1 00:00:03,070 --> 00:00:04,980 Alright, so let's take a look 2 00:00:04,980 --> 00:00:06,910 at sitting on the floor. 3 00:00:06,910 --> 00:00:07,740 You cool with that? 4 00:00:07,743 --> 00:00:08,573 Yeah. 5 00:00:08,576 --> 00:00:09,406 Alright, let's do it. 6 00:00:20,065 --> 00:00:23,915 Alright, so the very first thing she does, 7 00:00:23,910 --> 00:00:26,540 she takes a seat, looks comfortable, 8 00:00:26,540 --> 00:00:28,920 but it's all foreshortening. 9 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:31,660 Everything is straight at the camera, 10 00:00:31,660 --> 00:00:34,200 and everything is blobbed together. 11 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:35,720 We have to work with that. 12 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:37,580 And so I definitely will have somebody 13 00:00:37,580 --> 00:00:40,360 just sit down and be comfortable, but then I tweak it. 14 00:00:40,356 --> 00:00:41,186 What I'm gonna have you do is 15 00:00:41,189 --> 00:00:43,019 I'm gonna have you turn your legs this way. 16 00:00:43,020 --> 00:00:44,540 Okay, just be comfortable perfect, 17 00:00:44,540 --> 00:00:45,740 and do you wanna maybe 18 00:00:46,710 --> 00:00:48,320 put down your front leg a little bit, 19 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:49,150 lower it a little bit. 20 00:00:49,153 --> 00:00:51,443 and pop that back knee, okay. 21 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:52,560 I'm like, alright. 22 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:54,920 When the legs were together, it was one line. 23 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:56,110 There was no separation. 24 00:00:56,110 --> 00:00:59,260 I had her bring her back knee up and her front leg lower. 25 00:00:59,260 --> 00:01:00,980 Okay, good, alright well now she's like, 26 00:01:00,980 --> 00:01:02,890 okay, what do I do with my hands? 27 00:01:02,890 --> 00:01:05,540 Alright, well, I can do a lot. 28 00:01:05,540 --> 00:01:08,300 Why don't you put one arm on that hand, 29 00:01:08,300 --> 00:01:10,940 or arm on that knee, that's what I was looking for. 30 00:01:10,937 --> 00:01:12,127 And by default, she's like, 31 00:01:12,130 --> 00:01:13,690 oh, this looks comfortable though. 32 00:01:13,690 --> 00:01:15,820 That was nice, that's one thing you can do. 33 00:01:16,670 --> 00:01:19,070 She looks confused for that right arm. 34 00:01:19,070 --> 00:01:20,210 Okay, so there's a couple things 35 00:01:20,210 --> 00:01:21,450 I could do for that right arm. 36 00:01:21,450 --> 00:01:26,270 If she reaches back, it opens up the pose, 37 00:01:26,270 --> 00:01:27,580 but if you want it to look, 38 00:01:27,576 --> 00:01:30,916 if you want it like a tighter crop maybe. 39 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:32,620 I would put her hand on her thigh. 40 00:01:33,770 --> 00:01:35,440 What I can do there, the other side, 41 00:01:35,441 --> 00:01:36,331 will you just cross it over? 42 00:01:36,330 --> 00:01:37,840 Yeah, yeah, that's perfect. 43 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:40,420 And just cross a little bit more, good. 44 00:01:40,424 --> 00:01:42,414 I wouldn't photograph that full length 45 00:01:42,410 --> 00:01:47,410 because that to me is asymmetrical and unbalanced. 46 00:01:48,770 --> 00:01:50,360 Because everything is on one side 47 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:51,530 and then the legs jut out. 48 00:01:51,530 --> 00:01:52,700 It's not nice and curvy, 49 00:01:52,700 --> 00:01:54,910 my eye doesn't exactly know where to go. 50 00:01:54,910 --> 00:01:57,010 If I were photographing this, 51 00:01:57,010 --> 00:01:59,560 I would just photograph part of it. 52 00:02:00,675 --> 00:02:03,975 So in my checklist of things to watch out for, 53 00:02:03,970 --> 00:02:08,810 one of the things I'm noticing right now is what's bad. 54 00:02:08,810 --> 00:02:09,640 No offense. 55 00:02:13,634 --> 00:02:14,664 There's kind of two things, 56 00:02:14,660 --> 00:02:17,840 but one of them is definitely her posture, and she fixed it. 57 00:02:17,835 --> 00:02:20,385 I said to be comfortable, and she's leaning. 58 00:02:20,380 --> 00:02:25,180 There's a difference between leaning and slouching, 59 00:02:25,180 --> 00:02:28,020 and she was slouching. 60 00:02:28,020 --> 00:02:30,090 I will get someone there and I'll say okay. 61 00:02:30,090 --> 00:02:32,000 And usually it's one of the last things I do. 62 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:35,430 I say okay, now let's give me some good posture. 63 00:02:35,430 --> 00:02:38,080 As far as negative space, that's like the next thing. 64 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:39,930 Remember my whole checklist, and checking, 65 00:02:39,930 --> 00:02:41,570 going off that checklist here. 66 00:02:41,570 --> 00:02:46,570 The next thing that I don't like is for her hand, 67 00:02:46,780 --> 00:02:49,710 it's not that I need a ton of negative space, 68 00:02:49,710 --> 00:02:52,030 but depending on how I shoot it. 69 00:02:52,030 --> 00:02:56,460 It lines up perfectly with the back of her body 70 00:02:56,460 --> 00:03:00,400 so I can't see where her body actually ends. 71 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:01,930 What I could do is I could actually, 72 00:03:01,930 --> 00:03:04,320 can you bring this hand up right underneath your elbow? 73 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:06,410 So if I bring it up there, 74 00:03:06,410 --> 00:03:08,130 and depending on how I shoot, 75 00:03:08,130 --> 00:03:10,860 at least now I can see the back of her body. 76 00:03:10,860 --> 00:03:11,810 And if I have her sit up straight, 77 00:03:11,810 --> 00:03:16,160 arch your back just a little, and soft hands, good. 78 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:18,620 At least now I can see the back of her body. 79 00:03:18,620 --> 00:03:20,730 Can you lean towards me just a little bit? 80 00:03:20,730 --> 00:03:23,800 We could do that, that could be one take on it. 81 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:27,040 Another take is you can push your arm back, 82 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:29,450 sorry, your right arm back, good. 83 00:03:29,446 --> 00:03:32,366 And so by default, every girl, 84 00:03:32,370 --> 00:03:34,650 when they put their arm back, they lean on it. 85 00:03:34,650 --> 00:03:38,200 So you see how insanely skinny she is, 86 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:41,930 but look proportionately how big her upper forearm looks. 87 00:03:41,930 --> 00:03:44,900 I mean it looks three times as wide 88 00:03:44,900 --> 00:03:46,130 as the rest of her arm. 89 00:03:46,130 --> 00:03:47,210 So if somebody is posing, 90 00:03:47,210 --> 00:03:49,240 she's like, aw crap, okay. 91 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:50,860 You suck. 92 00:03:50,860 --> 00:03:52,160 So if somebody is doing that, 93 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:53,770 and they're putting a ton of weight on it. 94 00:03:53,770 --> 00:03:55,010 I'll say, okay, that's great, 95 00:03:55,010 --> 00:03:57,400 but just don't lean on it, just place it real soft there, 96 00:03:57,400 --> 00:03:58,830 Just real soft, good. 97 00:03:58,830 --> 00:04:02,830 And it really makes a difference versus actually leaning. 98 00:04:03,821 --> 00:04:06,351 Let me just grab a quick shot of that, 99 00:04:06,350 --> 00:04:07,720 good, good posture. 100 00:04:11,890 --> 00:04:12,720 Good. 101 00:04:16,310 --> 00:04:18,620 Cute, perfect. 102 00:04:19,840 --> 00:04:22,310 And as she did that, what did she do? 103 00:04:22,310 --> 00:04:23,540 Could you see? 104 00:04:23,540 --> 00:04:24,370 Open her palm. 105 00:04:24,373 --> 00:04:26,573 Yeah, so she opened her palm towards me, 106 00:04:26,570 --> 00:04:28,030 and she's wearing all black. 107 00:04:28,030 --> 00:04:30,120 And so the lightest things would be her face 108 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:32,330 and then her palm so I wanna make sure 109 00:04:32,330 --> 00:04:34,890 that she either shows me the pinky side. 110 00:04:34,890 --> 00:04:37,850 Like that, that's fine, that would be totally fine, 111 00:04:37,850 --> 00:04:40,120 or hide it behind her neck. 112 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:41,970 That's totally fine, anything like that. 113 00:04:41,970 --> 00:04:43,610 So this is what I'm looking for. 114 00:04:43,610 --> 00:04:45,350 Alright, so that's great. 115 00:04:45,350 --> 00:04:48,130 And lean towards me a little bit, okay good. 116 00:04:48,130 --> 00:04:49,520 I can come right here. 117 00:04:50,690 --> 00:04:53,520 And little bit better posture, just a little bit, good. 118 00:04:55,060 --> 00:04:56,450 And then bring that hand out one more time 119 00:04:56,450 --> 00:04:57,700 and put it on your thigh. 120 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:00,210 cross it behind a little bit so I see less. 121 00:05:00,210 --> 00:05:02,300 Yeah good, perfect. 122 00:05:02,300 --> 00:05:05,190 What I noticed for this particular shot, 123 00:05:05,190 --> 00:05:09,810 what we just did, is she's wearing all black. 124 00:05:09,810 --> 00:05:11,530 Will you put your hand back? 125 00:05:11,530 --> 00:05:14,300 Yeah, bring it on this side of your, yeah, perfect. 126 00:05:15,250 --> 00:05:17,250 Right now, she's wearing all black. 127 00:05:17,250 --> 00:05:20,730 When she has her hand on that side of her leg, 128 00:05:20,730 --> 00:05:22,300 all I see is her hand 129 00:05:22,300 --> 00:05:24,910 because it's the lightest thing against that black. 130 00:05:24,910 --> 00:05:26,900 When I tucked it behind, 131 00:05:26,900 --> 00:05:29,370 now I get rid of where my eye is going. 132 00:05:29,370 --> 00:05:32,290 So just as a heads up for people that have 133 00:05:32,290 --> 00:05:34,230 or maybe more beginner photography. 134 00:05:34,230 --> 00:05:37,550 Okay here's the places where your eye goes in a photo. 135 00:05:37,550 --> 00:05:41,820 Your eye goes to the biggest thing in the frame, okay. 136 00:05:41,820 --> 00:05:45,360 Your eye goes to the most saturated, brightest color. 137 00:05:46,570 --> 00:05:51,570 Your eye goes to the area of highest contrast as well, 138 00:05:52,190 --> 00:05:53,450 and the sharpest. 139 00:05:53,450 --> 00:05:56,550 Okay so if I run through that, everything's equally sharp, 140 00:05:56,550 --> 00:05:57,850 so I don't have that tool. 141 00:05:57,850 --> 00:05:59,850 Maybe if I was out on location, 142 00:05:59,850 --> 00:06:02,260 I can use that for posing to help me out. 143 00:06:02,260 --> 00:06:06,640 Okay, the next part that I have in there is what's largest. 144 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:08,470 Okay, well there's nothing particularly largest 145 00:06:08,470 --> 00:06:10,240 if I shot from up here. 146 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:13,500 Maybe I can make it be her face in this case. 147 00:06:13,500 --> 00:06:15,380 Otherwise it's all about the same. 148 00:06:15,380 --> 00:06:18,870 But then looking and going to the area of highest contrast, 149 00:06:18,870 --> 00:06:22,840 her hand against that skin, or her hand against her pants, 150 00:06:22,840 --> 00:06:24,260 is definitely the area of highest contrast, 151 00:06:24,260 --> 00:06:26,000 and I'll go right there. 152 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:27,870 And that last part about saturation, 153 00:06:27,870 --> 00:06:31,640 your eye goes to the area with most color. 154 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:34,320 When I was talking about clothing before, 155 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:36,060 that's why I was saying okay, 156 00:06:36,060 --> 00:06:38,790 the pair, who's larger on the bottom. 157 00:06:38,790 --> 00:06:41,420 You could go with a brighter colored shirt, 158 00:06:41,420 --> 00:06:43,290 because your eye would go there a little bit more 159 00:06:43,290 --> 00:06:45,130 if you're really trying to reduce your waist 160 00:06:45,130 --> 00:06:46,880 but she's smaller up top. 161 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:48,550 So you have all of these little tools 162 00:06:48,550 --> 00:06:51,480 based on the basis of photography that you already have. 163 00:06:52,470 --> 00:06:53,400 You look very cute. 164 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:56,270 I'm gonna have you put your arm back up, 165 00:06:56,270 --> 00:06:58,690 and cross that arm way over. 166 00:06:58,690 --> 00:06:59,910 So I'm looking at this, 167 00:06:59,910 --> 00:07:04,290 and if I photograph this full length, it's too hunchy. 168 00:07:04,290 --> 00:07:05,980 It's too bottled up. 169 00:07:05,980 --> 00:07:07,350 So in the very beginning, 170 00:07:07,350 --> 00:07:08,750 I said okay, you know 171 00:07:08,752 --> 00:07:09,832 this is just posing essentials, 172 00:07:09,830 --> 00:07:14,760 but you've got lens choice and depth of field and cropping. 173 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:17,630 So this might be a terrible pose full length, 174 00:07:17,630 --> 00:07:19,380 but might be an awesome pose close up. 175 00:07:19,380 --> 00:07:21,880 So that's why it's know what you're going for. 176 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:23,830 And I could shoot this completely close up. 177 00:07:23,830 --> 00:07:25,780 Can you do soft hand on your face again? 178 00:07:25,780 --> 00:07:26,610 Perfect. 179 00:07:28,379 --> 00:07:31,889 (camera shutter clicks) 180 00:07:31,890 --> 00:07:34,850 Okay, so I need to move the light a little bit 181 00:07:34,850 --> 00:07:37,110 'cause she's losing detail here. 182 00:07:37,110 --> 00:07:40,050 Hold on, 'cause see how it's all blobbed? 183 00:07:40,050 --> 00:07:45,050 If I just lighten this up just a little bit, 184 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:46,730 you'd be able to see it better. 185 00:07:46,730 --> 00:07:48,030 So same exact pose for me. 186 00:07:50,153 --> 00:07:51,653 We'll try that again, perfect. 187 00:07:53,900 --> 00:07:56,900 Same exact thing, except a little straighter, 188 00:07:56,900 --> 00:07:58,820 tilt your head just a little more, 189 00:07:58,820 --> 00:08:01,190 and bring your elbows out just a bit just a little bit more. 190 00:08:03,594 --> 00:08:05,674 (camera shutter clicks) 191 00:08:05,670 --> 00:08:09,980 Okay, so you can't quite see it because of the black, 192 00:08:09,982 --> 00:08:12,212 but I would say normally, oh that was better. 193 00:08:12,210 --> 00:08:13,910 I opened up exposure a little bit. 194 00:08:15,610 --> 00:08:19,780 In this case, you guys can see it. 195 00:08:19,780 --> 00:08:21,280 She's got negative space. 196 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:23,040 I can still see good features. 197 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:24,900 I've got nice triangles. 198 00:08:24,900 --> 00:08:26,280 This pose could work. 199 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:28,510 Full length, it totally doesn't. 200 00:08:28,510 --> 00:08:30,750 So knowing that whole cropping thing as well, 201 00:08:30,750 --> 00:08:32,950 as long as she's got her negative space here, 202 00:08:32,950 --> 00:08:34,500 I can lower her leg. 203 00:08:34,500 --> 00:08:35,730 I could have her sit up straighter 204 00:08:35,730 --> 00:08:39,380 to pull out and elongate there, that's how I tweak. 205 00:08:40,502 --> 00:08:43,532 Those would be my essential standing. 206 00:08:43,530 --> 00:08:44,890 My essential sitting would basically 207 00:08:44,890 --> 00:08:46,790 see how they sit comfortably, 208 00:08:46,790 --> 00:08:49,530 and just pose them around that. 209 00:08:49,530 --> 00:08:52,560 Create triangles, make them comfortable. 210 00:08:52,562 --> 00:08:56,322 If she naturally leaned out on her elbow, awesome. 211 00:08:56,320 --> 00:08:58,760 If she naturally leaned out this way, work with that. 212 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:00,820 Would you lean out on your elbow? 213 00:09:00,820 --> 00:09:03,520 Just actually lean out on your elbow that way. 214 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:05,350 Okay so when she does that. 215 00:09:05,350 --> 00:09:07,660 I'm looking at it, and that looks cute. 216 00:09:11,410 --> 00:09:15,430 But I want even more curve and more shape. 217 00:09:15,430 --> 00:09:18,030 So I could for example, tuck her knee over, 218 00:09:19,670 --> 00:09:21,240 and give myself a little more curve. 219 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:23,330 These are things that we do in boudoir photography 220 00:09:23,330 --> 00:09:24,970 so I take that essential, 221 00:09:24,970 --> 00:09:28,610 and I'm like, okay more curve, more negative space. 222 00:09:28,610 --> 00:09:30,320 How do I draw attention to where I want? 223 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:32,090 Okay maybe I need to shoot more. 224 00:09:32,090 --> 00:09:35,120 Right now, her legs are what's at me, 225 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:37,010 so that would be largest. 226 00:09:37,008 --> 00:09:40,548 I'm like, okay, well maybe I would tilt her, 227 00:09:40,551 --> 00:09:42,161 or rotate her a little bit. 228 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:43,910 And maybe that would be better because now, 229 00:09:43,910 --> 00:09:45,960 I've got that nice curve in the background, 230 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:48,230 but I can shoot with her head in the foreground. 231 00:09:48,230 --> 00:09:51,680 So now that will look larger and more pronounced. 232 00:09:51,680 --> 00:09:54,200 I take all of those little basics that I knew; 233 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:55,670 curves, and negative space, 234 00:09:55,670 --> 00:09:57,040 what's closest to the camera looks bigger, 235 00:09:57,040 --> 00:09:59,280 what are the assets, what are the flaws, 236 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:00,690 and then I try to build like that. 237 00:10:00,690 --> 00:10:02,300 You look like, oh 238 00:10:02,295 --> 00:10:05,235 (mumbles) 239 00:10:05,233 --> 00:10:07,263 She looks like a princess. 240 00:10:08,740 --> 00:10:10,230 I just thought I would say. 241 00:10:11,290 --> 00:10:12,120 No? 242 00:10:12,123 --> 00:10:13,493 Not a princess, okay? 243 00:10:15,228 --> 00:10:17,698 Okay you can stand up if you'd like. 244 00:10:17,700 --> 00:10:20,540 Okay so the next thing that I would say, 245 00:10:20,540 --> 00:10:24,950 it's okay to bring inspiration on a shoot. 246 00:10:24,950 --> 00:10:28,710 I would say, about the length of time I just shot, 247 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:30,610 this is a made up number, 248 00:10:30,610 --> 00:10:32,920 but I just shot a little bit to show 249 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:35,810 that I knew what I was doing, I interacted with them. 250 00:10:35,810 --> 00:10:37,730 Once you've covered those bases, 251 00:10:37,730 --> 00:10:39,820 then go ahead and bring out inspiration. 252 00:10:39,820 --> 00:10:41,850 I've already established I know how to pose you. 253 00:10:41,850 --> 00:10:43,430 We've done some nice poses okay, 254 00:10:43,430 --> 00:10:45,960 and I'll be like, you know what? 255 00:10:45,960 --> 00:10:48,970 I have some great ideas for some other poses. 256 00:10:48,970 --> 00:10:50,090 I'm actually gonna grab those 257 00:10:50,090 --> 00:10:52,250 and let's see what we can do with those. 258 00:10:52,250 --> 00:10:55,420 Okay, alright you wanna look? 259 00:10:55,423 --> 00:10:56,733 What do you think? 260 00:10:56,730 --> 00:10:57,560 Do you wanna do something like that? 261 00:10:57,563 --> 00:11:00,173 That looks great, okay perfect. 262 00:11:00,170 --> 00:11:02,670 You wanna lay down and I do something like that? 263 00:11:02,670 --> 00:11:06,960 It's not like I don't know how to pose, 264 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:08,960 let's look for inspiration. 265 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:12,440 It's like hey, let's do something else fun together. 266 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:15,530 So that would be my recommendation for you guys. 267 00:11:15,530 --> 00:11:17,880 Okay so, do you wanna actually, 268 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:19,140 feel free to try that one? 269 00:11:19,140 --> 00:11:21,870 I'm gonna have you lay right on the ground. 270 00:11:21,870 --> 00:11:26,280 Okay, so the reason I like to show this pose 271 00:11:26,278 --> 00:11:29,328 is because I see it all the time. 272 00:11:31,810 --> 00:11:36,010 Alright, when you have a girl lie on her stomach, 273 00:11:36,010 --> 00:11:38,330 and this, I personally don't like this as much 274 00:11:38,330 --> 00:11:40,660 in a studio as I do on like location. 275 00:11:40,660 --> 00:11:43,070 'cause then you can play with narrow depths of films. 276 00:11:43,070 --> 00:11:45,330 The things that I want you to watch out for 277 00:11:45,330 --> 00:11:48,390 when you have a girl lying on her stomach 278 00:11:48,390 --> 00:11:49,790 are two major things. 279 00:11:50,660 --> 00:11:53,990 Major thing number one is hunched shoulders. 280 00:11:53,990 --> 00:11:55,630 When a girl is on her stomach, 281 00:11:55,630 --> 00:11:58,470 her shoulders hunch up towards her neck. 282 00:11:58,470 --> 00:12:01,680 You still need her to push up and elongate. 283 00:12:01,680 --> 00:12:06,070 Or, lean out to their hand, 284 00:12:06,070 --> 00:12:09,340 but it should never be no neck. 285 00:12:09,340 --> 00:12:12,060 It's either elongate or push up. 286 00:12:12,964 --> 00:12:14,564 So watch out for that issue exactly. 287 00:12:14,560 --> 00:12:16,180 Like she looks comfortable there, 288 00:12:16,180 --> 00:12:17,820 but it really hunches her shoulders, 289 00:12:17,820 --> 00:12:20,170 and she really doesn't have much of a neck in that case. 290 00:12:20,170 --> 00:12:22,880 But I might have her instead of pushing up so wide 291 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:25,220 on her hands, can you just spread out your arms 292 00:12:25,220 --> 00:12:26,050 just a little bit? 293 00:12:26,053 --> 00:12:27,463 See how she doesn't need to, 294 00:12:27,460 --> 00:12:29,920 like when her arms are really tight together. 295 00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:31,540 Let me see if I can grab this. 296 00:12:32,510 --> 00:12:34,860 When her arms were really tight together, 297 00:12:34,860 --> 00:12:37,390 she had to push up really, really tall 298 00:12:37,390 --> 00:12:39,760 versus if her arms were a little further, 299 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:41,370 she could still elongate her neck 300 00:12:41,370 --> 00:12:43,610 without having to push up like this. 301 00:12:43,610 --> 00:12:44,990 So even like a little bit wider base. 302 00:12:44,990 --> 00:12:47,180 Could you put one hand up to your face for me? 303 00:12:49,110 --> 00:12:51,500 I'm going for nice and comfortable, okay. 304 00:12:51,503 --> 00:12:55,983 So the problem that I see when people photograph this, 305 00:12:55,985 --> 00:12:57,735 could you kick your feet up? 306 00:12:58,730 --> 00:13:01,580 When you photograph it, this is foreshortening. 307 00:13:02,690 --> 00:13:05,970 I will see feet out of the back of her head. 308 00:13:05,970 --> 00:13:08,090 And I've seen it a million times 309 00:13:08,090 --> 00:13:08,920 out of the back of her head, 310 00:13:08,923 --> 00:13:10,863 so let me just take a quick photo. 311 00:13:11,770 --> 00:13:13,780 And so I'm gonna have you slouch first, 312 00:13:15,700 --> 00:13:19,580 and then push up, and put one hand real soft, okay. 313 00:13:24,750 --> 00:13:27,100 She just doesn't have too much of a neck there. 314 00:13:28,020 --> 00:13:30,660 I had her push up, elongate a little bit, 315 00:13:30,660 --> 00:13:32,130 but she still has those feet coming out 316 00:13:32,130 --> 00:13:33,720 of the back of her head. 317 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:37,030 If I have her turn totally, totally sideways, 318 00:13:37,030 --> 00:13:38,720 I'll have you do that for a second, 319 00:13:39,905 --> 00:13:42,735 and do the hand thing up again. 320 00:13:42,730 --> 00:13:45,010 If I photograph full length, 321 00:13:45,010 --> 00:13:50,010 to me, I think it's too balanced, and you will see. 322 00:13:53,230 --> 00:13:56,490 It's very posey and there's not much 323 00:13:56,490 --> 00:14:00,010 I don't think there's much dynamicism to it. 324 00:14:00,010 --> 00:14:01,970 So I would perhaps, 325 00:14:01,970 --> 00:14:04,000 can you flip your hair off the front side of your neck? 326 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:05,350 Remember that tip we said before, 327 00:14:05,350 --> 00:14:08,040 you'll see she's gonna have a much longer neck. 328 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:11,650 I would photograph part of her, maybe just right there. 329 00:14:14,100 --> 00:14:16,440 And turn towards me just a little bit. 330 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:19,000 rotate your body towards me just a little bit. 331 00:14:18,995 --> 00:14:20,655 Up with your head, your shoulders, 332 00:14:20,650 --> 00:14:21,720 yeah keep coming just a little bit. 333 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:22,670 Great, right there. 334 00:14:26,550 --> 00:14:27,450 Good and one more. 335 00:14:31,522 --> 00:14:32,352 (camera shutter clicks) 336 00:14:32,355 --> 00:14:33,415 Perfect. 337 00:14:33,410 --> 00:14:34,610 And now, if I wanna do full length, 338 00:14:34,610 --> 00:14:37,660 I still think it looks a little bit too separated 339 00:14:37,660 --> 00:14:39,890 so just rotate your head towards me just a little bit more. 340 00:14:39,890 --> 00:14:41,540 I would go for right there. 341 00:14:41,540 --> 00:14:43,940 If you are going to do this and you wanna see her feet, 342 00:14:43,940 --> 00:14:45,440 kick your feet up. 343 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:47,750 And right now when I'm looking at her feet, 344 00:14:47,750 --> 00:14:49,150 I'm thinking alright, mergers. 345 00:14:49,150 --> 00:14:51,770 There's too many mergers, if you look at her feet, 346 00:14:51,770 --> 00:14:53,080 it's just a blob in the back. 347 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:55,090 I'm gonna have kick these separated. 348 00:14:55,090 --> 00:14:58,500 Lemme see em, yeah, like this, as much as possible. 349 00:14:58,500 --> 00:14:59,990 Good, crossed, perfect. 350 00:14:59,990 --> 00:15:03,930 A little less, just like that, good. 351 00:15:03,930 --> 00:15:06,930 So if you are gonna do the feet kicked up in the background, 352 00:15:08,630 --> 00:15:11,470 I would pick something at that angle, 353 00:15:11,470 --> 00:15:12,900 so she doesn't look foreshortened. 354 00:15:12,900 --> 00:15:14,710 She doesn't look totally flat, 355 00:15:14,710 --> 00:15:18,780 but she doesn't look totally linear, side by side, 356 00:15:18,780 --> 00:15:20,770 and I definitely like the close up shot. 357 00:15:20,770 --> 00:15:24,070 I would definitely do this close up shot for a boudoir, 358 00:15:24,074 --> 00:15:27,094 because then it's definitely emphasizing the assets for it. 359 00:15:27,090 --> 00:15:28,760 It's gonna have her face and her chest forward, 360 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:30,690 and then everything else is a curve in the background. 361 00:15:30,690 --> 00:15:33,180 So you will see a bunch of varieties of this 362 00:15:33,180 --> 00:15:34,130 when we do boudoir. 363 00:15:35,210 --> 00:15:36,770 I'm gonna do a couple sitting shots with you, 364 00:15:36,770 --> 00:15:39,320 and then we'll move on to the last part of the day. 365 00:15:41,430 --> 00:15:43,860 Can I have that chair? 366 00:15:44,730 --> 00:15:47,240 You can have whatever you want, Lindsay. 367 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:48,330 I appreciate that. 368 00:15:48,327 --> 00:15:51,027 (laughing) 369 00:15:51,030 --> 00:15:51,860 Thank you. 370 00:15:55,550 --> 00:15:58,380 Now Lindsay just a quick question, a general, 371 00:15:58,380 --> 00:15:59,830 I don't know that we need to demonstrate anything, 372 00:15:59,830 --> 00:16:03,040 but W.R Gould says would you do things differently 373 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:05,620 when posing an older woman than a younger woman? 374 00:16:05,620 --> 00:16:07,710 Well we're gonna do that tomorrow. 375 00:16:07,707 --> 00:16:10,127 Well there you go. 376 00:16:10,131 --> 00:16:13,501 Okay, so body straight towards camera. 377 00:16:14,420 --> 00:16:15,980 No, that doesn't work, okay. 378 00:16:15,980 --> 00:16:20,910 So let's do, could you turn your chair that way? 379 00:16:20,909 --> 00:16:24,309 Yeah, keep going, good, okay, perfect. 380 00:16:24,310 --> 00:16:26,170 Now, I'm gonna have you put your arm up, 381 00:16:26,170 --> 00:16:28,220 and I'm gonna see how high that is, good. 382 00:16:30,370 --> 00:16:32,770 That was pretty easy, so what I was thinking is like, 383 00:16:32,770 --> 00:16:35,310 okay, I don't want her straight towards camera. 384 00:16:36,770 --> 00:16:37,840 If I turn her to the side 385 00:16:37,840 --> 00:16:39,750 then she's just sitting at the side. 386 00:16:39,750 --> 00:16:42,240 Usually for women totally to the side, 387 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:43,450 it's not necessarily good 388 00:16:43,450 --> 00:16:45,900 'cause any of this curve becomes apparent. 389 00:16:45,900 --> 00:16:48,300 That's why you usually wanna hide it at like 3/4 390 00:16:49,140 --> 00:16:50,530 versus straight to the side, 391 00:16:50,530 --> 00:16:52,400 You see every little bump. 392 00:16:54,110 --> 00:16:56,070 So for her, I'm thinking alright. 393 00:16:56,070 --> 00:16:58,670 Let's turn this chair so she's sitting backwards, 394 00:16:58,670 --> 00:17:00,480 but I need her to look back. 395 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:03,340 I need her to turn that body 3/4 more. 396 00:17:03,340 --> 00:17:05,850 I need her to look back towards that light. 397 00:17:05,850 --> 00:17:09,400 When I put her arm up, it creates negative space. 398 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:12,790 It creates a nice curve throughout her body. 399 00:17:12,789 --> 00:17:14,819 This would be another great one, 400 00:17:14,820 --> 00:17:19,230 and you can for this arm, you can put it up to her hand. 401 00:17:20,490 --> 00:17:22,530 You can put it back down there, 402 00:17:22,530 --> 00:17:24,710 you can put it back up to her face. 403 00:17:24,710 --> 00:17:27,820 You can then take the chair and have her straddle it, 404 00:17:27,820 --> 00:17:29,520 Put her hand like this, put her hands like this. 405 00:17:30,490 --> 00:17:32,120 I'm just gonna start with that one, 406 00:17:32,990 --> 00:17:35,940 and then I'll end with my little couples posing here. 407 00:17:35,940 --> 00:17:38,280 Good, and relax your shoulder just a little bit. 408 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:39,570 Perfect, so I'm gonna have you do the one 409 00:17:39,570 --> 00:17:40,920 with your shoulder up real quick. 410 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:43,100 So her shoulder is a little bit too raised, 411 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:45,660 and now relax it, 412 00:17:45,660 --> 00:17:48,010 and pull your hair off the front side, perfect. 413 00:17:49,060 --> 00:17:52,780 So I always do that so I can see her neck, perfect. 414 00:17:52,781 --> 00:17:54,961 (camera shutter clicks) 415 00:17:54,960 --> 00:17:55,970 Great, and one more. 416 00:17:58,640 --> 00:17:59,820 Good, okay cool. 417 00:18:00,780 --> 00:18:01,830 Did you blink? 418 00:18:01,830 --> 00:18:02,660 You looked cute. 419 00:18:02,663 --> 00:18:03,503 It's fine, doesn't matter. 420 00:18:03,500 --> 00:18:08,500 Blink or no blink, so to give a little bit of summary then. 421 00:18:08,810 --> 00:18:10,910 If you have never photographed, 422 00:18:10,913 --> 00:18:13,233 this is your first portrait of a woman, 423 00:18:13,230 --> 00:18:15,780 and you need to do something curvy or beautiful, 424 00:18:15,780 --> 00:18:17,400 here's what you do. 425 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:21,770 You show up, you try to figure out what their assets are, 426 00:18:21,769 --> 00:18:23,809 and maybe what you like best about them. 427 00:18:24,790 --> 00:18:26,520 You make them feel comfortable. 428 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:28,400 You have a conversation with them. 429 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:29,910 We talked about that earlier so make sure you 430 00:18:29,910 --> 00:18:31,800 catch the expression part, 431 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:33,850 and then figure out where you wanna start. 432 00:18:33,850 --> 00:18:38,260 You have sitting, standing, leaning. 433 00:18:40,020 --> 00:18:41,020 You have all those different things 434 00:18:41,020 --> 00:18:43,460 so pick which one you want and then work with it. 435 00:18:43,460 --> 00:18:46,010 What I do is I go for comfort. 436 00:18:46,010 --> 00:18:49,690 I elongate, I watch for negative space, 437 00:18:50,610 --> 00:18:52,520 and I try to emphasize curves. 438 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:54,650 It's like my order, I'm kinda watching from it. 439 00:18:54,650 --> 00:18:58,690 And I start by posing with the feet all the way up, 440 00:18:58,690 --> 00:19:03,030 knowing that sometimes the tight crop is a lot better, 441 00:19:03,030 --> 00:19:05,200 than for example, will you do that one more time, 442 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:06,840 with the arm up again, 443 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:09,420 is much better than say maybe the full length 444 00:19:09,424 --> 00:19:12,284 isn't quite as strong. 445 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:15,360 So knowing that cropping is part of this whole equation. 446 00:19:15,360 --> 00:19:18,820 That looks cute, whereas that's just really boxy. 447 00:19:20,120 --> 00:19:21,240 So watch out for that.