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7 Posing Mistakes You NEVER Want To Make

What to study

Identity & Self-Relevance

  • If you freeze when a camera comes out, the left photo looks familiar, arms hanging and hands spread.
  • The right is the same person, seated and relaxed.
  • You click to see which of your habits are on the list.
How the packaging works
Title

'NEVER' in capitals makes these sound like the mistakes that ruin a shot, and '7' promises a checklist, which suits photographers who direct clients as well as people being photographed.

Thumbnail

Keeping the person, outfit and grey backdrop the same isolates the pose, though nothing marks which is wrong, and a cross and tick would read faster when small.

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When your lesson fixes something people do without noticing, show the same person doing it wrong and right, with everything else kept identical. Add a cross and a tick so the difference reads at feed size.

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The transferable lesson

Change one thing between the photos, and label which is wrong.

NichePhotography
Video formatList / RoundupAdvice
Click driverIdentity & Self-RelevanceDesired Outcome
Visual signalSide-by-Side Comparison

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