Quote Originally Posted by KentDub View Post
I did find that posing him was difficult, especially without a seat or a prop. My two posing books mostly focus on women. The shot I selected to post here (#2) was the most natural looking shot.

[B]He didn't like it when I tried to have him put his hands on top of his arms instead of underneath.[B]

OK , I think you gotta work with the Subject – if they are not a Professional Model then the first rule I adapt is they have to be relaxed . . . I obviously don’t know how the shoot progressed – but if I wanted an arms folded shot – and I met “resistance” I would have moved along maybe to just one arm across the body clasping the opposite elbow and see what developed then.

But even so if he did not want any hand on top of his arm the way his arms are folded in the image you sampled - lends the shot to be taken with his Right shoulder leading rather than his Left Shoulder, leading – IMO.



Quote Originally Posted by KentDub View Post
When you suggest rotating him to a 1/4 view - do you mean more square to the camera, or closer to a profile (torso wise)?
Yes – more SQUARE to the camera.

Profile etiquette / written descriptive:

“Front on” or “Full Frontal” = body part at right angles to the lens’s axis and parallel to the Focal Plane

¼ Profile 22½ degrees rotation
½ Profile 45 degrees rotation
¾ Profile 67½ degrees rotation
Profile 90 degrees rotation (Sometimes “Full Profile” to confirm 90 degree rotation)

Note that the “Profile” can be qualified to segment body parts:

“Torso & Shoulders ¼ Profile / Head Front On” or

“Torso & Shoulders ¼ Profile / Head slightly less profile”

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