Hi everybody
on behalf of Adorama TV I'm Doug Gordon
and welcome to edgy posing. Do you have a question
how far can you push it when posing couples do you do it when working with
plus size couples do you do it with all types and shapes of people and sizes the
answer is yes
I love to push the envelope because it's my opinion that today's
subjects they want edgy stuff they want things to look sensual they wanted to
look romantic
and even a touch of sexy if you can make someone feel good in a romantic
they're gonna be acquired for ever and more importantly they're going to buy
and that's what makes the difference one other things that I love doing
is really trying to separate them by putting the subject
on the ground I love playing them on the ground because it allows me to work with
higher camera heights and more importantly
it allows me to push the envelope when creating things, so let's bring our couple
in
Tracy you're gonna come right over here I'm gonna ask you to take a seat
right on your backside with your legs going out here your gonna put your legs this
way
and you gonna turn over on your right side towards me. Elbow
and you're gonna come right behind her Tom if you don't know what this is this
is called spooning
you can go back to high school and you could see it up close so she turned on
its side and he's coming close to key
is to elevate him by laying on his right hand he's higher than har
because I need him to lean over the top of her to remain on the same plane
well this isn't an ideal background that's not what I'm worried about right now so
I'm gonna
ask you to take in this case her front which is her left hand and wrap it around his
head around the side
and she's gonna be there Tom is going to cover her arm
that's a key essential thing because the bicep is obviously going to get media
so now I'm gonna ask her to curl her leg in
over the top to create a little bit of hip action, bring this front leg in just
a tad
perfect now Tom leans over the top of her now they're going to look at each other
she's looking up at his forehead Toms looking at her
and now notice the curve with the body these are gonna create three different
images here
looking at each other I'm going to set myself up with a camera height
it slightly above where the video is looking at each other there
you're doing terrific guys don't you move absolutely wonderful
again not the perfect spot but we'll deal with it smiling happy teeth
now from here we would pretend that they're gonna kiss they don't know each
other so Tom
just going to her forehead and close your eyes Tracy
and we'll change our cropping getting nice n tight
now Tracy puts her head back all the way straight back Tracy
but turn your head towards him and go more
even with your body in a profile so lean to me make now go to her neck Tom
she's closing her eyes just like
that take a look beautiful notice the sequence of the body
now Tom is going to slide out from here
we're gonna ask Tracy to roll over on her backside
on her elbows she's going to take her front leg which in this case is a right
and bring it up we'd never want to use
put this leg down the back leg, because the back leg goes up
it shows the meat of the thigh the subject will never be happy with that because
it's going to look wider
legs down front like up terminate
so curve it look at the curve start that's what you're going for
and then her head straight back create a wider base with your arms if you can
head back all the way beautiful and again not worrying about the background
here I'm just trying to show some good posing
stay right there just like that beautiful you are doing terrific
now she said here I have great light coming from the window over here
I'm gonna change my angle so what I'm gonna do is come back over here
you're gonna bring your head back to me this time can you spread your arms wide
for me Tracy
and your head back look at where I am on
over-the-top close your eyes Tracy just like that
you're doing great i lock in and expose
on her face so my angle was directly behind her
now from here I'm gonna ask her to lay flat on her back but I always help her down
just in case
because I wanted to hit her head I'm gonna bring Tom in right here
he's gonna lay right next to her by putting his right arm
Nope your feet are gonna go this way Tom you're gonna lay right on your right arm putting
your nose on her cheek the key is that the arm goes flat underneath
and we turned her head to me now
her hand is gonna go around his head again
nope your gonna bring it around the side and bring your hand to the bicep
and nose to her cheek your hand back just a little bit
and can you guys come closer together and your head right there
so now what can I have beautiful overhead light I got beautiful light
from here
I don't need any fill do I and now my camera Heights important
I don't want to bring the camera height here because I'm gonna bring eyes down and
shoot up her nose
I want to bring the camera height above eye level. Tom can you scoot up a
little higher
Tom needs to be higher than her otherwise she's gonna look heavier
my camera height is here Tracy you're looking at me I'm right above eye level
looking right at me beautiful stay right there I'm tilting down
just like any head and shoulder portrait above eye level
smiling nice and happy beautiful don't move
I'm locked in I'm on aperture-priority 2.8
I'm at 400 ISO I'm at white balance daylight
Tom can you slide out one second can you bring that other hand back Tracy
nope not to your neck just bring it on to shoulder a little bit
that a girl turn it sideways a tad nope other way
turn it, there you go looking at me you doing great smiling
I got two shots from this now I'm gonna change it
I'm gonna leave her where she is bring her head back
close your eyes relax the forehead and now I'm gonna come down to the same
level as her
I'm locking in and exposing on letting that front eye
which is her right foreground now I'm going to bring
Tom in you're going to at point lay with your feet towards me
on your left arm bring your nose
underneath her chin and Tracy bring that left arm around his head
leaning close to her Tom close your eyes make sure that his nostrils
are underneath her chin because we're gonna see up them if we don't based on our
angle
head down a little bit you're doing great
don't move so I'm at the same level then I come up here
just like that chin down a little bit Tracy working towards me again beautiful
you are doing great accent above eye level
and we have our image were smiling gorgeous happy turn you had to him
slightly
wonderful Tom can you tilt your head to her chest
looking at me and you're smiling nice and happy
wonderful we've already created a whole bunch of poses without really moving
anything so now we like energy lets push it a little bit more
your gonna hop up, be careful we're gonna bring her right into the wall here
this is really starting to push it especially if you're working with a
broad
we're gonna push you here by walking her directly into the wall turn towards the
wall
and now I want you to just you can kind of sit on your backside because we're
gonna lay you
on your back I'm gonna bring your feet up on the wall
K got it now slide all the way into the wall bring your backside in with your legs
up
K now is this going to be for every single subject
no because some other may not have the body something that may not be flexible
enough to do it
whatever it maybe but when you get them to do it it's a guaranteed seller
so we're gonna bring her front leg down little bit not that much
up a little bit and in turn it away turn it away more
this way we get the hips bring your hands back behind your head
but we're gonna bring them out just like that head back
close your eyes and your head back further turn your head more to your left
just like that and curved we see a little bit of the angle of the backside the
nice curve
head back I'm gonna come back by you over here
to create the angel I'm looking for
head back beautiful absolutely gorgeous
stay there you doing great I'll tell you when I'm set
don't you move notice the angle there
make sure we exposure lock on the face
beautiful image of her our eyes open stay there looking towards me head back
a little bit further
you were doing so good Tracy nice and happy smiling, teeth
excellent then we're gonna finish up by bringing Tom in.
Tom is gonna lay on his belly right here with his arms right underneath
he's gonna bring his head to her chest under her neck
arms underneath wrap your arms around his head Tom sliding closer to her a
good now bring your arms underneath you get close to her neck
and bring the arm underneath Tom nope not like Superman
get just like that getting close there head back a little bit
now cropping is key I wanna crop right through here
so I see as little as him as possible because I don't wanna see how
awkward the rest of his body looks head back Tracy close your eyes
no smiling Tracy bring your chin down to him just a bit
perfect turn your head to him
you doing great staying right there
make sure that I'm locked in again on exposure locking cuz I'm in apature
priority wonderful and I got my
image so there it is you got some creative edgy posing
you got simplicity it comes together perfectly
its fun it appears to be natural can't beat it
that's what it's about it's about creating something that nobody else can
do
I hope you enjoy this segment in posing and we'll see you next time
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I'm Doug Gordon I'll see you next time
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