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So we've done standing poses, we've done many

variations of guy, girl, couple, we've done sitting,

we've done leaning, we've done staircase, we've done

squatting, you name it, we've done it.

One thing that we haven't done yet is

actually just lying on the ground.

Yes, we did a couple of emulations of

Lisa actually on a bed per se, on

the ottoman, but we didn't get her to

lie down directly on the ground.

So there's a few things that we need

to know and some little pitfalls that you

might encounter.

So let's have a look.

Lisa, I'm going to get you right over

here for me.

If you can, if you're happy to, just

want you to sit down right on your

backside with your legs that way and just

your arms wherever they fall.

So just for the sake of the demonstration

here, so if you can do me a

favour, if you can bring your legs this

way, so just parallel to me perfectly, that's

it, and just come a little bit closer

to me, just there, perfect, great.

So what we've done here guys is we've

actually got Lisa to go into a slightly

bit of a different dress so we can

just expose her legs a little bit so

you can see what they're doing and understand

arguably the issues that you might face in

this kind of situation.

So if you simply just ask a girl

to sit on the ground, she'll do that.

She'll sit flat butt-cheeked, if I wanted

a better word, she'll rest her hands and

put all her body weight on her arms,

her arms are pressing up against her body,

her shoulders are up, it doesn't look that

great.

So first of all, why don't we actually

get rid of the pressure off her whole

body, off her hands and on her elbows.

Let's do that, let's just rest on the

elbow.

Okay, so that's looking a little bit better,

but again she's looking a little bit flat

butt-cheeked, something's missing there.

So what we're going to do now is

very gently, like we've done before, but in

this context I want you to roll your

hips around a little bit towards me.

Okay, now we're getting there.

Okay, so you've already got the shot that

I want, which is awesome.

Now if she didn't know what I was

talking about, Lisa, if you can unravel your

knees, what I'm basically going to do guys

is this.

I'm going to say to Lisa, what I

want you to do is roll your hips

around and I want this knee touching the

ground.

That's the easiest way of directing someone in

this pose.

Now what else is wrong with this picture?

Well, here's a couple of things that can

go wrong in this context.

Lisa, bring your left hand towards me, your

left hand.

Yep, great.

Now do you see how from my angle

this way she's foreshortening the arm?

Basically we see no forearm, it's just, it's

not there.

But if we bring your hand back, so

she did the right thing, and then bring

a little bit of air.

So if she's like this, like that, perfect.

Just a little bit with your left hand.

Yep.

Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

Let's get a cushion there.

Where's that, where's that cushion that we had?

All right, good.

So now, and the cool thing is that

could be a beautiful little cushion and you

just find something that's nice.

Usually if I was photographing a bride and

she was looking a bit uncomfortable, here's the

thing, I could be too polite and just

say, oh, it's not good for you, don't

worry about it.

Well, look, she's not going to care about

the fact that her elbow was hurting for

a few minutes once she sees how beautiful

the photograph is.

So be polite, certainly, and I've looked after

her because we're just doing a posing demonstration

tutorial, but don't forget that she will not

care about how her elbow felt a day

and a week and a month and a

year after this wedding.

So now everything's looking cool.

Just bring your left hand a little bit

more this way.

Just drape it a bit nicer.

So your left hand, yep, just there.

Good, beautiful.

And your right hand, extend it on your

hips.

Just bend your, that's beautiful.

Gorgeous.

Now she can turn her face this way,

turn her face that way.

Gorgeous.

And she looks amazing there.

Absolutely amazing from this angle, perhaps from the

other camera angle, not as much because her

face is actually furthest away from it.

From my angle, this looks amazing.

Now you wouldn't waste this photograph.

If you were photographing the bride on her

own like this, you would then get the

groom involved.

And what we're basically doing is we're going

to do a glorified spoon.

All right.

So I want you basically mirroring what she's

doing, but you don't have to do the

same sexy thing with the legs going on

there.

You're going to bring your face right here

and watch what happens.

I'm not going to even tell him to

do what to do with his legs.

Naturally, here's what's exactly what happened.

See how he brought his knee up.

Naturally, that's what a guy does.

But now you're going to swing around this

way for me, Dylan.

And now bring your left arm right around.

There you go.

Perfect.

Beautiful.

Very good.

Now come to a point where your faces

are close together and then your hand can

sort of go back on her hand or

wrist, whatever comfortable there.

Yeah.

Beautiful.

Good.

See, he needs to support his body weight

somehow.

If he brings his right leg down, he's

going to support all his weight on his

arm.

Now, it's more forgiving for him because he's

wearing a suit.

It's not much of a problem, but it's

still going to look like this if he

supports his body weight like that.

So if I can, I'm just going to

get him to just pull up a little

bit.

Good.

Lean forward.

Turn your faces into each other.

Great.

And now we've got a beautiful shot.

Now, because his leg is actually supporting a

bit of his body weight as well, I'm

going to get your handmate on her hip

if you can.

So underneath.

Beautiful.

A bit more this way.

Gorgeous.

Beautiful.

And then now we've got a beautiful shot

there as well.

Now, we can actually do this another way

too, because she's already posed beautifully.

Now, she's actually putting her body weight on

his chest, so he's actually copying all of

it right now.

But that's okay.

We get the shot.

Done.

Fantastic.

This will look good from this angle, but

it will also look good from camera right

and then back into them.

Now, Dylan, do me a favor.

I'm going to get you to swing 180

degrees.

So just come away from Lisa, bring your

legs that way, and bring your body that

way.

Perfect.

Good.

Now, come nice and close.

Here's what we're going to do now.

So here's a nice little editorial way of

actually posing them.

Do you see how they're balanced beautifully?

They're forming a bit of a V.

And what I want you to do, mate,

a bit more this way.

That's it.

Good.

And I want you to just rest your

left hand on your knee.

Yep.

On your knee.

Yep.

Good.

And then bring your elbow out and then

stretch up a little bit.

Perfect.

There's a real cool editorial kind of a

shot of the bride and the groom.

We're not meant to be romantic.

It's just cool for a guy and a

girl.

Fantastic.

But what happens if I wanted something a

bit more romantic, something beautiful, something a little

bit more comfortable?

Here's what we're going to do.

They're both going to support each other's body

weight by holding each other in place.

So, Lisa, do me a favor.

If you could unravel, and then you're going

to turn your hips towards him.

Good.

Now, Lisa, that's it.

Perfect.

Stay where you are.

But don't roll around towards him.

Sit flat butt-cheeked again.

And then a bit more that way.

So we'll get you in focus.

Perfect.

Now, what I want you to do for

me, mate, you're going to actually sit up

like she is.

Now, come nice and close to each other.

Lisa, I want you to bring your right

arm underneath his armpit on the right.

I want you to hold her as well

with both your hands, mate.

Yeah.

Hold each other properly with both hands, both

of you.

Beautiful.

Now, hold his face.

That's it.

If you bring your shoulders back, that'll tighten

up the dress.

Now, look at her legs.

You see how we're wrapping over the legs

and her legs are blending into each other,

making her bottom part of her body look

a little bit wider, which, of course, it's

not.

So I actually don't want her to cross

her legs in this particular position.

So what we'll do there, Lisa, is unravel

your legs.

Now, you see how you're rolling your hips

into his?

Just come a little bit flatter.

Like, so in other words, butt shuffled back

a little bit.

So you're a little bit straighter.

And then the shoulders are back.

You're nice and there.

Beautiful.

Now, I want your left knee up a

little bit higher.

A bit more.

Higher, higher, higher.

And bend your right knee a little bit.

Good.

Bring your left knee higher a bit again.

Gorgeous.

Love that.

So now, give her a little bit of

a dip down.

Gorgeous.

Beautiful.

Bring your arm underneath his armpit.

Gorgeous.

And now, look at each other.

Forehead's touching.

Turn your face towards me there, darling.

And then turn your face back into his

and eyes into each other.

Do you see how they're now supporting each

other's body weight?

Now, I'm not going to do the same

thing with the groom with his legs.

If I bent his front knee up, that

might look a little bit feminine.

I'm actually okay that it's just looking a

little bit sort of stronger there, for want

of a better word.

In this case, to be honest, I could

easily photograph this full length.

Look at the beautiful triangles we've got with

both their legs, the entire shot.

And remember, too, we need the bride's nose

on the outside.

Remember that?

There we go.

That's gorgeous.

Beautiful.

Chin up a little bit.

In that position, we can kiss the forehead,

kiss the temple.

They can go for a kiss.

She can hold the face.

There are so many things that we can

do.

It's just endless.

But again, the ground told us what to

do.

That was it.

We can do the glorified spooning.

We can switch the other way around.

Now, they're supporting each other's body weight.

It's just a beautiful thing.

So remember, guys, it's not just standing poses

only, because that's just obvious.

The bride and groom stands, and that's basically

it.

Posing is not a dirty word.

That's what you have to understand.

Everywhere, whether it's the ground, a staircase, the

stair railing, the car, a fence, no matter

what it is, it will give you the

idea of the pose.

Simply ask yourself, if I was here right

now, what would I do?

Would I lean on it?

Would I sit on it?

Would I put my elbow on it?

Would I put my shoulders on it?

What could I do?

What idea could it give me?

Always remember, start off with a girl or

a guy.

Bring the partner in.

Have some fun.

Bring that first person out.

You've got that shot.

Of course, you can add bridal parties to

this.

It is endless.

So have some fun.

Hopefully, that gives you a couple of foundation

poses to start off with.

Of course, all of these things, we've used

the principles that we set from the beginning

of this tutorial to really apply to this

as well.

So posing is not me teaching you, here's

100 poses to memorize.

It's memorizing and understanding the principles behind what

we're doing, and then applying them to any

situation.