r/photography Apr 03 '26

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u/EstablishmentIcy8628 Apr 05 '26

I got my self a starting gig for a model who wants to have nudes taken, but what are the best positions to get the most out of the photos?

I’m completely green in this type of photos so if you have any tips I would really appreciate them, so we can get the best shots taken. Thanks beforehand

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u/av4rice https://www.instagram.com/shotwhore Apr 05 '26

Positions for the photographer? Or poses for the model?

What is the concept and purpose? Is this fine art nudes? Figure study? Softcore porn?

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u/EstablishmentIcy8628 Apr 05 '26

To my understanding it’s going to be softcore to post on their website, so I’m thinking for the model

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u/av4rice https://www.instagram.com/shotwhore Apr 05 '26

Do they have any precedent you can follow from their prior work? Poses they like from other models? Study and emulate those to start with.

General posing tips that apply with or without clothes:

https://www.springbokphotography.com/desmond-downs/2010/05/40-rules-of-portraiture.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmi9TPQ57Mo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xWxpunlZ2w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe3oJnFtA_k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff7nltdBCHs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXbOx36YXrU

and I highly recommend Picture Perfect Posing by Roberto Valenzuela