Posing

<p>I am relatively new to portrait photography. Most of what I shoot is landscapes, nut it seems that portrait work is paying the bills right now.<br>

I am pretty happy with most the images that I get from each shoot, but what I was hoping to find was maybe a book that has ideas for posing my subjects.<br>

Does any one have a recommendation of good reference material that I can get to help expand my creativity and help set me apart from the other portrait photographers out there? </p>

<p>Look up books done by Amherst Media. They have specific books on posing.</p>

<p>Second the above. I have the a couple of them, and one of them for Portrait and Weddings isn't very dynamic, but it does explain a lot of the fundelmentals so you can develop your own style that works.</p>

<p>It may be old and look like it's decrepit, but google Joe Zeltsman or Monte Zucker. Joe's posing and lighting guide is fundamental and in depth. Not exciting reading, but very informative. Just keep in mind that lighting is not about type of light, but direction of light and quality of light. Everything in Joe's "book" is with strobe, but applies to every kind of light. Monte was a good teacher that made that very clear. Technique in lighting and posing is what makes portraits look like they are natural and "unposed"! Getting over the "there are shadows in my portrait" syndrome is the hardest hurdle to overcome from clients. But they never say the flat stuff is good stuff. They just were told at some point that shadows were bad. So... any shadows are bad lighting. :-)</p>

<p>I'll second the Joe Zeltsman posing guide. The pictures are dated, and the style is more formal than you typically see today, but it's good info.<br>

http://www.photodigital.net/zeltsman/</p>