Boudoir Basics: A Sensuous Couch Pose for All Body Types (VIDEO)
If you’re interested in giving boudoir photography a try, the first step is understanding how to pose inexperienced models like a spouse, significant other, or a friend who wants to give it a try. You can also keep things simple by shooting with natural illumination, like light streaming through a window in your home.
This quick tutorial from Patrick’s Boudoir Photography Secrets explains how to do all this and more. The video is episode #27 of Patrick’s Two-Minute Posing series for beginners. Unlike earlier installments this one involves color imagery rather than those created in black-and-white.
Patrick is a Vienna-based portrait pro specializing in basic boudoir photography techniques that anyone can accomplish with simple gear. And since most of us don’t have access to professional models, he places a big emphasis on helping instill confidence in subjects with flattering poses that emphasize her best physical attributes.
Today’s episode reveals an alluring couch pose in the living room of your home “studio” and provides a variety of tips for enhancing image structure and composing images for maximum impact. He also demonstrates how to quickly and effectively enhance your images by using his “Ultimate Pack Lightroom Presets.”
You’ll learn several methods for accentuate a reclining model’s body, and how to achieve perfect highlights and shadows when shooting with available light. Skillful composition also plays an important role, and Patrick demonstrates how even a slight adjustment in posture goes can greatly enhance the female form.The discussion also includes foolproof advice for harnessing the beautiful, soft effect provided by indirect window lighting to create an inviting mood. Then Patrick ties everything together by recommending the most appropriate camera setting to employ.
Be sure to visit the Patrick’s Boudoir Photography Secrets YouTube channel when this video concludes where you’ll find earlier episodes in the Two-Minute Posing series along with more advanced how-to videos.
And don’t miss our earlier tutorial on a related topic in which another boudoir photographer demonstrates a variety of effective backlighting techniques for capturing alluring portrait photographs on the beach—with composition tips, camera settings, and more.
