Posing
Beach photoshoot poses
Wind, glare and uneven ground do most of the posing for you. Keep people moving and keep the sun off their faces.
Posing
Wind, glare and uneven ground do most of the posing for you. Keep people moving and keep the sun off their faces.
In short: Wind, glare and uneven ground do most of the posing for you. Keep people moving and keep the sun off their faces.
Shot from in front and behind, in bursts.
Solves squinting and looks natural because it is.
Grounded and relaxed; also stable on soft sand.
Hair moves the right way instead of across the face.
Occupies the hands and reads as unposed.
Low camera, horizon behind, long line.
Start with walking along the waterline — the first two minutes are warm-up and the first pose should be the one that asks least of anyone. Move to hand shielding eyes, looking out and sitting, knees up, arms loose once the shoulders have dropped, and keep lying back on elbows for the end, when self-consciousness has gone. Shoot each one in bursts through the movement rather than holding it: the usable frames sit between the instructions, not on them.
Two metres back with the lens zoomed rather than close and wide — distance is what keeps facial proportions natural. Camera at or slightly above eye level for portraits, at chest height for full length. Below eye level enlarges whatever is nearest the lens, which is rarely what you want in frame.
Facing directly into the sun, which produces squinting in every frame; and any pose held still in soft sand, where balance visibly wobbles.
Shooting at midday. Ignoring the tide. Putting the sun behind the photographer, which guarantees squinting. And bringing a camera to sand without a bag to change lenses inside.