Photography Poses - Tricks For Small Groups
Small groups present a different challenge to photography poses than big groups.
When you take engagement photos for example, it involves pairs.
You can use the same techniques for anniversary photos and even family photos of couples.
One important trick is that you don't want the two people shoulder to shoulder facing the audience.
For example, when photographing a couple, you can make the husband taller.
In other settings you can sit the husband on a stool and have the wife behind him, getting a similar appearance.
You don't want both at the same height.
Be sure when posing couples so that their heads are not at the same height.
It may surprise you to find a height difference when they are standing changes when they sit down.
Be prepared to adjust if they don't line up like you expected.
You can also introduce a more playful, bonded look to smaller group photos, as well.
You want to catch people interact with each other while you're shooting a sequence, because the expressions are genuine and come spontaneously.
One interesting activity may be to hand each person in the group a piece of bubble gum and let them open the wrapper, toss in a chunk of gum, and start trying to blow bubbles.
Not only do you get great expressions as they struggle with their own gum, but often their appearance as they watch others struggle with the gum is priceless.
You can do a similar setup with bubbles.
Just hand out several of the kids' plastic bubble jars, complete with a ring inside, and let them blow bubbles.
What else can you try? Let's see: crazy looking sunglasses, wild colors, goofy shapes, as they try on their glasses and laugh together, you can get great looks.
You can't do the props with every setup.
But of you're doing a family reunion or if the family needs some loosening up, drag out the pros.
You can use your imagination on this one.
You could do silly hats or Hawaiian leis or sponge balls.
The point is to get them to relax and have fun with each other.
You'll have to shoot a lot of pictures but you'll find some real gems in there.
It's the digital age, and you can delete the unusable shots.
When you take engagement photos for example, it involves pairs.
You can use the same techniques for anniversary photos and even family photos of couples.
One important trick is that you don't want the two people shoulder to shoulder facing the audience.
For example, when photographing a couple, you can make the husband taller.
In other settings you can sit the husband on a stool and have the wife behind him, getting a similar appearance.
You don't want both at the same height.
Be sure when posing couples so that their heads are not at the same height.
It may surprise you to find a height difference when they are standing changes when they sit down.
Be prepared to adjust if they don't line up like you expected.
You can also introduce a more playful, bonded look to smaller group photos, as well.
You want to catch people interact with each other while you're shooting a sequence, because the expressions are genuine and come spontaneously.
One interesting activity may be to hand each person in the group a piece of bubble gum and let them open the wrapper, toss in a chunk of gum, and start trying to blow bubbles.
Not only do you get great expressions as they struggle with their own gum, but often their appearance as they watch others struggle with the gum is priceless.
You can do a similar setup with bubbles.
Just hand out several of the kids' plastic bubble jars, complete with a ring inside, and let them blow bubbles.
What else can you try? Let's see: crazy looking sunglasses, wild colors, goofy shapes, as they try on their glasses and laugh together, you can get great looks.
You can't do the props with every setup.
But of you're doing a family reunion or if the family needs some loosening up, drag out the pros.
You can use your imagination on this one.
You could do silly hats or Hawaiian leis or sponge balls.
The point is to get them to relax and have fun with each other.
You'll have to shoot a lot of pictures but you'll find some real gems in there.
It's the digital age, and you can delete the unusable shots.
