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02/02/2006 01:44:17 PM · #1 |
Hello all -
New here & hoping to get really involved!! On to my question...we have s couple engagement shoots coming up soon where there is a large weight difference between the two people. I am wondering if anyone has any posing ideas as to not accentuate the difference. Thanks in advance for any suggestions...
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02/02/2006 02:00:25 PM · #2 |
is the difference extreme? more specifically which gender is the heaviest. I will put some thought into this. I'm not an expert, maybe not even very good....but have spent my life trying to hide my size...(which by the way is shrinking thanks to LA Weightloss- oops sorry irrelevent)
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02/02/2006 02:58:18 PM · #3 |
Not a crazy difference - I would say for each session, both of the guys are well under 200 and the girls are 50-75 pounds more? I'm really not a good guesser at stuff like that and am uncomfortable even bringing it up, but I want them to be happy with their photos most of all.
Thanks so much!
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02/02/2006 03:19:33 PM · #4 |
| Certainly not an expert myself....but I know there are certain ways of tilting the head that are more flattering than others. Sadly, I can't quite remember which way that is! But I bet a google search might help some. I would imagine standing shots would be better than sitting, as sitting tends to emphasize the middle parts we try to hide :-) Or maybe have the guy sit in the chair and have the girl hug around his neck from behind? I think it depends a bit on what style of portrait they're look for too. I have a couple friends who are married and the husband was a larger fellow, but they have some of the most beautiful shots I've seen of basically just their faces...kissing cheeks and so on. Very cute and very nice shots. So maybe something like that? |
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02/02/2006 03:24:00 PM · #5 |
First I would be very careful where the shot is cropped. i.e. sometimes when the girls pics are cropped at the bustline it gives the illusion that she is bigger and continues to get broader. For instance look at your website photos (family and beach) of the woman in pink. She looks 'larger' in the top close-up photo than she does in the lower one. (Although I like both photos)
I would suggest that you have the heavier person somewhat behind the other person maybe even at an angle in towards them. (females shoulder behind the man and her turned inward) They don't have to be rigidly formal but this helps 'hide' some shapes.
I have some photos at home that I can show you that will show what I mean..(as I refuse to be 'in front' in any photo taken of me!)
Sounds like I am rambling.....I'll PM you later if I am being of any help
just thought also....watch for the horrible 'double chin'....I try to jut my chin outward feels abnormal but works great in a photo.
Message edited by author 2006-02-02 15:26:15.
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02/02/2006 04:59:18 PM · #6 |
This past summer I shot a friend's wedding and I spent a fair amount of time searching the internet for ideas too. In this case, both bride and groom are large. Of all the things I tried, the things that made the biggest difference were the cropping and the angle, as have already been mentioned. The easiest/most effective for me was to get in close enough to trim the side profiles down, and keep a longer than bust verticle view of them. The sticking the chin out toward the camera trick or "turkey neck", as I've seen it called, does make a marked difference in the chin area, even in otherwise thin people.
Besides confirming previous comments, a couple of things I can add to what's been said is that shooting at a high angle, such that the couple has to look up a little bit, helps to further stretch the neck line and can compact the body angle a little more. Placement of the arms at long angles across the body can trick the eye as well. Using large-scale surroundings or props was another suggestion I had found, but seemed a lot less intuitive and hard to implement.
I don't have this all down-pat, but you can see some of the good and the bad in their pictures at this link to get ideas //flickr.com/photos/abphotos/sets/746495/ |
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02/02/2006 05:27:06 PM · #7 |
| Dress the heavier one in a darker color. |
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02/02/2006 06:04:40 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by emorgan49:
Dress the heavier one in a darker color. |
Good idea -- be glad it's not the wedding shots where the opposite may occur. |
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