Assume the boudoir position!
Flow posing for Boudoir…
If you have ever struggled with posing while shooting a boudoir session? I’ve come up with a easy to remember sequence of poses that will take the stress out of posing your client.
#1. The belly pose
Start with your client laying on her stomach. It’s an easy position, and clients are comfortable using it as a starting point for their boudoir shoot. It lets them warm up, and get comfortable in front of the camera. Have them change their arm & leg position slightly for different variations of the pose. Move around them to change your shooting angel, and capture different facial expressions. Don’t forget to get those closeups.
Like I said before, move in tight and capture those close up shots! It will really give you a lot of variety from the base pose.
#2. Side pose
Next, roll your model onto her side. It’s a slight change in her position but gives you something different to shoot. Do the same things you did with the belly pose, shoot close ups, change the pose slightly, capture different looks. I’ll give you a few ideas below but use your imagination and come up with your own ideas.
#3 Back pose
Now roll your model over onto her back. Place her arms on her body, or perhaps above her head.
I often climb on a small ladder in the studio in order to shoot down on my subject. This is an example of one of those shots. You can stand on a chair or on the bed next to them. I have even stood on a dresser at the foot of the bed in a hotel room. Use what you have available. Look how much of a difference being up higher than my model made in this photo.
In the next two shots I moved more to the side of the model and had her look at me. You can also ask her to look away. Be mindful of the direction your light is coming from. She has never moved from her basic back position.
Pull her down to the end of the bed and let her hair fall over the side and you get a shot like this.
#4 the kneeling pose.
When you are finished shooting your back shots bring them up into a kneeling pose like this. There are several different variations we can do of this pose too. In the first one I have her sitting back on her legs.
In this shot I had her rise up on her knees. You can have them put their hands on their hips or perhaps have them play with their hair.
Don’t forget to do your closeup shots of this pose.
And there you go, 4 very basic poses that flow from one to another, in an easy to remember sequence! With some slight variations, and you moving your camera angel around a bit, you can come up with lots of different shots. After you have completed the core shots belly, side, back, knees, go ahead and try some of your own ideas to round out the session.
I hope these pose ideas help you with your next boudoir shoot and take away a bit of the stress! I would love to hear from you if you found the article helpful. Feel free to leave a comment. I love reading what people have to say.
~Robin Owen~
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