1 00:00:02,910 --> 00:00:07,090 So we're going to talk about high school senior girls. 2 00:00:07,090 --> 00:00:09,080 Alright so I do know I'm talking 3 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:11,120 to different people around the world, 4 00:00:11,120 --> 00:00:13,970 this is not always prevalent where you live. 5 00:00:13,970 --> 00:00:15,220 Like in different countries, they don't do 6 00:00:15,220 --> 00:00:16,470 high school senior photos. 7 00:00:16,470 --> 00:00:18,780 However, when I first started my business, 8 00:00:18,780 --> 00:00:23,070 high school senior photos, was what I made my living on. 9 00:00:23,070 --> 00:00:27,010 And, so, I've done a lot of this type of shooting, 10 00:00:27,010 --> 00:00:28,550 and I really like it. 11 00:00:28,550 --> 00:00:31,590 The reason I like it so much, is high school senior girls 12 00:00:31,590 --> 00:00:34,000 in particular, let you get creative 13 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:35,140 and they let you have fun. 14 00:00:35,140 --> 00:00:37,790 So if anything out of pretty much anything that I'll 15 00:00:37,790 --> 00:00:41,800 be teaching besides boudoir, besides that one, 16 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:45,100 this is where you can get most creative and have most poses. 17 00:00:45,100 --> 00:00:47,360 For everything else I do, I have just some simple, 18 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:48,190 go-to poses. 19 00:00:48,193 --> 00:00:51,183 I have a ton, but we're just gonna do five. 20 00:00:51,180 --> 00:00:52,440 Okay, we're gonna focus on five 21 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:53,460 and then you build from there. 22 00:00:53,460 --> 00:00:58,120 So, let's go to my top fivw high school senior girl 23 00:00:58,120 --> 00:00:59,830 posing guidelines. 24 00:00:59,830 --> 00:01:01,740 Alright, so you can get more creative, 25 00:01:01,740 --> 00:01:03,990 but in the end, if you're getting really creative 26 00:01:03,990 --> 00:01:05,610 and you have the girl posed in a funky way, 27 00:01:05,610 --> 00:01:08,310 and her expression's gone because she's uncomfortable, 28 00:01:08,310 --> 00:01:10,290 then it was a failed shot. 29 00:01:10,290 --> 00:01:12,150 When you do a fashion shoot, a lot of times 30 00:01:12,150 --> 00:01:13,670 the expression's less important. 31 00:01:13,670 --> 00:01:15,640 High school senior photo, it's all 32 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:16,730 about what she looks like. 33 00:01:16,730 --> 00:01:18,570 All about that expression. 34 00:01:18,570 --> 00:01:21,010 So that would be number one, don't your let your desire 35 00:01:21,010 --> 00:01:23,580 to get creative to get in the way of the expression, 36 00:01:23,580 --> 00:01:26,080 but definitely, what I recommend doing is go safe, 37 00:01:26,990 --> 00:01:29,600 then go crazy, then get creative. 38 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:31,810 For my portrait sessions for high school seniors, 39 00:01:31,810 --> 00:01:34,620 what I always, always, always did, 40 00:01:34,620 --> 00:01:39,620 was a basic hands on chair shot or hands on a posing table, 41 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:42,960 girl leaning toward the camera smile. 42 00:01:42,960 --> 00:01:44,950 I get those, those are the pictures that I know. 43 00:01:44,950 --> 00:01:47,040 Matched up with what Grandma had on the wall 44 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:50,090 and everything, so everybody had that shot that they wanted, 45 00:01:50,090 --> 00:01:52,300 and then she's lying on the ground, and then she's 46 00:01:52,300 --> 00:01:54,510 handing out of a tree, like whatever it may be. 47 00:01:54,510 --> 00:01:55,570 That's why I like these the best. 48 00:01:55,570 --> 00:01:57,160 The get really creative. 49 00:01:57,160 --> 00:02:00,930 Okay, my tip number two is asymmetry. 50 00:02:00,930 --> 00:02:03,210 You want to be asymmetrical in your poses, 51 00:02:03,210 --> 00:02:05,790 so let me explain what that means. 52 00:02:05,790 --> 00:02:09,990 Whenever you have two things, don't mirror them, 53 00:02:09,990 --> 00:02:12,690 usually if you want it to be really interesting. 54 00:02:12,690 --> 00:02:17,690 For example, two arms up, it's static and it's 55 00:02:18,390 --> 00:02:22,210 really kinda of a rigid pose. 56 00:02:22,210 --> 00:02:24,300 You can kind of work that a little bit, 57 00:02:24,300 --> 00:02:25,830 if you really want both arms up, 58 00:02:25,830 --> 00:02:28,800 just make 'em a little bit uneven, then you could 59 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:31,860 still do that, but in general, just plain old, 60 00:02:31,860 --> 00:02:35,560 hands on the hip for example, it's a little bit static. 61 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:38,210 Maybe raise one up and lower the other. 62 00:02:38,210 --> 00:02:41,450 Try to get things a little more asymmetrical. 63 00:02:41,450 --> 00:02:46,450 Same thing is if you go ahead and are having somebody pose 64 00:02:46,830 --> 00:02:49,390 in a symmetrical way, at least maybe add 65 00:02:49,390 --> 00:02:54,110 some movement to it, so that is what gives it energy, okay? 66 00:02:54,110 --> 00:02:57,580 Otherwise, symmetry is so straight up and down. 67 00:02:57,580 --> 00:03:02,140 Okay, next one, is if the girl is standing, make sure 68 00:03:02,140 --> 00:03:03,240 she's not flat-footed. 69 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:05,730 Oh, and a note for the entire day, there are a lot 70 00:03:05,730 --> 00:03:08,070 of things that you'll hear repeated that we talked 71 00:03:08,070 --> 00:03:10,120 about yesterday, and there's a couple of poses that 72 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:13,470 overlap, because these are the essentials. 73 00:03:13,470 --> 00:03:15,660 Of course overlap, they should overlap. 74 00:03:15,660 --> 00:03:18,200 So one of them is definitely with high school senior girls, 75 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:20,060 make sure they're not flat-footed. 76 00:03:20,060 --> 00:03:23,130 Have them put their weight off on one hip 77 00:03:23,130 --> 00:03:24,910 or if they're facing towards camera, 78 00:03:24,910 --> 00:03:27,160 put their weight on their back foot. 79 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:29,920 Make sure that their weight distribution is uneven. 80 00:03:30,900 --> 00:03:34,490 My tip number four is that of any subjects that I pose, 81 00:03:34,490 --> 00:03:38,730 high school kids, men and women, I use hands a lot more 82 00:03:38,730 --> 00:03:41,300 than a lot of the other subjects I pose, 83 00:03:41,300 --> 00:03:42,840 'cuz you can get more creative. 84 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:45,290 For girls, I think that you can make some really great 85 00:03:45,290 --> 00:03:47,700 images with their arms and their hands. 86 00:03:47,700 --> 00:03:49,560 Frame their face an frame their body. 87 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:52,210 So this would be a great opportunity, if you want to get 88 00:03:52,210 --> 00:03:53,480 better with posing hands. 89 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:55,020 Master it with high school senior girls 90 00:03:55,020 --> 00:03:57,680 and then bring into other areas of your photography. 91 00:03:57,680 --> 00:03:59,410 All the rules of hands apply as before, 92 00:03:59,410 --> 00:04:00,820 so make sure that you check back. 93 00:04:00,820 --> 00:04:03,200 In day one, we talked about not seeing the palm, 94 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:06,470 always seeing the side of the hand, things like that. 95 00:04:06,470 --> 00:04:07,650 Okay and number five. 96 00:04:08,940 --> 00:04:12,810 How I try to remember and not run out of poses 97 00:04:12,810 --> 00:04:15,640 for these particular subjects, high school seniors, 98 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:19,350 is I think, the standing shot's obvious, but you've 99 00:04:19,350 --> 00:04:21,140 got sitting, leaning, and laying. 100 00:04:22,434 --> 00:04:24,654 The standing, sitting, leaning, and laying. 101 00:04:24,650 --> 00:04:26,750 So, that's why I'm trying to think, okay so, alright, 102 00:04:26,750 --> 00:04:28,760 so I did her standing shot, okay well, I can sit her 103 00:04:28,757 --> 00:04:29,917 I a chair. 104 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:31,460 Standing and sitting. 105 00:04:31,460 --> 00:04:33,730 I can lean her against the wall. 106 00:04:34,690 --> 00:04:37,900 I can lay her on the ground, towards the camera, 107 00:04:37,900 --> 00:04:41,670 to the side, so that I an think of new poses 108 00:04:41,670 --> 00:04:43,100 without having them memorized, 109 00:04:43,100 --> 00:04:44,870 'cuz I take everything that I already know 110 00:04:44,870 --> 00:04:46,610 from my fundamentals, and I say, 111 00:04:46,607 --> 00:04:48,837 "Take a seat," and then I tweak. 112 00:04:48,837 --> 00:04:50,437 "Why don't you lay down?" 113 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:51,820 And then I tweak. 114 00:04:51,820 --> 00:04:54,950 So that would be my tips for coming up with good poses 115 00:04:54,950 --> 00:04:57,450 and then also flattering a high school senior girl. 116 00:04:57,450 --> 00:04:59,680 So, Hi! Hi! 117 00:05:00,930 --> 00:05:02,720 I already met her, she's awesome. 118 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:03,550 She's super cute. 119 00:05:03,553 --> 00:05:05,713 So she's not actually a high school senior, 120 00:05:05,710 --> 00:05:07,610 and so, here's the thing. 121 00:05:07,607 --> 00:05:10,917 We're bonding before because she says that she 122 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:12,970 wants to get taller and I'm like, I stopped 123 00:05:12,970 --> 00:05:14,740 growing when I was in eighth grade, 124 00:05:14,740 --> 00:05:16,450 and she was very disappointed to hear that. 125 00:05:16,449 --> 00:05:18,359 (audience laughs) 126 00:05:18,359 --> 00:05:20,359 But, I'm sure you'll get much taller. 127 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:21,320 I hope so. 128 00:05:22,385 --> 00:05:24,805 (Laughs) She said, "She hopes so." 129 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:26,510 So, for those of you who don't photograph 130 00:05:26,510 --> 00:05:30,330 high school seniors, think of this as teen girl, okay? 131 00:05:30,330 --> 00:05:31,940 If you don't have high school seniors 132 00:05:31,940 --> 00:05:34,580 in your part of the world, photographing a teen girl. 133 00:05:34,580 --> 00:05:36,760 So, what we're gonna do is we're going to bring out 134 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:40,070 this light and did those lights go off for a reason? 135 00:05:40,072 --> 00:05:40,902 They're back. 136 00:05:40,905 --> 00:05:41,735 Oh we're good? 137 00:05:41,738 --> 00:05:44,108 Awesome, okay, and I'm gonna grab my camera. 138 00:05:46,150 --> 00:05:48,590 And I'm gonna shoot tethered for this. 139 00:05:48,590 --> 00:05:51,680 So, as I said I kind of have those base essentials 140 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:54,340 up there of the things that I want to keep in mind. 141 00:05:54,340 --> 00:05:57,080 So, I'm gonna go ahead and give you my favorite poses, 142 00:05:57,080 --> 00:05:59,530 and then after those base five, 143 00:05:59,530 --> 00:06:02,350 we'll do a couple more, more creative. 144 00:06:02,350 --> 00:06:06,070 If you have a chaise in your studio, 145 00:06:06,070 --> 00:06:07,910 you could have a girl recline on it. 146 00:06:07,910 --> 00:06:09,640 But, let's just talk about what we all have 147 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:14,640 which is a ground, a wall, standing, like basic stuff. 148 00:06:16,140 --> 00:06:16,970 How are you doing? 149 00:06:16,973 --> 00:06:17,813 I'm doing great. 150 00:06:17,810 --> 00:06:19,670 Have you modeled before? No 151 00:06:19,670 --> 00:06:22,190 No? You look pretty confident. 152 00:06:22,190 --> 00:06:23,240 Well, I hope so! 153 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:24,070 See, uh huh? (audience laughs) 154 00:06:24,073 --> 00:06:27,383 She's has done before, she's super confident. 155 00:06:27,380 --> 00:06:29,130 So, I already went and had a chat with her. 156 00:06:29,130 --> 00:06:32,470 If you can do that, especially for, well, I mean 157 00:06:32,470 --> 00:06:34,520 really any subject, but for high school seniors 158 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:36,980 or for teens, just to let 'em know that you're 159 00:06:36,980 --> 00:06:40,760 not awkward and weird, unless you are, and then hide that. 160 00:06:40,763 --> 00:06:42,383 (audient laughs) 161 00:06:42,380 --> 00:06:44,120 Actually, this is so bad but that was actually one 162 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:46,470 of my marketing ploys when I first started my business, 163 00:06:46,470 --> 00:06:48,410 as I was 15 when I started photographing 164 00:06:48,410 --> 00:06:49,330 high school seniors. 165 00:06:49,330 --> 00:06:52,020 And so, it's not a proper technique, 166 00:06:52,020 --> 00:06:53,460 I wouldn't recommend it now, but I would say 167 00:06:53,460 --> 00:06:55,670 to all my fellow classmates, "Oh that photographer 168 00:06:55,670 --> 00:06:56,620 is like super weird, 169 00:06:56,617 --> 00:06:58,497 "you should just hire me." 170 00:06:58,495 --> 00:07:00,245 (audience laughs) 171 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:03,240 Now, I wouldn't do that, but that you know, as a 15 year 172 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:05,860 old, I thought it was a really good idea. 173 00:07:05,860 --> 00:07:09,640 Okay, so, basics of starting of out is if I do want 174 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:12,130 her for a standing pose here. 175 00:07:12,130 --> 00:07:14,180 I'm going to talk about the differences between 176 00:07:14,180 --> 00:07:18,010 general photographing a female, a high school senior, 177 00:07:18,010 --> 00:07:19,750 and then a more mature woman. 178 00:07:19,750 --> 00:07:22,720 So, one thing you don't want to do for high school senior, 179 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:26,070 is emphasize body and curves too much. 180 00:07:26,070 --> 00:07:28,450 And so that is something that I would be aware of 181 00:07:28,450 --> 00:07:30,690 is, so let's put it this way, for high school seniors, 182 00:07:30,690 --> 00:07:32,830 sometimes girls matured a little faster. 183 00:07:32,830 --> 00:07:35,200 And so as they're posing, what they naturally think 184 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:38,580 is a good pose, is emphasizing way too much on body parts, 185 00:07:38,580 --> 00:07:40,220 and that's not what parents want for you. 186 00:07:40,220 --> 00:07:42,560 That's not what you're being hired for. 187 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:44,840 So just keep an eye out on that. 188 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:46,830 I definitely have specific examples 189 00:07:46,830 --> 00:07:49,460 where you tell a girl, I want you to pose up on the wall, 190 00:07:49,460 --> 00:07:51,000 and kind of pose with their hand, and all the sudden 191 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:54,870 it's all about leaning, so just watch out for that. 192 00:07:54,870 --> 00:07:57,240 So, we're going to do a standing pose here. 193 00:07:57,240 --> 00:07:59,190 Really basic, I'm gonna have you do, 194 00:07:59,187 --> 00:08:01,267 and this lights on, okay? 195 00:08:01,270 --> 00:08:03,880 Test it, perfect, thank you. 196 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:06,210 Oh, the lights came on, good, great. 197 00:08:06,210 --> 00:08:08,100 So, what I'm gonna have you do, is put your hand 198 00:08:08,100 --> 00:08:10,180 really soft on your hip, okay? 199 00:08:10,180 --> 00:08:13,130 And, I'm gonna have you take your right foot there 200 00:08:13,130 --> 00:08:15,920 and tuck your knee over like this, okay? 201 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:17,960 And then I'm gonna have you turn just a little bit 202 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:19,330 to your left, good. 203 00:08:19,330 --> 00:08:21,700 And I'm gonna have you stick your butt back. 204 00:08:21,700 --> 00:08:23,180 Okay, perfect. 205 00:08:23,180 --> 00:08:25,130 And now take the hand, what I'm looking at, 206 00:08:25,130 --> 00:08:26,190 so I'm gonna tell ya, we're doing 207 00:08:26,190 --> 00:08:28,060 that base standing pose, okay? 208 00:08:28,060 --> 00:08:30,540 So I say, "Tuck your knee over, hand on your hip". 209 00:08:30,540 --> 00:08:33,590 I turned her to the side because by default, 210 00:08:33,590 --> 00:08:36,200 she still had her hips kind of straight towards camera. 211 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:38,410 Straightest towards camera is when someone looks widest. 212 00:08:38,410 --> 00:08:40,470 She's super skinny, so it doesn't matter, 213 00:08:40,470 --> 00:08:42,260 but I wanna little bit more shape. 214 00:08:42,260 --> 00:08:44,690 But then I see her hand, so what I'm looking at 215 00:08:44,690 --> 00:08:47,570 in my brain, I'm like okay, what can I do to improve this? 216 00:08:47,570 --> 00:08:50,920 This hand has nothing to do and it's tight against her body. 217 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:52,640 I guess that's she's super skinny, so it's like, 218 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:55,260 it doesn't matter, but it makes her that much wider, 219 00:08:55,260 --> 00:08:58,530 especially since it's the same color outfit. 220 00:08:58,530 --> 00:09:00,670 If she was wearing a dress, you might be able to get 221 00:09:00,670 --> 00:09:01,500 away with that. 222 00:09:01,503 --> 00:09:03,993 For example, if she was wearing a dress, I'd have her 223 00:09:03,990 --> 00:09:08,990 maybe pull the dress to the side, use her hand like this 224 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:10,770 for a little bit of movement. 225 00:09:10,770 --> 00:09:13,780 And so now that hand is where I can get creative. 226 00:09:13,780 --> 00:09:15,780 I can have her, can you put your hand right next 227 00:09:15,780 --> 00:09:17,120 to your neck for me? 228 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:19,710 Perfect, I like the little head tilt, that was cute. 229 00:09:19,710 --> 00:09:24,190 And then, okay now, ready, get dramatic, elbow up, good. 230 00:09:24,192 --> 00:09:27,682 Okay, so if wanna do more like a fun fashion session, 231 00:09:27,680 --> 00:09:29,130 I start really basic. 232 00:09:29,130 --> 00:09:31,750 Can you put your hand on your hip again? 233 00:09:31,750 --> 00:09:33,060 Okay, so if I have a hand on hip, 234 00:09:33,060 --> 00:09:34,990 I don't want it to be totally symmetrical, 235 00:09:34,990 --> 00:09:37,260 'cuz it doesn't have that same movement. 236 00:09:37,260 --> 00:09:38,680 So what I'm gonna have you do is I'm gonna have you 237 00:09:38,680 --> 00:09:39,880 raise that hand up a little bit. 238 00:09:39,883 --> 00:09:43,653 Good, and I'm gonna have you lean just a little bit back. 239 00:09:43,650 --> 00:09:46,170 Good, so see how now I have movement versus 240 00:09:46,170 --> 00:09:48,730 before it was static, straight up and down. 241 00:09:48,730 --> 00:09:50,720 I had her make her hands uneven 242 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:52,210 and then give me a little bit of a lean. 243 00:09:52,210 --> 00:09:56,490 Now it looks like maybe she was like "Hey", like cute. 244 00:09:56,490 --> 00:10:00,310 I kind of want personality to show through versus, 245 00:10:01,660 --> 00:10:04,040 I want cute! 246 00:10:04,930 --> 00:10:07,040 For every single thing that I teach, 247 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:10,330 know that I don't do the same poses for everybody. 248 00:10:10,330 --> 00:10:13,970 If I can read from their personality, if a girl's not a 249 00:10:13,970 --> 00:10:15,640 flip your dress kind of twirl girl, 250 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:19,060 then I'm not going to have her flip and twirl. 251 00:10:19,060 --> 00:10:20,390 So it all depends on the person. 252 00:10:20,390 --> 00:10:23,480 But she's super cute and seems super comfortable with that. 253 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:25,780 So, I'm gonna take a couple photos. 254 00:10:25,780 --> 00:10:28,060 So, I'm gonna have you stick your butt back even more. 255 00:10:28,060 --> 00:10:30,610 Perfect, just like that, I'm gonna test the light. 256 00:10:30,610 --> 00:10:33,710 For her, her hair looks fine straight on, 257 00:10:33,710 --> 00:10:36,050 with it being on either side. 258 00:10:36,050 --> 00:10:39,180 If I had her turn a little bit further to your left, 259 00:10:39,180 --> 00:10:42,130 turn to your left, in that case, I would pull the hair 260 00:10:42,130 --> 00:10:43,950 off of the front shoulder. 261 00:10:43,950 --> 00:10:45,300 So come back at me again. 262 00:10:45,300 --> 00:10:46,980 Just like that, very cute little lean again. 263 00:10:46,980 --> 00:10:48,170 Let me test my light. 264 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:52,230 Perfect. 265 00:10:52,233 --> 00:10:55,483 And it's cute 'cuz her hand are like nicely posed. 266 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:56,540 See, it looks super cute. 267 00:10:56,540 --> 00:10:58,490 Now put your hand up next to your neck. 268 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:02,690 Super cute, awesome. 269 00:11:02,690 --> 00:11:04,370 And then one more right here, 270 00:11:06,850 --> 00:11:07,980 Great. 271 00:11:07,980 --> 00:11:10,160 So, I start off with that base pose 272 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:12,830 and I just say, "Okay, hand on your hip. 273 00:11:12,827 --> 00:11:14,167 "Make it a little uneven. 274 00:11:14,167 --> 00:11:15,707 "Lean back and tilt your head. 275 00:11:15,707 --> 00:11:17,907 "Hand up" and I just basically use this hand 276 00:11:17,910 --> 00:11:19,960 to make different poses. 277 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:21,880 So, that's like my base standing pose 278 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:23,500 for a high school senior girl. 279 00:11:23,500 --> 00:11:26,430 Okay, so the next that I would do, 280 00:11:26,430 --> 00:11:28,640 well, actually in order, honestly, I would start 281 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:31,710 with them sitting 'cuz it's least pressure. 282 00:11:31,710 --> 00:11:34,780 You don't have to feel confident at that point, 283 00:11:34,780 --> 00:11:36,360 you're just sitting. 284 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:37,600 Not too much high pressure. 285 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:39,690 So, I think that's what I'm going to do next. 286 00:11:39,690 --> 00:11:44,530 Let's do, can I have that little stool? 287 00:11:44,530 --> 00:11:45,490 Any stool is fine. 288 00:11:47,020 --> 00:11:50,470 Actually that ones fine, you can bring that to me, yeah. 289 00:11:50,470 --> 00:11:51,340 Thank you. 290 00:11:51,340 --> 00:11:54,060 Our high school senior boy's offering to help. 291 00:11:54,060 --> 00:11:55,250 It's so sweet, he's super nice. 292 00:11:55,247 --> 00:11:56,167 (Audience laughs) 293 00:11:56,170 --> 00:12:00,470 Okay, I do have to say, this is like ideal what you want, 294 00:12:00,470 --> 00:12:01,840 when I told him I was taking his picture, 295 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:03,470 he's like "Yeah!" 296 00:12:03,470 --> 00:12:06,220 Okay that doesn't usually happen for me 297 00:12:06,216 --> 00:12:07,046 (audience laughs) 298 00:12:07,049 --> 00:12:08,359 for a high school senior guy photo. 299 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:09,860 It doesn't usually happen. 300 00:12:09,860 --> 00:12:13,530 Okay, perfect, so when she's sitting there, 301 00:12:13,530 --> 00:12:18,470 right now, she's very static, straight on towards camera, 302 00:12:18,470 --> 00:12:19,790 doesn't have any movement. 303 00:12:19,790 --> 00:12:21,410 So, I'm gonna have you rotate towards the light. 304 00:12:21,410 --> 00:12:23,060 Rotate to your right. 305 00:12:23,060 --> 00:12:26,830 Notice I say, "her right". 306 00:12:26,830 --> 00:12:28,470 If you can really practice that and try 307 00:12:28,470 --> 00:12:33,210 it makes it a lot easier than just saying "Turn that way," 308 00:12:33,210 --> 00:12:34,910 'cuz sometimes it gets confusing 309 00:12:34,910 --> 00:12:36,800 or if you just say, "Turn right", 310 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:38,900 they're trying to help and they don't know which way. 311 00:12:38,900 --> 00:12:40,600 And so that's perfect. 312 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:43,360 I'm gonna have you flip your hair off your shoulder there. 313 00:12:43,363 --> 00:12:44,483 Just give it a little flip. 314 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:45,980 Perfect, great. 315 00:12:45,980 --> 00:12:48,500 Alright, so now, head tilt. 316 00:12:48,500 --> 00:12:51,890 For girls, for high school senior girls, if you want them 317 00:12:51,890 --> 00:12:56,500 to be more mature, I will have them kind of just lean 318 00:12:56,500 --> 00:12:57,630 their shoulder, lean your shoulder towards me 319 00:12:57,630 --> 00:12:58,930 just a little bit. 320 00:12:58,930 --> 00:13:01,580 More mature would be leaning your head away 321 00:13:01,580 --> 00:13:03,310 from the camera just a tiny bit. 322 00:13:03,310 --> 00:13:05,700 Like she has there is a little bit more thoughtful. 323 00:13:05,700 --> 00:13:09,540 Cuter, more happy and cutesy, is towards the camera. 324 00:13:09,540 --> 00:13:11,910 Okay, so those are kind of the differences there. 325 00:13:11,910 --> 00:13:14,990 So a lot of times we're doing maybe a serious pose. 326 00:13:14,990 --> 00:13:18,140 I had a posing stool, hands like this. 327 00:13:18,140 --> 00:13:20,480 I might have them lean out and turn their head 328 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:24,790 towards the camera, but if I'm going for cute, 329 00:13:24,790 --> 00:13:26,820 I do it that way, tilted this way. 330 00:13:26,820 --> 00:13:28,170 So it's two different things. 331 00:13:28,170 --> 00:13:29,650 So, this is perfect. 332 00:13:29,650 --> 00:13:31,930 All I wanna make sure is that I can see her neck, 333 00:13:31,930 --> 00:13:34,100 gonna have you lower your shoulder, good, 334 00:13:34,100 --> 00:13:36,560 and turn your head back this way, great. 335 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:38,230 Perfect. 336 00:13:39,870 --> 00:13:44,450 And so a very super, super, super, duper basic portrait. 337 00:13:44,450 --> 00:13:48,220 So that isn't particularly a pose yet. 338 00:13:48,220 --> 00:13:49,950 It's kinda boring, it is. 339 00:13:49,950 --> 00:13:52,300 But it's the base of where you start. 340 00:13:52,300 --> 00:13:56,410 So, what I wanna do is talk about using hands. 341 00:13:56,410 --> 00:13:58,410 A high school senior girl, as I said, is a great 342 00:13:58,410 --> 00:13:59,920 place to use hands. 343 00:13:59,920 --> 00:14:03,240 So, let's just see, I'm going to test her. 344 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:06,140 Would you put your left hand besides your face please? 345 00:14:07,680 --> 00:14:08,810 Okay, she's pretty good. 346 00:14:08,810 --> 00:14:11,530 Alright, so this is what I would say is that I would 347 00:14:11,530 --> 00:14:13,070 have them put their hand up, and you say, 348 00:14:13,067 --> 00:14:14,077 "What do you see?" 349 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:18,830 In my opinion, what I see is that the hand covers 350 00:14:18,830 --> 00:14:21,830 her neck totally, and it's closest towards the camera. 351 00:14:21,830 --> 00:14:24,350 And so this is distracting to me. 352 00:14:24,350 --> 00:14:26,190 That would be how I perceive it. 353 00:14:26,190 --> 00:14:27,650 So, what I'm gonna have you do, I'm gonna have you switch. 354 00:14:27,650 --> 00:14:30,170 Put the other hand beside your neck. 355 00:14:30,170 --> 00:14:33,400 So that would be a lot less distracting to me. 356 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:36,240 But let's say that maybe I think, maybe I think it's 357 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:37,260 a little boring. 358 00:14:37,260 --> 00:14:39,150 Like that, I could have thought of that pose, right? 359 00:14:39,150 --> 00:14:40,430 I can put my hand there. 360 00:14:40,430 --> 00:14:41,260 So, what I'm gonna have you do, 361 00:14:41,263 --> 00:14:43,273 is just what you're doing, have you bring your other hand up 362 00:14:43,270 --> 00:14:44,780 and kind of go like this. 363 00:14:44,780 --> 00:14:48,010 Okay, I'm gonna flip your hair out just a little bit. 364 00:14:48,011 --> 00:14:49,501 Perfect, thank you. 365 00:14:49,500 --> 00:14:50,720 And instead of your hand behind your ear, 366 00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:53,160 I'm just gonna have you real soft next to your face, good. 367 00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:56,270 Alright so, I have like a little bit of movement there, 368 00:14:56,270 --> 00:14:59,450 and I'm gonna have you tilt into yoor hands a little bit. 369 00:14:59,450 --> 00:15:01,680 So I would do a nice tight shot, but if you look, 370 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:04,950 see, I can see her palm, just a little bit too much, 371 00:15:04,950 --> 00:15:07,310 so, I'm gonna have you just flip your hand this way 372 00:15:07,310 --> 00:15:08,140 a little bit. 373 00:15:08,143 --> 00:15:10,093 And now, I wonder if you caressed your face real soft 374 00:15:10,090 --> 00:15:11,470 and then right there. 375 00:15:11,469 --> 00:15:12,579 (laughs) 376 00:15:12,580 --> 00:15:14,690 And now wiggle your fingers, good, perfect, good. 377 00:15:14,685 --> 00:15:17,605 Now the only other thing I would change, 378 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:20,430 I told you that I have a pet peeve about the thumb. 379 00:15:20,430 --> 00:15:22,480 Can you hide your thumb, like tuck it back like, 380 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:23,760 yeah, yeah! 381 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:24,590 Perfect! 382 00:15:24,593 --> 00:15:27,803 And soft finger, just loose, good, okay, perfect. 383 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:29,070 So I'm gonna take a shot like that, 384 00:15:29,070 --> 00:15:32,470 and so I just get their hands kind of comfortable, good. 385 00:15:32,470 --> 00:15:34,780 And now put your hand up even higher, good. 386 00:15:34,780 --> 00:15:37,890 And don't push it, just real soft, and lean towards me. 387 00:15:38,958 --> 00:15:40,378 Good. 388 00:15:40,382 --> 00:15:41,922 Perfect. 389 00:15:41,919 --> 00:15:43,019 Good. 390 00:15:43,020 --> 00:15:44,760 You look very cute. 391 00:15:44,757 --> 00:15:46,087 Ahhhh, she looks so cute! 392 00:15:46,090 --> 00:15:46,920 Awesome. 393 00:15:48,370 --> 00:15:49,480 You don't mind cute, right? 394 00:15:49,476 --> 00:15:50,306 Cute's good? 395 00:15:50,309 --> 00:15:51,799 No, cute's good. Oh good, see? 396 00:15:51,801 --> 00:15:52,731 (audience laughs) 397 00:15:52,730 --> 00:15:54,850 I like that, will you do your little shoulder 398 00:15:54,850 --> 00:15:55,770 back thing, good? 399 00:15:55,770 --> 00:15:59,390 Lean towards me, perfect, awesome. 400 00:16:00,350 --> 00:16:02,350 Alright, so basic hands. 401 00:16:02,350 --> 00:16:06,130 Another thing I could do, is with a posing table. 402 00:16:06,130 --> 00:16:08,080 Would you grab the posing table for me? 403 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:14,000 Really, high school seniors and more kind of like 404 00:16:14,466 --> 00:16:17,296 head shots, are the only times I personally use 405 00:16:17,300 --> 00:16:18,650 posing tables. 406 00:16:18,650 --> 00:16:19,840 Usually. 407 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:21,580 I don't know, it's a little bit more traditional, 408 00:16:21,580 --> 00:16:23,770 but I'm doing like close face shots, 409 00:16:23,770 --> 00:16:27,200 so it doesn't really matter, and this is, I will, 410 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:28,850 I'm gonna just defend myself here. 411 00:16:28,850 --> 00:16:30,880 This isn't a real posing table. 412 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:32,810 It's not like the pneumatic kind that go up and down 413 00:16:32,810 --> 00:16:37,480 so we'll see if it will even workish. 414 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:38,820 It might need, we'll see. 415 00:16:40,850 --> 00:16:43,340 Okay, would you turn to your right real quick? 416 00:16:43,340 --> 00:16:44,170 Okay, awesome. 417 00:16:44,173 --> 00:16:45,813 So is that as high as it goes? 418 00:16:45,810 --> 00:16:46,750 I thought so. 419 00:16:46,749 --> 00:16:48,139 So, we're gonna try this. 420 00:16:48,140 --> 00:16:50,070 Can you put your hands like this? 421 00:16:50,070 --> 00:16:51,560 Let's see, okay. 422 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:54,720 So this is another kind of go-to pose there, 423 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:56,760 and I would bring it up a little bit more, 424 00:16:56,760 --> 00:16:58,000 but she's doing pretty good. 425 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:00,890 What most people would do if the posing stand's too low, 426 00:17:02,110 --> 00:17:03,080 is they would hunch. 427 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:06,040 What she's doing, she's leaning, straighten out your back, 428 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:07,640 she's pretty good, and lean forward. 429 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:08,470 You're great. 430 00:17:08,473 --> 00:17:09,993 Yeah, she's got it pretty good. 431 00:17:09,990 --> 00:17:12,050 This is exactly what I would do for hands 432 00:17:12,050 --> 00:17:14,280 because it frames her face. 433 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:16,580 Will you drop that arm for me, just hide it? 434 00:17:16,580 --> 00:17:19,170 See how that's much less visually interesting? 435 00:17:19,170 --> 00:17:22,540 Your eye doesn't do a circle around her face, 436 00:17:22,540 --> 00:17:24,140 until you put the hand back up, 437 00:17:24,140 --> 00:17:26,880 and now, she knows how to pose. 438 00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:28,690 This is cheating. 439 00:17:28,690 --> 00:17:31,510 But now my eye actually kind of follows that circle 440 00:17:31,510 --> 00:17:35,200 of her face, so this would be a super traditional 441 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:36,350 high school senior pose. 442 00:17:36,350 --> 00:17:37,180 Great. 443 00:17:38,124 --> 00:17:39,454 Good. 444 00:17:39,457 --> 00:17:40,467 Perfect 445 00:17:40,470 --> 00:17:43,170 Okay, it's still like a little fake smile. 446 00:17:43,170 --> 00:17:44,000 Good, good. 447 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:46,300 Perfect. 448 00:17:46,300 --> 00:17:47,130 Awesome. 449 00:17:48,470 --> 00:17:50,170 So, that is where I would start. 450 00:17:50,170 --> 00:17:52,870 Before I did the standing pose, and before I did anything, 451 00:17:52,870 --> 00:17:54,020 I would just start there. 452 00:17:54,020 --> 00:17:56,450 A basic pose where all I'm trying to do 453 00:17:56,450 --> 00:17:59,050 is really trying to focus on expression. 454 00:17:59,050 --> 00:18:01,450 This is where I said that the personality chameleon thing 455 00:18:01,450 --> 00:18:02,490 becomes important. 456 00:18:02,490 --> 00:18:04,710 Do what you can to make her laugh, to tell a joke, 457 00:18:04,710 --> 00:18:09,710 even if she just thinks you're crazy, because I found 458 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:14,160 for high school senior portraits, nine times out of 10, 459 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:17,330 the parents would buy the closeup shot of the girl's face, 460 00:18:17,330 --> 00:18:20,530 whether it's out on location or in the studio. 461 00:18:20,530 --> 00:18:23,160 The girl picks the photo of her on the ground 462 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:25,480 with here feet kicked up or her hand in her hair. 463 00:18:25,480 --> 00:18:27,920 That was my personal experience. 464 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:31,250 Or if she's wearing a dress twirling, she picks that one. 465 00:18:31,250 --> 00:18:33,670 So, you don't really need to get too complicated for 466 00:18:33,670 --> 00:18:36,410 the ones that brings you the money usually, 467 00:18:36,410 --> 00:18:38,160 which is something basic like that.