I need some advice on posing people who are awkward in front of the camera.It's always been my dream to do these kinds of super staged portrait shoots and I've finally built up the confidence to ask some friends to take part in a shoot. However from snapping a few pics of them previously I know that they're kinda awkward in front of the camera and after doing one shoot a while ago I've realized I'm not too confident posing people yet.Making him wear sunglasses helped a bit, but other than that I didn't really know what to do other than instructing him to just look into the distance and that kind of worked.Any advice or shared experience is appreciated. I've heard that you're not supposed to micro-manage your subject's poses to make them look natural, but I'm not quite sure how to actually do that.
>>4496392Okay, also looking at the pic I choose (some random image from my inspo pile) made me realize that maybe some of this feeling of "awkwardness" is subjective, because I know how they look "naturally" and maybe someone who doesn't know them wouldn't realize they're looking off.The guy in the pic might or might not be fully comfortable being photographed, but you can't really tell without knowing him
>>4496392Models needs a bit a time to relax and to assess that they can trust you. I always try to have at least one hour for a photo session, and I go gradually with the pointers.
>>4496392why does he look like he's about to cry then shit his pants kek
>>4496392Just give them instructions.
>>4496392Tell him a funny joke.
>>4496392keep talking with them, talk and shootthen you can also have prepared some poses before handshow them examples on Pinterest or somethingalso I like to in the middle of the shoot grab some snacks and tea or coffee and just chill a little bit and chat for 30 minutes to relax and rethink some shit
>>4503459Post 10 funny jokes
>>4504061>knock knock>niggers>niggers who?>niggers niggers niggers
Is it gay for a man to pose in a museum like pic rel?
>>4496392I do lots of portraits of normies.Give directions that force them to act as their own agent. Rather than "no smile", "give me a look as if you...", helps with more realistic emotion. You should still have a vision in your mind, but it will look better letting them act it out in their own way.Avoid generic direction in favor of accessible cues. "Look more at me" is vague and be interpreted too loosely. "Point your forehead toward the camera" is very understandable.Make them move. Say in your example photo you wanted one of his arms across the front and touching his other arm. Instead of telling him to just move his arm over. Have him put it on his shoulder and then work it's way down. Movement makes poses look more natural, and let's you quickly see which positions look best.Save the photos you really want the most for the middle 20-80% of the shoot time. People will be most awkward for posing at the beginning, so just treat it like a warm up. Normies can often get posing fatigue, so start wrap up when that starts. For an hour of shooting ill, I'd expect most of the best shots to be between 20min and 45min.Have music going, some people like shots. You don't have to do small talk, but don't be quiet, it's just creepy unless you're legit super professional and your quietness comes from how hyper focused you are on getting the shot.Make sure you know your gear 100%, nothing is worse than if your subject loses confidence in your ability as a photographer.
>>4504099Also, practice posing yourself tooShowing a pose for them can be much faster than explaining and tweaking until right
>>4504099How do you deal with normies who never learned how to smile properly? What would you say to get one to smile who only knows how to grimace Any pose inspiration tips? What do you like normies to do in photos? Where do you go for portrait pose and setup inspiration? Landscape photography don’t pay the bills but damn the subject is so much fucking easier to work with
