Modern Model April 2014 | Page 17

THE
  SOUND
  OF
  SILENCE:
  Top
  photo,
  Midland,
  MI
  Model
  Lizz
  Teal

combines
  modern
  beauty
  with
  a
  vintage
  pose;
  Bokom
  right,
  Muskegon

MI
 Model
 Allison
 Corbek
 commands
 silence
 as
 they
 gazes
 into
 a
 future
 of

successful
 modeling.
 Photos
 ©
 Brian
 Thornton

models
 to
 create
 their
 own
 poses,
 this
 usually
 allows
 the
 model
 to

select
  a
  pose
  that
  he/she
  will
  be
  comfortable
  with,
  resulPng
  in
  a

much
 more
 relaxed
 image.

  I
  have
  found
  that
  allowing
  models
  to
  parPcipate
  in
  the

choice
  of
  poses
  shows
  that
  you
  respect
  the
  model
  as
  an
  arPst,

which
  helps
  build
  a
  more
  professional
  and
  cooperaPve

relaPonship,
  where
  the
  model
  is
  not
  a
  hired
  subject,
  but
  a

collaboraPve
  partner
  working
  with
  you
  to
  create
  the
  best
  image

possible.

 I
 also
 highly
 encourage
 photographers
 to
 study
 the
 model

when
  he/she
  is
  on
  break.
  I
  cannot
  count
  the
  number
  of
  Pmes
  I

have
  been
  direcPng
  a
  model,
  and
  stopped
  to
  make
  a
  light
  or

camera
 serng
 adjustment,
 only
 to
 look
 up
 and
 see
 the
 model
 in
 an

excellent,
  unintended
  pose.
  “Hold
  that
  pose!”
  has
  become
  the

standard
 bakle
 cry
 of
 photographers
 working
 with
 models.

  I
  also
  let
  the
  models
  wander
  through
  the
  studio
  and

browse
  through
  the
  props,
  allowing
  them
  to
  select
  items
  to
  pose

with
  at
  will
  as
  Pme
  permits.
  Even
  during
  shoots
  where
  a
  certain

main
 theme
 is
 set,
 I
 oMen
 end
 up
 with
 creaPve
 images
 that
 can
 be

used
 for
 other
 projects
 this
 way.

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