Posing
Street style photoshoot poses
Street style is anti-posing by convention: the subject should look caught rather than arranged, even when every frame is planned.
Posing
Street style is anti-posing by convention: the subject should look caught rather than arranged, even when every frame is planned.
In short: Street style is anti-posing by convention: the subject should look caught rather than arranged, even when every frame is planned.
Shot in bursts so one frame has both feet right.
A pivot creates fabric movement and a natural expression.
The default street stance. Relaxed, narrow, hands solved.
Removes the posed quality instantly.
Sleeve, collar, sunglasses, bag strap — a real action mid-frame.
One graphic frame per set. Works because everything else is in motion.
Start with walking, mid-stride — the first two minutes are warm-up and the first pose should be the one that asks least of anyone. Move to turning at the corner and hand in pocket, weight back once the shoulders have dropped, and keep stopped, straight on, deadpan 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.
Standing centred on an empty pavement smiling at the lens. It is the exact opposite of the register and it makes an expensive outfit look like a catalogue insert.
Shooting at midday on a busy road. Choosing a background with more going on than the outfit. And standing too close with a wide lens, which distorts the figure and flattens the city behind it.