Lady_Winter
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Hello everyone,
I am a photography enthusiast on my way to a hobby photographer. I almost exclusively do portrait and general people photography. As far as my biggest projects go, last month I shot a friends' wedding and now I am preparing a boudoir session with the bride. I mostly love a photojournalistic style but have recently been fooling around with more detailed set-ups and posing.
My greatest regret is that I have extremely few good pictures of my fiancé and boyfriend of 7 years. He is a little heavyset (think a slightly slimmer Zack Galifianakis with medium-blonde hair), rather soft-contoured in the face and extremely self-conscious about his body. I have only recently gotten him to the point where most times he doesn't care about me taking his picture (instead of turning away) and I would love to reward him -- and me! -- with some really good pictures of him. His expectation of yet another "horrible" picture obviously does not lend the best facial expression nor the most enthusiastic model.
What are good lighting set-ups and poses for him? What props might be helpful? Neither the color of his hair/beard nor his facial structure give much contrast/shadows to work with. How do you approach models of non-standard beauty?
I would love nothing more than to let the beauty that I see in him bleed through to the more neutral view of a photograph and the most critical view of himself.
Thank you everybody in advance!
I am a photography enthusiast on my way to a hobby photographer. I almost exclusively do portrait and general people photography. As far as my biggest projects go, last month I shot a friends' wedding and now I am preparing a boudoir session with the bride. I mostly love a photojournalistic style but have recently been fooling around with more detailed set-ups and posing.
My greatest regret is that I have extremely few good pictures of my fiancé and boyfriend of 7 years. He is a little heavyset (think a slightly slimmer Zack Galifianakis with medium-blonde hair), rather soft-contoured in the face and extremely self-conscious about his body. I have only recently gotten him to the point where most times he doesn't care about me taking his picture (instead of turning away) and I would love to reward him -- and me! -- with some really good pictures of him. His expectation of yet another "horrible" picture obviously does not lend the best facial expression nor the most enthusiastic model.
What are good lighting set-ups and poses for him? What props might be helpful? Neither the color of his hair/beard nor his facial structure give much contrast/shadows to work with. How do you approach models of non-standard beauty?
I would love nothing more than to let the beauty that I see in him bleed through to the more neutral view of a photograph and the most critical view of himself.
Thank you everybody in advance!