Military Ball Posing Prep

Overview: We need to start thinking about what we need to do shoot formal event portraits to prepare us for Military Ball. We will begin by looking at examples from posing guides and then move on to a practice exercise.

Directions: 

Let's get started with a little fun:

Check out these horrible prom photos here:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/whitneyjefferson/the-complete-guide-to-achieving-the-perfect-prom-p

Now lets check out the prom photos from last year here:

http://akinscphoto.smugmug.com/Events/Prom-2013

Planning the pose

To take the photos last year, students had to train to develop a menu of options for customers to choose from so they didn't spend a lot of time thinking about their poses. This included options for the following:

• singles
• opposite-sex friend couples
• same-sex friend couples
• funny couples
• romantic couples
• different heights
• different backdrops
• different color clothing

Check out the menu from last year here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1UFIVJD2sBzbnlWVEpSV3lFcU0/view?usp=sharing

We are going to update this menu this year so we can get experience with different poses and lighting conditions. Before we begin this project, we will do some searching online for three poses that you want to try out.

Assignment: Review the posing guides below and search online for couples and individual posing suggestions. Your assignment is to create a new blog post, titled "Sample Poses."

Posing Guide for Couples
http://digital-photography-school.com/posing-guide-21-sample-poses-to-get-you-started-with-photographing-couples

Other Posing Guide Links
http://digital-photography-school.com/8-posing-guides-to-inspire-your-portraiture

Formal Couple Portraits
http://www.shutterstock.com/s/formal+couple/search.html

or
http://www.fotosearch.com/photos-images/young-couples-formal.html

or
http://www.canstockphoto.com/images-photos/formal-portrait.html

Select one of each of the following type of pose to try to emulate:

• Pose for a single man.
• Pose for a single female.
• Pose for friends.
• Pose for couple (romantic).
• Pose for family of 3 to 5 people.

Requirements: 

• Should be full body