The Dreaded Model's Block

2010-11-30T10:19:00.000-08:00

The Dreaded Models' Block

(Insert from book to be released on amazon.com february of 2012)

If it's our first shoot or our millionth, it can happen to any of

us. When Model block strikes, things can get awkward quickly.

Throughout the years, I've devised a bit of a strategy to keep the

poses flowing.

The first thing any model should do is find at least twenty-one

poses that flatter his/her individual body. You should know a

minimum of seven standing, seven sitting and seven lying. I

repeat...this is the minimum! Of course the more poses you can sift

through in a row (without instruction from the photographer) the

more experienced you will look.

Remember that even subtle changes to a pose can create an entirely different look and feel to the image, as shown in the photo above.

Once you have several poses logged into your memory, next you will

want to work on facial expressions. You should have no less than

seven of these too. If you are having trouble here, write a list of

every emotion you can think of and try to silently express them in

a mirror.

Not all of them will look attractive but that's not what

we are concerned with, at first. All that matters is if they look

100% believable. Circle the emotions on your list that do look

believable. The next step is to make sure any of the happy emotions

that you circled do make you look good. You should light up a bit

when you make those facial expressions......

The Chronicles of Christie Gabriel