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Title: Good Basic posing from Peter Hurley
Post by: Jonathan Ross on February 17, 2012, 22:51

Hi All,

 This is a great basic lesson on posing people for photography. I think that Peter Hurley has done a great job presenting it I hope you get something out of it.

Best,
Jonathan

http://scottkelby.com/2012/its-guest-blog-wednesday-featuring-peter-hurley/ (http://scottkelby.com/2012/its-guest-blog-wednesday-featuring-peter-hurley/)

Title: Re: Good Basic posing from Peter Hurley
Post by: Noodles on February 18, 2012, 01:41

Brilliant! Thanks for sharing.

Title: Re: Good Basic posing from Peter Hurley
Post by: Anyka on February 18, 2012, 01:58

REALLY interesting, thanks!

Title: Re: Good Basic posing from Peter Hurley
Post by: Till on February 18, 2012, 04:55

The example pictures at the end blew my mind. Also his energy was kind of motivating.  ;)

Title: Re: Good Basic posing from Peter Hurley
Post by: wut on February 18, 2012, 11:50

It's a good tutorial for shooting out of shape (middle aged) men and if you're a total noob. And still they look more or less like turtles sticking their heads out of the shell. Portraits are boring and really sub standard and all he does is yell shabang! Completely useless for shooting fit, young female models.

Title: Re: Good Basic posing from Peter Hurley
Post by: Jonathan Ross on February 18, 2012, 14:24

Hi Wut,

 I agree with the turtle look. This is a basic video on a very old trick that does work excellently with straight portraits. The problem that Peter has was he was showing us with to short a lens. If he had extended it to 150-200mm the head and shoulders would compress taking away the turtle look but still pulling the skin back. If the video was reshot I would use a longer focal length to truly show off what a difference a forehead push can make.

Take care,
Jonathan

Title: Re: Good Basic posing from Peter Hurley
Post by: leaf on February 18, 2012, 15:58

thanks for sharing Jonathan.  Great tips there and I agree the change in how the model looks is very noticeable and actually something i have struggled with, with some models.  I'll be trying this out on the next shoot.

Title: Re: Good Basic posing from Peter Hurley
Post by: Sean Locke Photography on February 18, 2012, 16:09

I usually get up on a small stool to get them to slightly look up, if I need to have them stretch out.

Title: Re: Good Basic posing from Peter Hurley
Post by: Fran on February 18, 2012, 17:41

Thanks for sharing.