taking pictures of my wife: have you ever had your wife come up to you with a photo you took and say is this what i look like?And its early and your not prepared with the correct...

omnila

have you ever had your wife come up to you with a photo you took and say is this what i look like?And its early and your not prepared with the correct answer? does any one know of any good books that teach you to photograph people at good angles?help,i'm only on my second cup of coffee!!!

AK Dreamer Loc: Alaska & Nevada

That's why they made photoshop.

hlmichel Loc: New Hope, Minnesota

I am in the same situation. I know I am not very photogenic; I usually stay on the other side of the lens.

But the wife, while attractive, does not photograph well at all. It's partially her pose, shoulders rolled forward, arms hanging limply and hands....well you get the point.

I have seen websites devoted to posing people and special poses for overweight people(not saying this is your issue though it sure is mine) And there are also the famous facebook photo angles.

rica Loc: Oregon and Leyte, Phillipines.

hlmichel wrote:

I am in the same situation. I know I am not very photogenic; I usually stay on the other side of the lens.

But the wife, while attractive, does not photograph well at all. It's partially her pose, shoulders rolled forward, arms hanging limply and hands....well you get the point.

I have seen websites devoted to posing people and special poses for overweight people(not saying this is your issue though it sure is mine) And there are also the famous facebook photo angles.

I shoot a lot of Boudoir photos of brides before their weddings. not all of them are svelte model types. Actually none of them are. But the job is to make them look as attractive as possible. So you have to think while shooting. Use the angles and cropping that accent the things that you want to show. Hide the things you don't with props, scarves, angles. I have failed in some cases. But limiting to head and shoulders shots with good fill flash will rarely let you down. That's where the person's personality is. That's why we have zooms! Amazon has books galore at great prices. Jeff Smith is a great portraiture author. Good Shooting!

GTinSoCal Loc: Palmdale, CA

Here is a quick list of tips.
http://stnphotography.com/tips.html#people

A nice article with explanations too!

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GT

steve_stoneblossom Loc: Rhode Island, USA

"And its early and your not prepared with the correct answer"... you have to get up earlier!!

picturedude Loc: Yosemite natl. park, Ca.

My wife once asked me those awful words: "Do these pants make my butt look big"? I replied by saying "No dear, your butt is what makes your butt look big." Her lawyer served the divorce papers to me while I was still in ICU. Hopefully the swelling will go down soon so I can read them.

jimberton Loc: Michigan's Upper Peninsula

picturedude wrote:

My wife once asked me those awful words: "Do these pants make my butt look big"? I replied by saying "No dear, your butt is what makes your butt look big." Her lawyer served the divorce papers to me while I was still in ICU. Hopefully the swelling will go down soon so I can read them.

hahahahahaha.........sometimes the truth will kill ya!!!

Poison Ivey Loc: Mtn Brook, AL

You are good looking person...because of the backlighting, I wish you had opened up your shutter 1 or 2 f stops or go into Photoshop or Elements, selected your body with Marching Ants, then lighten that selection (with a lil bit of Feathering), which would leave that well exposed back drop in perfect shape.

One reply mentioned Zooming...Portraits at 135mm with shoulders at a 45 degree angle will get you a Steak Supper from a happy wife.

omnila

fix it,i have not decided on photo shop or aperture.I am new at photography have a good one.

snowbear

"Of course not, sweetheart; it is a deficiency in this lens. In order to capture your true beauty, I need the (insert dream lens here)."

Roger Hicks Loc: Aquitaine

Try a Thambar: http://www.rogerandfrances.com/aboutus.html (Ignore the bit about subscription as it's all free now). As Frances says of that pic, "It's the way I see myself in dreams: all ages and no age."

Cheers,

R.

RiverNan Loc: Eastern Pa

very good, snowbear

omnila there is only one right answer and that is..you are beautiful! But you have to see it with sincerity.