Posing fer personal pics

uprooted shane

right, a bout 2 months ago my room mate took pictures of me posing, just for my self to see progress. one thing i learned from these was i can not pose to save my god damn life! now i know the basic techniques very vaguely but any one have any good ways to help bring it along.

Baldie

uprooted shane wrote: »

... one thing i learned from these was i can not pose to save my god damn life! ..

I think you're going to have to show us the pictures and let us decide....

Malteaser!

I have to say, the one thing that annoys me about all my 'before' pirtures is that I didn't learn how to pose properly before taking them. All my recent pictures are totally different so it can be hard to compare!

Cheeky_gal

Best way to pose is to focus on the robot stance...;)

Dragan

You'd be better off asking in the photography forum, not that many competitive BBers or models about the place.

The first thing is lighting, make sure it doesn't wash out any detail. The only advice i can give is to practice posing in the mirror, ensuring you are hitting proper contractions and angles to make the most of what you got.

uprooted shane

Cheeky_gal wrote: »

Best way to pose is to focus on the robot stance...;)

robot stance? please explain!

tried to attatch a picture there but it was having none of it! damn crap connection

Hanley

Stick it on photobucket and link it to here.

gabgab

I just took them in the same spot each time, with the lights on etc, but that was just to see progress,

Threw the camera on top of the microwave, stood in the same place, same distance from camera and watched it from there,

Dont know if it is any help,

uprooted shane

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn273/UprootedShane/IMG_0291.jpg

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn273/UprootedShane/IMG_0289.jpg

as ya can see my skills are limited:D

Hanley

I'm linking the pics again for ya Shane;

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn273/UprootedShane/IMG_0291.jpg
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn273/UprootedShane/IMG_0281.jpg
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn273/UprootedShane/IMG_0289.jpg

On the side tricep, your right shoulder needs to come back more to open up your chest more. Turn your body slighty more to the camera too.

With the front bicep, it looks like you're shrugging your shoulders. Don't do that, just leave them where they'd be normally if your arms were lifted out to your side. Pick your elbows up a bit higher too.

Front lat spread's the best out of the bunch posing wise, but to pull it off your need a ridiculously thick back. Your hands (where you're grabbing your sides like) seem like they're maybe a bit to far forwards.

How old are ya?? You look like you've certainy got a good base to work from. Now all ya gotta do is eat hard and train heavy and you'll be a beast in no time.

uprooted shane

Hanley wrote: »

How old are ya?? You look like you've certainy got a good base to work from. Now all ya gotta do is eat hard and train heavy and you'll be a beast in no time.

18, just about 19, training hard for about a year, started at 8 stone so happy enough:)

yea this summer is calling on a good cleen out of my diet, sorting that out! thanks for the tips too! ill be working on them!