Dynamic Posing Guide

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.