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Most posing tutorials focus on the female form, and there isn’t that much information available on how to properly pose men.

And even when you do find a guide, it is more about listing some poses. Seldom do you see somebody explaining why.

Why is it that we need to pose a man in a different way?

Talking about the why and laying out some ground rules would not only help photographers understand classic male posing better, but also serve as a guide in creating their own poses and variations.

Before we even get started, it is important to first identify the goals of posing a man vs. posing a woman.

When a man thinks about the best version of himself, he doesn’t think about being pretty, cute, or showing off his nice hourglass body. A man wants to be strong, fit and tall while oozing coolness, confidence and self-control.

While posing women we usually try to accentuate curves, when posing men the opposite holds true. A man’s body is not about curves, it is about angles and raw power. It’s about the V and the jaw line.

General facts that will help you better pose a person and understand why some poses work:

Things that are closer to the camera look bigger

Things that are further from the camera look smaller

A longer lens flattens depth (for example, a big nose looks smaller at 120mm than it looks at 50mm)

A short lens makes the face rounder and “puffier”

Things pointed directly at the camera look shorter (foreshortening)

The Face

The Jaw Line

Is a critical measurement of perceived manliness. Your job as a photographer is to make sure the jawline is well defined and as angular and sharp as possible.

Ask the subject to push their chin out and a little bit down. This will gently stretch the neck while hiding part of the neck from the camera.

You can further refine the jawline by clever use of shadow and by making sure the jawline doesn’t blend into the neck.

And never, and I mean NEVER, let your subject pull his chin back. This will not only accentuate any existing double chin but also create one where one wasn’t there to begin with.

Eyes

Big round puppy eyes do not look good on men. They evoke fear and confusion. Ask you subject to do what Peter Hurley calls a “squinch”.

It is a half squint, where the lower eye lids raise a bit to narrow the eyes while the upper eye lids don’t move much or at all.

This will make your subject look like “he is up to something”, adding a bit of mischievousness, playfulness and character to the image.

Head tilt (note this is about tilt, not turn)

Never let a man tilt his head towards the camera. That is a cutesy feminine pose and even the most interesting man in the world would lose his man card posing like that. Either keep the head neutral or tilt slightly away from the camera.

Be mindful that tilting too much away from the camera can be perceived as being rather arrogant and a bit aggressive.

Quick pro tips:

A lot of people have one eye smaller than the other (you would be surprised once you start paying attention). You can choose to ignore this or, if you think you want to do something about it, pose the smaller eye closer to the camera (see general fact 1, listed above).

When dealing with a heavy blinker, ask your subject to close his eyes and open them on three. You should be able to get at least a few frames with no blinking right after the subject opens his eyes.

If the double chin is a bit too much to handle just by pushing the chin out and down, you can try blocking it out of the view by posing the subjects’ hand in such a way that it obstructs a direct view of the double chin (chin resting on fist, fist to the side of neck, etc).

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