Craig Stidham & Jeanne Harris 
Dynamic Posing Guide 
Modern Techniques for Digital Photographers

Tips, techniques, and inspiration for creating perfect poses

Effectively posing the human body is a challenge for nearly
every photographer, from amateur to professional. Understanding how
a model’s pose, body language, and posture affect a photograph is
crucial to success. Author and professional fashion photographer
Craig Stidham shows you how to guide a subject’s personality
through body language, with hundreds of examples and
suggestions.

* Answers critical questions such as: how can a photographer
avoid having the subject look awkward? How does one direct both
experienced and inexperienced models?

* Shares helpful posing tips and techniques for posing models in
new modern and fashion-forward ways

* Suggests ways to make strategic edits in post-production to fix
common posing mistakes

* Offers hundreds of examples of strong and stunning posing

Dynamic Posing Guide teaches you the skills you need to
identify strong modern posing techniques as you strengthen your
photographic skills.

Tabella dei contenuti

About the Authors vi

Dedication vii

Acknowledgments viii

Introduction 1

CHAPTER 1: Breaking Down the Human Figure 3

CHAPTER 2: Rules of Posing 49

CHAPTER 3: Seated Posing 75

CHAPTER 4: Posing on the Ground 105

CHAPTER 5: Camera Angles 121

CHAPTER 6: Equipment 135

CHAPTER 7: Breaking the Rules 167

CHAPTER 8: Putting Your Poses to Work 175

INDEX 193

Circa l’autore

CRAIG STIDHAM is a professional portrait and fashion
photographer whose groundbreaking images have appeared in fashion
and photography magazines and on billboards nationwide. He teaches
his avant-garde style in his popular workshops.

JEANNE HARRIS is a freelance writer and content
creation/social media professional. Her career has revolved around
photography since she began producing TV commercials and fashion
catalog shoots in 1993.