How to Pose Male Subjects (Posing Tips)

and today, we are talking all about how to pose guys.

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I do have a video here

on my YouTube channel about how to pose females.

It has a lot of the same basics that we're gonna talk about,

but there are some nuances for posing men

and for posing men who aren't models,

even though Bravo is a model here, (chuckling)

and you can check out his Instagram, @_IAM_BRAVO,

or we will stick it in the link below,

but we're gonna pretend like he's not.

We're gonna talk about body language,

and we're going to talk about how to make a guy...

Ooh, I called that in. (chuckling)

Make a guy look more powerful

and masculine and really pull that out of him

by body positioning and lens choice and angles

and then also how to make him not look stiff.

So all those things, probably won't remember them all,

so let's just shoot.

I am shooting with my R5M, my 28-70 f/2 lens.

Why?

Because I'm going to vary

that wide angle and more telephoto.

I wanna do both.

There's reason for both

and what I'm trying to get the pose to convey.

First thing you always wanna do

when you're posing someone that's standing,

start from the bottom up.

A good base is gonna make a good foundation for a good pose.

So what I like to tell men

is you're gonna stand skateboard style.

So kind of turn a little bit that way and stand level

so you're standing on a skateboard,

and then the front foot is gonna point

a little bit towards me.

There you go, yep, and you can lean more on your back leg

than on your front, and that's about it.