Where to find Pose Inspiration

[digabella]

I have been practicing taking pictures manually and feel confident enough that I would like to start trying to shoot family/friends for experience. A lot of them will be children but there may be the occasional couple or family in there. Where is a good place to get pose ideas? I guess that sounds a little weird that poses is a concern but I will have to learn to direct people (I'm not good at that at all) so I would just like to have some ideas before I start. Any ideas?

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

Google image search?
Flickr?

 

[gsgary]

Magazines

 

[Drake]

I use deviantart for inspiration. Find good portrait photographers, check out their galleries, subscribe to see the new photos once they are published. It really helps.

 

[Big Mike]

There is the 'Photographer's Look Book'....although, it's insanely, mind blowingly over priced.

 

[digabella]

Thanks for the ideas. I will definitely check them out. Drake, I had forgot about Deviantart. I bet that really would be a great resource!

 

[KmH]

Pretty much every possible worthwhile pose has been done, over-and-over-and-over.

But there are some good posing systems, like the one that considers the human body as 3 segments so poses can be quantified.

For example the 1-3-2 pose for females or the 1-2-2 pose, used for both males and females.

Plus there are posing considerations like the female head tilt and a male head tilt.

There are a number of good books about posing;
Doug Box's Guide to Posing for Portrait Photographers

The Art of Posing: Techniques for Digital Portrait Photographers (Pro Photo Workshop)

Posing for Portrait Photography: A Head-to-Toe Guide