{"id":4813,"date":"2012-04-05T23:13:27","date_gmt":"2012-04-06T04:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/avangardphoto.com\/blog\/?p=4813"},"modified":"2024-03-25T13:18:31","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T18:18:31","slug":"the-organic-style-of-wedding-photography-posing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.avangardphoto.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/05\/the-organic-style-of-wedding-photography-posing\/","title":{"rendered":"The Organic Style of Wedding Photography Posing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flo-entry-content\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11550\" src=\"https:\/\/avangardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/the-spoke-club-wedding-pictures-by-toronto-top-wedding-photographer-avangard-photography-107.jpg\" alt=\"The Spoke Club Wedding Pictures by Toronto Top Wedding Photographer Avangard Photography\" width=\"2520\" height=\"1800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.avangardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/the-spoke-club-wedding-pictures-by-toronto-top-wedding-photographer-avangard-photography-107.jpg 2520w, https:\/\/www.avangardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/the-spoke-club-wedding-pictures-by-toronto-top-wedding-photographer-avangard-photography-107-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.avangardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/the-spoke-club-wedding-pictures-by-toronto-top-wedding-photographer-avangard-photography-107-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.avangardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/the-spoke-club-wedding-pictures-by-toronto-top-wedding-photographer-avangard-photography-107-1024x731.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2520px) 100vw, 2520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our <a title=\"Avangard Photography | Toronto Wedding Photography Studio\" href=\"https:\/\/avangardphoto.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Toronto Wedding Photography Blog<\/strong><\/a> receives many requests from novice wedding photographers asking us how to quickly improve their posing skills. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve decided to put together a short tutorial on wedding photography posing, which should help make people look great in their wedding pictures.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s start by defining what makes a great wedding portrait? In our opinion a successful wedding picture should be about revealing the uniqueness, personality and most of all a special connection between the Bride and Groom.<\/p>\n<p>We also know that wedding couples favor candid wedding pictures with genuine emotions, spontaneity and real smiles in them. A well-crafted portrait will reveal characteristics that are unseen by the eye but experienced through the subject\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s emotions \u00e2\u20ac\u201c love, happiness, friendship, and inner beauty. In essence our job as a <a title=\"Avangard Photography | Toronto Wedding Photography Studio\" href=\"https:\/\/avangardphoto.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wedding photographer<\/a> is to ensure that portraits are as individual as each person we photograph and that we have ability to bring out that inner beauty and capture it.<\/p>\n<p>Because we don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t believe in faking the spontaneity of the subject\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s expression we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve come up with few \u00e2\u20ac\u0153games\u00e2\u20ac\u009d that can help expose those real emotions in front of the camera. We call these techniques the organic style of wedding photography posing.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Telling Secrets \u00e2\u20ac\u201cWe ask the Groom to whisper something \u00e2\u20ac\u0153dirty\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in the Bride\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ear. You will get the whole range of expressions on the Bride\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s face. All of them will be priceless! Make sure you get them all.<\/li>\n<li>The Last Hug &#8211; Tell them to hug each other, and let them do it, then say &#8220;Okay this time hug like it&#8217;s the last time you will ever see each other again \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 time to bring out the kleenex \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<li>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Smell their temple\u00e2\u20ac\u009d &#8211; Just like it sounds\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Tell either the Bride or Groom to smell the other&#8217;s ear or temple. Then you&#8217;ll get one looking at you and smiling and the other looking like they are nuzzling the side of the other&#8217;s head \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 very sweet and natural.<\/li>\n<li>Kiss and smile at the same time &#8211; Tell the Bride and Groom to kiss and smile at the same time. Great spontaneous pose!<\/li>\n<li>Kissing-game \u00e2\u20ac\u201c We ask the bride and groom to face each other and don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t move their feet. Then we ask the Groom to try to kiss his bride but the Bride\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s job is to try to avoid his kisses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So here you have it &#8211; some basic techniques of natural posing. You can try to mix and match these techniques and add your own variations. Remember that If you want improve your wedding portraits, your goal must be to capture the true individuality and personality of the Bride and Groom. The posing has to be natural to the person you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re photographing and to reflect the person\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s personality and not detract from them.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Avangard Photography | Toronto Wedding Photography Studio\" href=\"https:\/\/avangardphoto.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Avangard Photography | Toronto Wedding Photography Studio<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Toronto Wedding Photography Blog receives many requests from novice wedding photographers asking us how to quickly improve their posing skills. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve decided to put together a short tutorial on wedding photography posing, which should help make people look great in their wedding pictures. Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s start by defining what makes a great wedding portrait? 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