Posing Tips For Families: Family Groups To Capture 2. Look For Triangles

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POSING TIPS FOR FAMILIES


FAMILY GROUPS TO CAPTURE 2. LOOK FOR TRIANGLES
• Family Group Together Any time you are posing more than one person,
looking for triangles will help your composition.
• Children Together
This rule could also be called “keep heads at
• Mom and Children different levels.”
• Dad and Children 3. AVOID “OVER-POSING”
• Mom and Dad Together Any pose that takes more than 5 minutes to set up
• Each Child Individually AND shoot is likely “over-posed”. This may also
happen as a family finally gets into the pose and the
• (Optional) Mom & Daughter(s)/Dad & Son(s)
photographer begins tweaking every small detail. If
a pose isn’t working, move on to another.
1. CAPTURE CONNECTION 4. CAPTURE THE CANDID MOMENTS
Family photos should be all about connection. Leave time to let the parents play and interact with
After all, these are very important relationships their kids. This gives the family a break from formal
in the lives of your client. Encourage connection posing and allows for a little fun. You can have
by having the family close and touching whenever parent and child walk towards you, play peek-a-boo,
possible. lift the child in the air, look in each other’s eyes, or
give a kiss.

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