 00:24:34,150 --> 00:24:36,580 That wasn't really something I had access to. 664 00:24:36,580 --> 00:24:38,180 So I would shoot on location 665 00:24:38,180 --> 00:24:39,760 and if I needed variable heights 666 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:40,990 we'd shoot on stairs. 667 00:24:40,990 --> 00:24:43,320 Or if I needed variable height, 668 00:24:43,324 --> 00:24:46,094 I would shoot on a bench or something like that. 669 00:24:46,090 --> 00:24:47,430 Cool, thank you. 670 00:24:47,430 --> 00:24:51,640 We do have a question regarding Mark from Chicago, 671 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:54,590 posing more conservative females, 672 00:24:54,590 --> 00:24:56,790 even with religious implications. 673 00:24:56,790 --> 00:24:58,610 Do you have those types of clients? 674 00:24:58,607 --> 00:25:00,367 I don't have those now (laughs). 675 00:25:01,360 --> 00:25:03,400 But I definitely had, I was doing a lot 676 00:25:03,403 --> 00:25:06,153 of high school senior photos for 677 00:25:06,150 --> 00:25:07,920 the local Christian Academy, 678 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:10,230 and then also people that were homeschooled. 679 00:25:10,230 --> 00:25:12,350 In particular where I was, had a studio, 680 00:25:12,350 --> 00:25:14,690 they still got senior portraits done. 681 00:25:14,690 --> 00:25:18,300 Most of that was dress a lot of the times. 682 00:25:19,750 --> 00:25:22,840 Generally, I found that they were still fine posing 683 00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:26,460 on the floor, just not lying on their back, for example. 684 00:25:26,460 --> 00:25:29,810 It would just be being even more acutely aware 685 00:25:29,810 --> 00:25:32,370 of where your eye is being drawn to. 686 00:25:32,370 --> 00:25:34,610 So if the girl did have maybe a scoop neck shirt, 687 00:25:34,610 --> 00:25:36,490 I wouldn't shoot from a higher up angle, 688 00:25:36,490 --> 00:25:38,460 but I didn't really change too much besides 689 00:25:38,461 --> 00:25:42,501 sprawling and I might not have leg up, 690 00:25:42,500 --> 00:25:43,700 leaning on the wall. 691 00:25:43,700 --> 00:25:46,030 I might just have leg up, arms crossed. 692 00:25:46,030 --> 00:25:47,540 Just like a little toned down.