500 Poses for Photographing Men: A Visual Sourcebook for Digital Portrait Photographers
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Offering a variety of options for refining poses and spicing up portrait sessions, this visual sourcebook addresses the problems that photographers often run into when taking portraits of men, whether the pictures are for male fashion shoots, weddings, family shots, or individual portraits. For ease of use, this reference groups sample images according to how much of the subject is included in the frame—from head-and-shoulders shots to full-length portraits. Containing contemporary images from leading professionals, this indispensable manual explains posing fundamentals as well as how to offset the fears, concerns, and insecurities that men can bring to a portrait session.
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500 Poses for Photographing Men: A Visual Sourcebook for Digital Portrait Photographers
$19.99
DOYEN –
Ce manuel est bien beaucoup d’exemples quand on est en manque d’idées. Par contre dommage, qu’il n’y ai pas plus d’explications sur la lumière (je sais que ce n’ai pas un livre sur la lumière), et qu’il ne soit pas en français.
RobbinA –
Most of my clients have been women. I ordered this book to get some great ideas for men and it arrived just in time as I received a call to photograph some young men for their senior pics. Beautiful images and great ideas, the only thing more I could ask for would be some comentary from the photographers. However, it is an idea book.
Aurora Tan –
This book should not be priced at $30+.
But, the poses give you a starting point of what looks good and what doesn’t.
Just like everyone else says, there are absolutely no f stops or ISO. And in this book the photos are not crisp or clear. However, the poses are there.
The backgrounds aren’t spectacular.
The clothing is common.
The lighting is horrible.
Focus isn’t crisp.
*But the poses are there.*
A compilation of photographers.
Nothing that tells us how to bend and tilt shoulders. No instructions. Just photos and name plates who snapped the Pic.
*But, the poses are there.*
It could have been better for the price. This book series on poses should be $10.99 a book.
romeyo –
nice thank you
Faith –
I started with 500 poses for groups and couples and have since added every 500 poses title from Perkins including a pre-order of 500 Poses for Infants and Toddlers. These are exactly what the title says…a visual source book. And, as I’ve said in reviews of other books in this “series” I guess you could call it, while I don’t imagine I’ll duplicate any pose exactly, I can see myself easily combining some of the different poses present for more pleasing compositions. I am a very visual learner so this is the perfect medium for me to learn posing as it’s just image after image after image after image of men posed/posing in various scenarios. The same goes for all the other options in the 500 poses family.
Amanda Richards –
Essentially a collection of 500 portraits, this book comprises a lot of photographs of men, divided into the following sections of poses:
Head and shoulders
Waist up
¾ length seated
¾ length standing
Full length seated
Full length standing
(Apparently real men don’t recline) 🙂
Each photograph gives credit to the photographer, but no other information.
There’s also a short section on posing basics and a long section about the contributing photographers.
Many of the poses were duplicated and uninspired, and the pictures are a random mix up of boys, older men, sportsmen, musicians etc. depending on the pose. One shot for example, is just a man squatting in the middle of the road, another is a man squatting next to a truck, and a third is a man squatting next to his golf clubs. I guess men squat a lot.
Also, work and formal wear are mixed in with sports and casual wear, so if you’re looking for inspiration to pose a bridegroom, you have to flip through the whole thing. Most of the photos show quite small on the Kindle, and although each one can be zoomed for better viewing, it’s really a pain on the original Kindle.
It would also have been helpful if some footnotes were used for each portrait, emphasizing a few significant elements of its composition and lighting. (eg – 3/4 view, medium light box, backlit, note the position of the hands and the torso angle)
The posing basics section was informative, and some of the portraits are useful as visual prompts for unwilling or pose-challenged male subjects, but on the whole it’s a tad limited for practical use on a shoot.
Amanda Richards, January 17, 2012
Mr. David Vasey –
I feel the same regarding this book and my review on 500 Poses for Photographing Women applies equally to this book, and the need for hi-res images!
Stephan Wiesner –
Das Buch enthält 500 Bilder. Okayyyy…. so what? Wer Ideen sucht, findet sie auf Foto Communty oder Flickr umsonst. Einfach nach Portraits nach Top Berwertung sortiert anzeigen lassen. Dann hat man sogar die EXIF Daten oder kann den Fotografen anschreiben und befragen, deutlicher Mehrwert also. Für mich nutzloses buch, das zurück zu Amazon geht 🙁
あかにゃん –
ポーズ集というよりはポートレート集でした。
前半はほとんど顔か上半身のアップで、「え……？ポーズ集だよね？」と表紙を見直してしまったほど。
後半はそこそこ全身写真も増えてきましたが……。
もうちょっと動きのあるポーズとか、男性ならではのカッコイイポーズとかを増やして欲しかった。
上半身記念写真みたいの、こんなにいらない(笑)。
表情の細かさが見たいんじゃない！
「ポーズ」が欲しいんだ！
Louis Aguinaldo –
I have an extensive photography library for my personal resource and because I also teach photography. The title of the book drew my interest as poses for men are limited compared to women’s poses. I was hoping that this would be a useful resource book. Unfortunately, it doesn’t really teach you anything. Its just a collection of 500 images. It only devotes two pages to discuss some tips but doesn’t explain what works and what doesn’t. It does have a few quotes from various photographers but it doesn’t really offer much. Furthermore, it has so many of the same poses. Like there are 3 half body shots of the model holding a bat over their shoulders behind their heads in the same manner. There are also 3 different shots of young people holding a guitar in exactly the same way. Then there are a dozen similar shots of men standing with hands in their pockets. That’s just a few samples of repetitive poses. So, you don’t get 500 unique poses. Not only that, some of the poses are more of novelty shots or wacky shots that most people would never use. I was hoping that 1. there would be 500 unique poses. 2. that all the sample poses would be useful and not wasted shots such as shots of someone holding juggling batons to cover his face in a weird way.
You’re actually better off just searching the internet and you’ll find a lot more useful images and not have to waste your hard earned money.
Sorry, but the worst photography book purchase I’ve made.
fotojock –
THE MICHELLE PERKINS SERIES OF BOOKS ARE EXCELLENT AS A REFERENCE SOURCE! AS A SEASONED PROFESSIONAL I’VE RARELY HAD PROBLEMS
POSING MY CLIENTS, BUT IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR FRESHNESS AND IDEAS, THE SERIES OF BOOKS THAT MICHELLE PERKINS PRODUCES ARE WORTH THE INVESTMENT.
TRUE THE BOOKS DON’T GO INTO THE ENTIRE LIGHTING SETUP, THESE BOOKS ARE NOT MENT FOR THAT; THEY HELP WHAT MAY BE STALE TO LOOK AT SOMETHING
FRESH THAT MAY SPARK AN IDEA; TO USE WHATS THERE OR ADD YOUR OWN TWIST TO YOUR STYLE. THE BOOK PRESENTS MANY PHOTOGRAPHERS WHO ARE KNOWN
FOR THERE PARTICULAR STYLES AND FRESHNESS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEW. WE CAN ALL USE A SPARK, AT TIMES THAT MAY BE JUST WHAT WE NEED!
FOTOJOCK,
Claus Gerull –
Maybe men are not such an inspiry subject. Personally I’m a bit disappointed on the variety of poses, but all necessary types are in the book. If your looking for fashion / advertising poses this book is certainly a consideration.