Re: 1000 Model Poses Pdf Download
Edelira Longinotti
Whether youre the photographer behind the camera or the model in front of the lens, chances are you could use some help with posing, which is one of the biggest challenges when it comes to portrait photography. POSE! provides the knowledge and the inspiration you need to make your next photo shoot a success. With over 1,000 different looks for you to recreate and experiment with, the book covers a wide range of poses and subject matter in an easily accessible and visually dynamic layout. Photographer and author Mehmet Eygi demonstrates exactly how to get the right posefrom hand and leg placement, to a subtle tilt of the chin, to engaging with props and the environment around you. Each pose covered consists of a main pose followed by three variations on that pose. Organized by subject matter, POSE! covers: WOMEN: Portrait, Beauty, Fashion, Lingerie, Implied Nude, Curvy, Curvy Boudoir, Sports, Business, Wall MEN: Portrait, Fashion, Implied Nude, Sports, Business, Wall COUPLES: Portrait, Fashion, Implied Nude, Sports MATERNITY: Mother, Couple FAMILY: Parents and Baby, New Family, Children Whether you use POSE! as an educational tool to explore the art of posing, or you simply use it as a look-book to find photographic inspiration or to help you direct a model, youll quickly improve your portrait photography starting with your very next shoot.
The book showcases the 26-year-old Canadian model posing in 1,000 different ways wearing just a simple, tan leotard, which by the way only, "[Took] three days. Although, I keep saying I think we could have done it in one day," said Rocha in our interview last week. Blurring the worlds of fashion and dance over the years, her expressive body language quickly gained her the nickname "Queen of Pose", and her range of curves and contorted twists have featured her in campaigns for the likes of Chanel, Longchamp, Dolce & Gabanna and Christian Dior. The former Face coach, who worked with famed photographer Steven Sebring on the project, admits it was a challenging task but completely doable -- of course it was, she's the posing pro! Sebring shot all 1,000 poses on what he calls his "rig": a geodesic dome filled with cameras that shoot simultaneously, producing images that can be viewed from 360 degrees. The "rig" is the same camera that Rocha used to video her pregnancy announcement.
I met our photographer, Steven Sebring, a few years prior to making the book. At the time, he had come up with what we called "the rig," which is essentially a device with 100 cameras and me being shot from the middle. He hadn't yet announced to the world that he had fabricated this technology yet and we were just kind of playing around with it. In one of those sessions, he said that in the Nineties, he actually wanted to create an encyclopedia of poses, but he couldn't quite find the right model. I don't know, maybe models then didn't have a repertoire for posing. When he mentioned this to us, he was just kind of joking about it, but on the side, James and I were thinking 'wow,' this would actually be a really great idea. We could call it Study of Pose. Then for whatever reason,1,000 came up as the number of poses we could include in the book--why 1,000 I don't know, at the time it seemed like an achievable number, but also an aggressive number. And so a week after bringing it to Steven, we started shooting and that was about two years ago. In the book world, things definitely take a lot longer than in magazines, so it was definitely a learning curve for us. But we did it and I think by pose 800 I was done and I thought let's make this book just 800 poses, that's still a really good number, but they were like 'no, you can finish.' And so James and Steven really started to look up inspiration--we wanted to make sure the book was not just random poses, but also made reference to pop culture, art history, and film, all of that. We really wanted this to be more of a great reference book for future artists out there. Models yes, but also painters, sculptors, poets--you name it.
When we started, we were really trying to figure out how we go from pose 1 to 1,000 without finding ourselves thinking, "Have we done this before?" So we would go in there and say "okay, let's start with cross legs and from cross legs shift your body in certain directions and do those different variations before moving on to the next thing." If we did ever get stuck at a point that's when James would be ready with a new idea or moment in time like Venus rising from the sea from art history, Michael Jackson from pop culture, or Charlie Chapman from film, to inspire us and have me copy the best that I could. Although, if you ask me, 800 was still the magic number of poses before we really had to start searching for the inspiration.
Three days. Although, I keep saying I think we could have done it in one day. The only reason it actually took all three days was because we were working with the rig, so not only is there just the book format, but we're also coming out with an app soon, which will show each of these poses in a 360 degree viewing. So with this technology, we would shoot a pose and then we'd have to wait 10-15 seconds for it to reboot, which is far unlike on normal photo-shoots where you could just keep going.
I think there can no longer be such a thing as hitting a wall on a photo shoot. If I ever hear a photographer say to me 'ok, what else?' I should retire, because that should never happen now having experienced just how much the body is capable of doing. Yes, there are a lot of quirky, fun, ridiculous poses in this book and maybe fashion doesn't want all of that, but on the other hand, I've always been the model that doesn't take herself too seriously and with this project, I've realized that I can go even further with that.
An experience, if anything. If you think of any past artist, there was something that they looked at that inspired them to make their most famous pieces, whether it be the Mona Lisa or Venus Rising. There was something that made them project those paintings or those photographs, so I would love to think that this book would be that to the future artist or the future models. I love to think that they would look at this and something would click and inspire them to make that next great piece of art hanging in the Louvre. I would like it to be something that is studied in this industry and the art industry as something that artists must-have as if it were studied as part of their curriculum. I think that would be pretty cool.
Pose 1,000 is pretty hilarious. If only because about halfway through the book we said 'wouldn't it be funny if for the last pose it looked like I was ripping my hair out and my makeup was all smeared because I had been pushed to my limit and just couldn't give you anymore.' So I think that's my favorite pose, but honestly there are a lot of really beautifully pieces in there that I look at now and think, 'how did my body do that?' Even now people will open the book randomly and say 'ok, no repeat that one,' and I look at it and think, 'I don't even know what I'm doing there.' There are some very interesting poses in there for sure.
Compare the difference between this pose and #001. With her legs apart, the model presents a more confident, masculine look. This is because the pose is more rigid and the model commands more space. The model can rest her hands or elbows on her thighs, or try out different positions for her hands.
Is a straight back always exactly what you want in a pose? A straight back makes a model look strong, confident, and resolute, but what about poses that present a more emotional, casual, or thoughtful look? Compare the main image with variation #1 to see the difference that even a slightly slumped position produces. Changes like this enable you to control the energy level of a pose.
The great thing about using a stool is that your model cannot lean back. If she did, it would bring her feet, legs, and tummy closer to the camera than her face. Decide how straight you want her back to be, and how it best suits your overall idea. You can then decide whether to have her pose her legs in a feminine, masculine, symmetrical, or asymmetrical way. Finish up by positioning her hands accordingly.
If you thought fashion poses are outrageous in real life, there are even more extreme so here. I meant that in a good and bad way. The good is there's a huge variety of poses to check out. The bad, depending on what you have been expecting, is most poses aren't from real life or anything resembling how you would pose in real life. Anyway. if you're really looking for fashion poses, check out 1000 Poses in Fashion and How to Draw Poses in Fashion.
The poses here are not those you see in typical fashion magazines. They are more expressive and exaggerated. Out of the 1,000 poses, there are probably less than 10 poses from real life. Out of those 10, most are sports poses. There many poses of her doing some uncommon version of bending, jumping, sitting and standing. I'm actually quite impressed by how many non-real life poses there are. Rocha really is "The Queen of Pose", but whether you can use those poses is a different matter. I see this book as an artistic project rather than a reference book that's meant to be helpful.
Another downside is that the poses are not grouped or categorised in any manner. So you can't find poses relating to criteria such as standing, squatting, twisting torso, hand raise, etc. And because they are not categorised, the page numbers are sort of useless on hindsight, which also means half the book is wasted to print them.
In the preface of the book, it was mentioned 100 cameras were used to photograph Rocha in different angles. I suppose there might be a tablet application coming soon to show all those poses. And indeed on Sebring's website, there's a mockup of the app showing one pose that you can turn around in 360. Perhaps that application will be a more worthwhile purchase because you really don't want to deal with the sticky pages of this book.
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