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Everyday poses only, unless you say otherwise.

Model comfort at most

1 is effortless, 5 needs an experienced model.

Wardrobe risk at most

1 never touches the ground, 5 is lying on wet ground.

How many people

Who is in frame

Shoot type

Crop

How much of the subject is in frame.

Lens

Focal lengths this pose is built for, in 35mm equivalent.

Camera angle

Facing

Body position

Location

Props and supports

What the location has to provide for this pose to work.

What the hands do

The problem every model asks about first.

Gaze

Interaction

Only meaningful for two or more people.

Expression

What the face is doing, as distinct from the mood of the picture.

Facial tension

Whether the face is at ease or working. A held smile and a relaxed one photograph differently, and this is the one a photographer fixes by talking rather than by moving anybody.

Wardrobe

Wardrobe constraints

Things to tell the client before they pack.

Contact with the ground

Pairs with the cleanliness rating: what the clothes actually touch.

Comfort notes

Pairs with the comfort and physical demand ratings — the things that make a model hesitate.

Mood

Lighting

Space needed

Read this together with the lens: an 85mm full body needs about five metres of working distance.

Frame

Time and weather

Works well for

Who this pose actually flatters.

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