Once you’ve got the basics of posing and prompting under your belt, it’s time to up your game and...
Essential photo posing prompt strategies and tips for photographing men, women and couples. Principles and techniques that underpin all photography with individual adults and couples.
Sit stylish: how to pose people for relaxed seated photos
When you get someone in front of your camera who isn’t a model, targeted suggestions on how to sit...
Direct your photographs like movie scenes
This is an underlying skill that you can use as a foundation to working with prompts. It’s a good...
Posing individuals: fundamental posing tips for flattering photos
Prompted photography is somewhere in the middle of the posed-documentary spectrum, taking the best...
Use your senses so you don’t miss the moment
This technique was inspired by a story a photographer I met in passing years ago shared with me....
What do I do with my hands? Answering the age-old question
You know it’s coming. The moment someone steps in front of your lens, you get the question: what...
Two rules for posing couples that will instantly improve your photography
When using photo prompts with couples, applying some fundamental “house rules” to the whole...
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The Promptographer Guide is organised into two curated Guides: Love Prompts and Family Prompts. Each of these contains five sets of free photo prompts, photo pose ideas and more.
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