Comments on: Portrait Photography’s Power Posing – Part II: The Poses

By: Donny

Donny — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:52:08 +0000

Very helpful tips! The natural examples and the wall chill always get a lot of kudos. Well done. If you're looking for other ideas, you can also find some other clever tips here -- including on video -- about photography poses.

By: James D

James D — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 17:35:08 +0000

First I had no problem to see all the pics — never had any problem on DPS website.

Second I am really confused about the “back” and “front” in pose II, though I still greatly appreciate the tips presented in the article.

By: David Quin

David Quin — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 20:54:52 +0000

I do not agree! Practice in posing does not make perfect, it only makes improvment. Learn to pose, show your subjects, get WOW results, live happily.Mirrror,mirror on the wall we are looking good!-David Quin

By: David Quin

David Quin — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 20:37:33 +0000

I agree! Practice makes perfect (well, there is no such animal) it makes improvment. Learn to pose, teach your subject, get some WOW results, live happily. Mirror,mirror on thewall! -David Quin

By: Eve

Eve — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 19:52:20 +0000

I can’t see any of the pictures either.

By: Cape Town Wedding Photographer

Cape Town Wedding Photographer — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:48:56 +0000

Very useful as always!

By: Prizzilla

Prizzilla — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 18:19:48 +0000

Fantastic lessons that i learn here. Today i´ll practice all your advices for portraits. I hope it worth it

By: Leo Curtis

Leo Curtis — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:25:22 +0000

I found the explanations more stimulating then teh photos’s themselves. I think you have the right idea here, in how to create a power picture, it just seems you fell short on the first one, she looks more ”apathetic’ then powerful, to me. The second photo is good, its casual, but it once again does not convey power ,it conveys easy going…where is the sense of ‘this woman knows her stuff, i could trust her to make decisions for me’?

The third photo is my favorite, the pose is great, the scenery is nice but I think it would have been more appropriate to associate ‘power’ with a more suitable background – corporate lobby, atrium inside a building, not a nature scene which in my mind distracts from the intended message.

I also agree with the first speaker, that the angle for the first photo is slightly less then it needs to be, to feel empowered but not imposing.

All in all I only found this site becuase I googled ‘power posing’ looking for ways or poses to enhance the corporate bio photo for a friend. In that respect thank you very much for this post, it was enlightening and I think you have an opportunity to expand on the idea.

By: Vic

Vic — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 05:29:15 +0000

Wow thanks for this tips, will try to apply it on my next shots.

By: diesel

diesel — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 08:16:39 +0000

@ Lee Newton……..I’m another who sometimes cannot view the pictures. I’ve checked out the site you referred to, and I can see those pictures (thumbnails). My problem is that the pictures will load to a degree (sometimes a third, or half, or an eighth), and then stop. Another day, same site, the pictures will load completely, or not at all. Very frustrating.

Just wondering if you have come up with a solution? Thanks.