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So there's going to be a time where

you see things at different heights, like it

could be a bar table like this, it

could be a stair rail, it could be

anything.

I want to just remind you that the

environment will always tell you what to do

in terms of posing.

So in this case I actually didn't tell

Dylan to to rest on this, I said

hey Dylan come over here we've got something

to do over this way and he straight

away went into this particular pose.

So remember that the environment will tell you

what to do and now because he's already

posed himself I'm going to go back behind

the camera and have a look and see

what we've got.

All right Dylan let's see if you're handsome

on your own, you actually are, that's really

cool.

I actually even like what you're doing with

your feet there.

Do me a favor, do that exact same

thing with a few little shuffles this way,

so a bit in the middle, that's it,

oh too much, I want to see your

feet completely in that particular perspective.

So I quite like that, it's a very

strong pose for a guy, the hands are

very very strong, just widen up those elbows

there a little bit, good and then just

sort of hang the body and the face

a little bit to sort of break the

monotony of that, perfect.

So he's already done, he looks great.

The cool thing about this is that straight

away you can get into different shots, so

if I did a full length portrait of

him right now and I wanted a shot

to go on the other side of the

album or the spread or the wall art

collection, then I can quickly just go either

close up, change my angle, perspective, lens choice

and even just change the pose.

So just give me your hand like this,

perfect.

I love that, see right now, actually where's

your engagement ring dude, what's going on there?

Bone of contention there Lisa, I don't know

what's going on here, but I like it

because remember when we said that as far

as guys are concerned, we know we don't

want to see the thinnest part of the

wrist or over here, we can do this,

it's nice and strong.

See a pose for a guy for example,

this might be strong, masculine, but the minute

I turn this way, I'm seeing the thinnest

part of the wrist, it's a bit softer,

it's a bit more of a feminine energy,

but when I turn around like this, the

exact same pose, now it looks masculine again.

So remember that posing is not just about

posing in the correct way and remembering the

rules, you also have to be shooting from

the correct perspective to take advantage of what

you've already done.

So I love that, I actually quite like

the fact that we're flowing from top left

to bottom right, even in the context of

where we are right now, your head is

slightly off the middle of that doorway in

the background, you're crossing your legs so that

breaks the monotony of your legs as being

perfectly straight and it also sinks you down

a little bit to the height of the

bar, so that works really well.

This shot I could easily do full length

close up, I can get you to sort

of off to that camera over there, I

could change my angle and it would work

very, very well.

So happy with that, what I want to

do now is actually show you and remind

you guys that when you are posing somebody,

please do not waste the pose, in other

words, if I wanted to nail a couple

of shots of the groom here so that

I've got a spread of him in the

wedding album, I've got him, I've done that,

fantastic, now don't get him out and then

get the bride in, he's already standing there,

now let's get the bride in, so he

stays where he is, let's see if we

can just get her, I want you to

drape on him this way, just like this,

you won't do it as sexy as I

just did but that's okay, yeah love this,

beautiful, that's gorgeous, so bring the knee a

little bit more this way towards me, arch

the back, sort of booty out a bit,

bend that elbow a little bit more this

way, let me have a look here, so

it's funny because this hand is begging to

be held, so my first instinct was that

one but you know what, I actually think

this should come a little bit more this

way and it's a little bit softer, yeah

beautiful, and now this hand's popping out of

nowhere so we'll just hide it, she's got

beautiful shape there as well, bring the shoulders

back, beautiful, let's have a look, love that,

now Lisa come a touch closer to me,

yeah beautiful, and now turn your face into

Lisa's there mate, good, beautiful, so we could

take a shot like that, now you'd probably

say because it's quite emotional as in this

hands are touching, the faces are touching, now

the hand on the actual chin looks a

little bit weird, I'm going to get your

right arm mate around her body and just

bring it up a bit, so I'm not

covering up the thinnest part of her waist,

so bring your hand up a little bit

higher, a bit higher still, that's it, beautiful,

and then rather than point your fingers towards

me, just bring them up a little bit,

there you go, beautiful, so that works really

well too, what I find a foundation pose

for me is in this particular context, what

I love doing is something like this, so

let's break it up a little bit, Lisa

what I'd like you to do is I

want you to lean forward and just bring

your elbow just here, okay, so more on

this side, right where I was, just right

here, okay, yeah that's beautiful, so beautiful, beautiful,

what I want to get you to do

now is do you see how in that

pose that she's amputating her own hand here,

that looks a little bit weird, so remember

all the shots that I'm doing, these haven't

been rehearsed, certainly I know the principles I'm

about to share with you and teach you,

but this could be for example if you

pose very loosely, then you might get some

problem areas like this, so you know what

Gerard, I don't only pose fully but I

just sort of give them something to do

and then let them hope for the best,

well I'm saying to you just go that

little step further, let the emotion break the

perfection if you think it's too formal, so

in this case we're going to bring this

out, we're going to get your arm right

around hers, I want your face right near

her hand and then turn your body more

this way, good, now I want this hand

tickling his chin there a little bit, all

right, now guys even though that this is

more of a close-up shot, in fact

let's go to the camera that we're at,

so this particular angle actually looks really pretty

on them and in fact I'll probably crop

a little bit closer, but you can see

how her hand very gently, because I've actually

worked with Lisa before, she knows that beautiful

delicate hand that she's doing with that little

index finger sort of coming up on the

chin there which I think is beautiful, now

we're going to be careful because we can

almost not see her right bicep, it's sort

of struggling to be seen a little bit,

so let's just bring your body around a

little bit Lisa and then bring your elbow

more that way, that's it, now come around

more this way, so your body Lisa, come

more around this way, there we go, perfect,

good, so now do you see how we

can see a bit more of her bicep

and they're looking really beautiful together there as

well, now his hand can be where it

is like that, like we're not after any

too much finesse in that respect, that works

well, now let's say for example there was

a little bit of a problem here, like

that was, she could not reach his chin

which will often happen, then this little, this

wrist is a perfect platform to make it

easier, you see how much nicer that is,

extend your fingers a little bit more, turn

your face into hers, chin down a little

bit, just relax that hand a little bit,

gorgeous, beautiful, nice and delicate, yeah that's gorgeous,

let's come back towards this one and you

can sort of see how that pose is

just beautiful there, everything is just falling really

nicely and again in this position we can

kiss her temple, we can kiss her cheek,

yeah and all the while, now turn your

face to the right there for me Lisa,

all the way to your right more, more,

bury your head into the neck there a

little bit, turn your face Lisa a bit

more to the left, more, that's it, now

do you see how the hand's looking a

little bit awkward, now her hand can go

back on his hand, so your right hand

darling, so your right hand, actually that could

go there as well, but bring your hand

just over here, yep, beautiful, actually you probably,

you probably did a better job than me

here and in this position this would work

really beautifully and if you come a little

bit closer and then, see the problem is

guys, this is probably a little bit lower

than normal for a normal bar height, it

would normally a little bit higher, so of

course full length, it's going to be a

little bit awkward now, a bit clumsy, just

bring that shoulder back a little bit, that's

gorgeous and then chin up a little bit

and now just turn a little bit more

towards the camera there, can see you, gorgeous,

yeah, that's beautiful and of course guys, the

lighting isn't perfect in this particular context, but

you sort of get the idea, now this

isn't champagne, this is Sprite and I just

want to tell you, this is a phenomenon

that I want to share with you, I

poured Sprite into both these glasses, this ended

up perfectly with bubbles, this has nothing and

I still had no idea what that is,

but anyway and here's a tip, if the

couple don't like champagne or there's no champagne

around and you want to look festive and

have a bit of a glass and looking

around what the hell's going on, just get

some water and then get a little bit

of coke and drop a bit of coke

into this and it looks like champagne, there

you go, there's a tip for you, so

in this context, let's get back into that

pose that we did before, where you put

your elbow on here on his face, remember

that one, no, no, no, so this, your

right hand, bring it right out, you're basically

doing that with this, with your hand, no,

no, your right hand, there you go, yep,

this was like this, so now these hands

can hold glasses, beautiful, let's have a look

at that shot, yeah, that's beautiful, so bring

the glasses up a little bit higher there,

guys, now, so to make this a little

bit easier, if you, I want you to

just relax your pose a little bit there,

Lisa, so that this right arm is a

little bit easier, remember that dirty dancing pose,

this is actually a bit of a variation

to that, just the fact that you've got

the glass in the hand, so just relax

a little bit there, beautiful and then Dylan,

come a little bit more this way, that'll

like make that more comfortable, is that right,

right and then just come a bit more

away, Lisa, a bit more towards me, beautiful

and then now, gorgeous, remember, guys, we're only

talking about posing right now, we're not talking

about evoking emotion, this is purely just the

architecture of the posing and of course, without

emotion, this would mean nothing, in this context,

great, we have a great foundation, if we

did see the lower part of her body,

say for example, from this camera angle right

now, this is where Lisa, you would point

your toe towards me, bend the knee a

little bit, do the other way, there we

go, beautiful, a little bit more finesse there,

fantastic and then this is where they could

have a drink, they could have some fun,

they could giggle, they could do what they

want and life is good, alright, so now

we've actually photographed the groom on his own

here, we've photographed the couple, now we want

to talk about maybe some ideas of the

bride on her own, so Lisa, without thinking,

just want you to rest on the remember,

sometimes leave your couples to basically build their

own house and like I said, let's see

if it's worth renovating or building from scratch,

okay, so right now, what are we seeing?

Okay, it's perfectly straight, this might be great

if you want something very regal, very elegant

but the way the hands are pointing towards

the camera, I feel like it's making her

look a little bit boxy because I can't

see her silhouette, I don't see any part

of her shape from her upper body, so

what I'd like you to do is turn

your body a little bit this way, good

and then come a few little steps and

I want you to just lean forward, beautiful,

that's gorgeous, in fact do that same thing

but a few little shuffles this way, good,

just there, do you see how straight away

we actually got shape, now give me the

toe pointed towards me, bending the knee a

little bit and shifting the weight back there

a little bit, now this is a really

important lesson, you might think well what do

I get to do with her hands, if

she brings her hands flat on the table,

bring that hand down at the moment so

there's no distraction, her hand flat on the

table just, it doesn't match the elegance and

the movement of her body that where we

are now, so here's what we can do,

if she brings her hand up, that looks

silly, what I want you to do is

mirror me, just put it down and do

this, beautiful, we want to see air and

what we said is that if we can

bend a body part, we will bend it,

so now there's a little bit of air

there, it's looking really beautiful, this is also

now where she could either put her hand

on her upper chest as we've done a

couple times, your left hand, so bring that

down, gorgeous, do you see how those hands

are being mirrored right now, I love that

gap between her wrist on her left hand

and then her right is mirroring, this is

also where you can just adjust your hair

a little bit, actually now, keep on going,

do this for me darling, beautiful, love that,

that's gorgeous, beautiful or you can hold champagne,

so let's get the one with the bubbles

in it, the one that didn't have the

mutation, because if you are at a bar

table height, well then that's going to give

you an idea, you're having a bit of

a drink, so I want you to sort

of go up to have a bit of

a drink there, that's it, you find something

funny, you're giggling that way, to the right,

look at Dylan, look at Dylan thinking, oh

my god, what have you got me into

here, there you go, fantastic and then we've

taken some shots, beautiful, now again, ignore the

fact that this is a somewhat of a

corporate looking table, it's just to give you

an idea of that kind of height and

arguably what we might be able to do

in that situation, okay, what you can also

do here is actually turn her around completely,

so I want you to just, yep, exactly,

so just come over here and now looking

over your shoulder, so just right back there,

gorgeous, remember that that table height gave us

the idea of what to do, now her

left arm is just coming out of nowhere,

I'm happy to have that hand disappear into

her body by the pure nature of what

it is, but I just want a little

bit of a bend of the elbow, a

bit more, good, beautiful and then she can

turn her face and chin up a little

bit, now yes, is her hand being amputated,

well that's okay on this side, this one

we're foreshortening and chopping off the hands, so

we might want to just bring it like

this, come a couple steps this way and

then now we get the length of that

hand and that arm, it's contained in the

shape of her body there a little bit,

bring that left elbow out a little bit,

this one, too much, just come back a

bit, down, down, down and then relax a

little bit, gorgeous, fantastic and now we've got

a great shot there as well, the cool

thing is that once you do these kinds

of shots, don't waste them again, I would

simply get the groom to come back, so

let's get the groom to come back, so

come, I want you to face her perfectly,

just hold her around the waist just like

this and then that hand can got something,

got somewhere to go, forehead's touching and I

love this because it's actually a little bit

more about the groom than the bride but

I want to see a bit more of

her back, so bring your shoulder in there

for Melissa that's it, gorgeous and now see

if you can just kick your heel out,

your right heel out of the dress, actually

no, bring it back Lisa, I just, I

want to bring it out a little bit

and I would come here and then just

bring your toe a little bit closer in,

there you go, just a little bit and

this is a great way of also showing

off the shoes without just, you know, putting

the shoes on a bed and photographing them,

then bending that knee a little bit, so

bring that heel up a little bit, yeah,

love that, that's gorgeous and in this position

I feel like they should be giggling a

little bit, so Lisa, turn your face a

little bit towards me, yeah, look at me

Lisa, tilt, chin up a little bit, you're

kissing her on the cheek, she's giggling, beautiful,

fantastic, relax, I love that, I love the

fact that we can very quickly turn a

shot that we just started very, very static

like this and then all of a sudden

this just table height gave us all the

ideas, so sometimes we're overthinking it, it's just

how would you lean on a bench and

even this for a guy for example, I'm

feeling good like this, this could be Dylan's

pose over here like that, in fact, the

more I'm doing it, I should just show

you guys what's going on here, so do

this on me Dylan, just like that, so

he looks awesome like that and the cool

thing about this kind of a pose is

that we can quickly do a foreground background

shot, so let's say we're featuring the groom

and I want Lisa in the background, so

forgive the poor lighting now on Lisa but

this is where she could be like this

and turn around right like this, hold your

hands in front of you together and then

just push your hip towards the door, look

over your shoulder back at your man and

let's have a look and see what this

looks like, yeah, I love that, I think

that looks really cool, in fact, the more

I look at this, if this was the

exact shot and someone put a gun to

my head and said you can't recompose, this

is what you have to do, the lighting

is actually not too bad on the pillar,

so Lisa, I've changed your mind here, can

you go up against that pillar for me

or pillar, now go on that side of

it, good, turn your body that way, good

and now come a bit more over the

pillar, so right up against the wall and

on the pillar at the same time, that's

good, shift your butt towards the pillar there,

right on that wall, good, hold your hands

together very softly like that, good, tilt your

head, chin up a little bit and now

we have this gorgeous sort of editorial kind

of a shot which I absolutely love and

again, he just stays there, now I can

do a shot with the bride looking in

the camera, I can do a shot of

the groom sort of looking off, I can

get a shot of now the bride, I

want you to hug him from behind but

come a bit more on this side of

his hip, so come on this side, oh

your hands are about to go somewhere else

there, so come a little bit more in

front of him, so you're sort of, yeah,

you're more on the side there, there we

go, good, so we're not going to waste

it, that's beautiful, so I love that, now

your left hand, I want to see on

the other side of his arm, so there

you go and yep, beautiful, just relax a

little bit there for me, good, just let

it sink in, that's gorgeous, love that, so

again, this is more about the groom than

the bride but it's nice and soft and

if I want to finesse the body, of

course, I'll point the toe towards me, bend

the knee, shift the weight, beautiful, nice and

close or even you could do something a

bit more fashionable, a bit more risqué, not

so risqué per se but more editorial, so

I'm going to get you right back here,

I'm going to get you back-to-back,

I want you to rest your body weight

on him and I want you to frame

your face with your hand, this one, good

and then that that one over the other

hand, so you see how his back gave

me the idea of the pose and they

fit in really well together, love that, that

looks really, really cool, like he could look

often this way, the bride could look at

me and now we've got a shot, this

is not really meant to be romantic but

I love the way she just fits like

a puzzle into his body in the background

there as well or she could just put

her hands down, just bring your hands down

and just let them relax and then slightly

bend your elbows there a little bit, gorgeous,

beautiful, all right, relax, that's fantastic, all right,

so now what we'll do, we are going

to lower the height of this table as

if this was just like a normal dining

table and then give you a couple of

variations on what we can do at a

lower height.