Modern Model April 2014 | Page 16

STRIKING
  POSES:
  Top
  photo,
  Muskegon,
  MI
  Model
  Allison
  Corbek
  ballances

beauty
 and
 composiPon;
 bokom
 leM,
 Midland,
 MI
 Model
 Lizz
 Teal
 faces
 the
 wall.

Photos
 ©
 Brian
 Thornton

W
  photography,
  like
  with
  all
  things
  in
  life,
  to
  learn,
  we
  must

  ith

study.
  Camera
  angles,
  poses,
  lighPng
  –
  in
  my
  case,
  when
  working
  with

models,
 I
 find
 it
 is
 oMen
 important
 to
 study
 the
 model
 at
 rest.

  For
  more
  shoots,
  I
  have
  a
  unique
  (almost
  singular)
  vision
  of
  what

I
  want
  to
  accomplish.
  In
  some
  cases,
  this
  is
  specifically
  driven
  and

controlled
 by
 an
 adverPsing
 client.
 Even
 as
 I
 work
 to
 capture
 that
 vision,

however,
 I
 make
 sure
 to
 give
 the
 model
 a
 chance
 to
 experiment
 with
 his/
her
 poses
 as
 well.
 I
 am
 almost
 always
 amazed
 by
 the
 style
 and
 poses
 that

most
 models
 can
 come
 up
 with
 on
 their
 own.

 Some
 models
 have
 pracPced
 these
 poses
 for
 hours
 in
 front
 of
 a

mirror;
  some
  are
  double-­‐jointed
  or
  otherwise
  uniquely
  physically
  talented

–
 some
 are
 just
 born
 naturals.

  In
  this
  arPcle’s
  lead
  photo,
  Midland,
  MI
  Model
  Lizz
  Teal

  used

yoga
 techniques
 to
 create
 a
 stunning
 and
 interesPng
 pose.
 I
 doubt
 that
 I

could