Proud Photography Blog

When it comes to working with children, you are up for a challenge.  Children can be your average kid, brought to you for portraits by their parents or they can be models with more experience.  It’s important to remember when working with children and posing them that they react differently than adults and you need to keep them interested.
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This time we are looking at how to pose non-models, specifically family portraits and groups.  Many freelance photographers are commissioned to take family portraits either in a studio or outdoors.  You will be dealing with people who have no experience at all dealing with photographers not to mention the fact that they will be in a group.

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Guiding a model and telling them how to pose requires some experience and confidence on your part.  The more practice you get the better – it doesn’t have to be a professional model you are working with – it can be a friend or a family member so that you gain confidence and find out what works best.

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Whenever you work with a model, you need to think about how to pose them.  Experienced models may be very good at posing and will move around with complete ease.  Normal people and less experienced models will need guidance from you because you are the person who can see what is happening in the photograph.  You have to view helping a model get into the right pose as part of your overall job because the finished result is your responsibility.

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When taking a portrait of yourself, it’s important to have a stable place to put your camera and a way of seeing what you are doing.  We covered how to do this in the previous post – now here is more advice on how to do the best possible job. Read the rest of this entry »

As a photographer, you get so used to being behind the camera that you may forget what its like to be in front of it.  Nevertheless, many photographers want to know how to take a picture of themselves and to get a stunning self portrait.  Keep reading to learn more about the best way to do this.

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Working well with models is an important skill for any photographer to have – here are further ideas and tips on how to work well with people so that you get the best possible images. Read the rest of this entry »

As a photographer, eventually you will probably have to work with models. This could be for a fashion or portraiture shoot, but you may also work with models in other genres of photographer, such as reportage and travel photography. You may also end up working with models if you are studying a photography course – sometimes you will know the model, sometimes not.

Here are some ideas and hints on how to deal with models.

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Last time we had a look at the reasons why you would join a networking site as a photographer and how to get started.   Here are some sites that you can join and what to expect.  Many of the top networking sites on the web are free to join and instantly put you in touch with millions of people around the world.  You can join as many or as few as you like – the more that you join the more chance you have of getting your work seen.  Even if you have you own website, using networking sites as well will help publicize it.

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As a photographer, you should be looking for ways to get your work seen, shared and critiqued, as well as building contacts and connections with people around the world.  This is called networking, and the internet makes it easier than ever to link up with people around the world.  It isn’t something you have to do of course – but it’s beneficial for most people, especially if there is no one around you who can offer feedback – to get their work out there and to build up confidence.

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