The §
I've read of the S shape but I changed it to § but this
one has a circle around a point, your point of interest, the main part of
the person.
You want to keep in mind this § shape when you go to take
pictures though because it adds and interesting twist. This is hard to
accomplish with some people because they are too busy thinking about
twisting, stretching, how to place their body and end up looking terrible
and not accomplishing any of the modeling techniques.
But this also goes for scenery shots and others whether it's a curving stream,
railroad
tracks, the sculptured shape of a vase full of flowers,
or the subtle curve of a model's body;
get the § in the shot.
Yes § but not limited to §, if you pull of a double §§
that's fine as well as long as you're not stretching it too far.
This "S" is created by just having the model position herself in a
pose that created the shape for me. Often, this is a very subtle
extension of the hips, or the turn of a leg or arm to get the desired
"S" in the shot.
Secondly, when doing that, make the
picture even more interesting by forcing that "S" to cross the image
in the diagonal across your picture - not straight up and down in
the center of the frame.
The easiest way to make that even more pronounced is to simply
tilt your camera a bit past vertical, forcing the "S" to take a
diagonal line. In this example, I've tilted and re-cropped a picture
to give you an idea of what I mean.
What this also demonstrates is the fact that even
photos that weren't originally shot as they probably should have
been, can still be resurrected by creative cropping.
- Photographer & Model Tips & Tricks
