"Where do you want me to look?" Any photographer who's photographed a model has been asked this question. How you answer will make a big difference to your photography. "Look at the lens." This is how you make an easy and direct connection with the model. The photo will be direct - it says t the viewer "You! Look here, you want this." For these images to work you need a trustworthy-looking model to not make the viewer feel threatened. "Look away from the lens." Probably the most popular stock pose. The viewer is totally comfortable looking at the photo because he knows he is not being addressed, yet if the body of the model is still mostly facing the camera, there's still some sort of connection between the subject and the observer. "Look up" The subject is mostly reacting to his/her own thoughts and feelings, or carefree and unaware of his/her body language, usually on the positive side. "Looking down" Introverted and shy. It could be someone who's very personal or very sly. It also suggests that the subject is completely aware of being observed. "I don't know, look anywhere." Either the photographer is very inexperienced and doesn't know what they want, or they're very confident that the model will give them what they want. "Let's try a few different things. First of all..." This photographer has been making stock photos for some time... David Southern Professional Studio The photo library I use has a professional studio near Arundel which is available for hire. I am looking into hiring it for a day on 8th November (Sunday). This will be 8 hrs and part of the time would include a model. In addition to that we could experiment with lighting and portraiture. It has excellent facilities (see www.pplmedia.com/studio/services.html). If we can get 10 people from the club I anticipate the cost to be around £25-£30 per person. At this stage I would appreciate you letting me know if you are interested. Len Deeley

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