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Billy Pegram (Author)
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Publication Date: January 1, 2008
With detailed discussions and eye-catching, dynamic images, this guidebook shows professional photographers how to masterfully create beautiful images of a model to achieve any creative objective. Instructions illustrate basic poses as well as a host of subtle variations to provide photographers with an endless array of looks for editorial fashion shots, athletics, glamour or nude photography, and shots designed to show curves, reveal personality, or showcase the hands, hair, or legs. This comprehensive resource also provides expert advice on conducting a successful session, how to work with the model, how to work with a support staff of image stylists, and tips for designing a high-quality portfolio. Additional lessons provide a start-to-finish analysis of four different shooting sessions, each with a different model and a different objective.

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“Simple tricks of the trade will enable you to bring out the best in every subject. This comprehensive book will quickly prove its worth.”  —Shutterbug


“The solid content and remarkable images . . . make this book a must for any photographer considering the portrait profession.”  —Photo-Seminars.com

About the Author

Billy Pegram has discovered, photographed, and introduced more than 50 young men and women into the international modeling community. He has also produced cutting-edge fashion photography for such clients as Fila and Swatch, and is the author of Fashion Model Photography: Professional Techniques and Images and Professional Model Portfolios: A Step-by-Step Guide for Photographers. He lives in Las Vegas.

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  • Paperback: 128 pages
  • Publisher: Amherst Media, Inc. (January 1, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1584282207
  • ISBN-13: 978-1584282204
  • Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.6 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #90,914 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Billy Pegram
Billy Pegram is a professional model photographer who has worked with Fila, the Goodwill Games, and Swatch. He is the author of Fashion Model Photography, Posing Techniques for Photographing Model Portfolios, and Professional Model Portfolios. He lives in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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98 of 99 people found the following review helpful
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Most of the "posing guides" I've seen fall into two catagories. There are the "show 'em a thousand pictures of a babe in a swimsuit in various poses" books. I find those totally useless. I'd rather tear pages out of fashion magazines and make my own book than look at the same girl posed a 1000 different ways in the same black swimsuit.

And then there are the books that are obviously done by someone specializing in senior (as in high school senior, not old folks...) pictures with the requisite wooden rail fence poses, the stairstep poses, and... well if you've seen the books you know exactly what I mean. In fact, Amherst, the publisher of this book, has several of them. I'm not knocking them, it's just that they really are not what I'm looking for...

So it was a pleasant surprise to discover Mr. Pegram's book. While he aims it at producing pictures for models portfolios, it's not to hard to figure out that models want to show off exceptional pictures in their portfolios. Thus the poses are contemporary, sexy -- when appropriate, and generally a cut above the run of the mill. Oh, did I mention the models are all female?

If you're expecting the usual 1/3 of the book on how to use a camera, choose lights, and read a light meter... Surprise, surprise... that ain't none of that. God bless Mr. Pegram!

The images are excellent, the models are attractive, the writing is succint and well done, and there is sufficient information that even a grizzled old pro photographer can probably pick up a few pointers.

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Trust me, if you're looking for a posing guide that looks like pictures you'd want to make, take a look at this book.
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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Extremely helpful resource August 18, 2008
Format:Paperback
I've not been shooting models for very long, so I'd say that I am in the beginner/intermediate category.

So far, I've been tearing out photos from Vogue, Numero, French and others and tried to duplicate and then improvise, but I've always felt that posing and placement of the models was kind of mysterious and "difficult" to get a real grip on. (how to elongate a model, how to make the butt smaller, how to pose the model in a way that leads the eye trough the photo etc)

-So I've basically used "what looks good" thus far (and I see after reading this book, that some of my past shoots have lots of room for improvement :) )

- It can be easy to get lost in the process during a shoot, thinking and stressing to get the light right, -and forget to instruct and help and tweak the model correctly, often resulting in photos that need to be cropped to hide bad hands, or simply scrapped due to a bad pose, caused by bad instructions, for example.
(I mainly work with new/inexperienced models and often need to instruct and tweak their pose, this is a great learning tool for both model and photographer)

I mean, I've managed "fair" trough improvisation, try/fail, but it was only after reading this book that I started to really understand more on how and why this and that works - and why some of my previous attempts have failed.

The book is comprehensive and well laid out, it covers and explains the cause and effect from posing the feet and legs, to fingers, hands and arms and also the body and face.

I think that the photos in the book compliment the text very well, what I really liked, was that the author not only show the "best" pose, he also often show everything from bad, to fair, to good to excellent posing -and all complemented with very understandable text captions.

I've seen enough tutorials from the classic 70's to know that this wasn't what I was looking for, this book is fresh, modern (imo) and is written by a guy that not only knows his craft, he also knows the industry very well.

Highly recommended!

OH
Norway
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35 of 36 people found the following review helpful
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Unlike most books on modeling and model photography, this book has more than just a bunch of pictures of pretty women. The author takes the time to explain posing concepts like creating an 's curve' in the positioning of the body. Great detail is given to graceful hand posing. It is the little things that differentiate between a good photograph and a great one.

This is well written and well illustrated. Definetly worth the money
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Great Read for Beginners
I purchased this book when I became more interested in portrait photography and I think that it's great for a beginner, as it presents many ideas that can be easily overlooked at... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Zachary Tumlin
Very good book!
For those looking for fresh ideas and a real education on how to work with a model, this is the book for you! It gives you the foundation for starting with untrained models. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Dave K
Good guide
There are a number of books/guides available in this subject matter. All have their pros and cons. This book is one of those that are well though out with good illustrations. Read more
Published 11 months ago by SLR Enthusiast
Great book for models
I am just learning how to model and I bought three different books off Amazon to help me learn how to pose. This, by far, was the best. Read more
Published 15 months ago by E. Talley
Excellent Posing Guide
I am a somewhat experienced amateur photographer that wants to do more portrait and studio work.

This quick read "how to" book is excellent for posing. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Technogeek
Excellent!
This book is very detailed, and cover all the aspects of photographing models.
Lighting, posing, composition. Everything.
I recomend.
Published 16 months ago by Rafael S. Assumpcao
A good overview
This book was definitely a good overview into the techniques of posing, but it could have been a little more in depth as far as locations (indoor/outdoor) and the use of furniture... Read more
Published 24 months ago by D. Chang
Some take aways but not worth the read
After a couple flips on the pages, I found it with little information next to nothing. Very disappointing...
Published 24 months ago by J. E. Pascual
Posing techniques review
This was just another run of the mill book that had some pretty good pictures but it did not inspire me nor did it give me the details of the behind the scenes lighting set up or... Read more
Published on January 8, 2010 by T. W. Grimes
Sloppy writing and misleading title
The title of this book suggests it is very specific and, indeed, two of it's six chapters are about posing techniques. Read more
Published on December 6, 2009 by Marino Prieto
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