Once you’ve got the basics of posing and prompting under your belt, it’s time to up your game and...
Prompts tagged with posing groups: ideas for posing groups, photo prompts for large groups, posing people in groups. Photoshoot ideas for large groups.
Hug it out: hugging photo ideas for families and couples
Hugs are family photos 101. Most families will immediately grab each other with the classic...
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...
Up and down: change your angle for an easy creative photo
99% of the time we shoot photos from the same place: standing height. Break out of the standard...
Walking together: easy ways to add movement to family photos
Movement is great to loosen tension and add dynamism. Simply walking together as a group makes for...
Let them play: capturing photos of kids being kids
Capture kids easily at your next in-home photo session with this prompt: it’s a great low pressure...
Have fun with your bridal party photos with these whole group prompts
One of my favorite parts of the wedding day is just after the ceremony. The bride and groom are...
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...
Capture the details of family resemblances in multi-generational portraits
There’s something so special about getting all the family together for a multi-generational photo...
Prompts for getting laughs from high school seniors and teens in family shoots
In Australia, where I live, it’s only a few short months until Year 12 students wrap up the year...
Take a tip from the stage in your next photoshoot
Stage left, stage right, break a leg. Stage actors have their own lexicon, and they’re very good...
Pump up the energy in your couple photography
Whether you have a couple of bubbly, fun-loving extroverts in front of your camera, or a quiet,...
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....
Look at the camera! Adults, we’re talking to you
Some adults find this week’s prompt completely impossible to do. No matter how you try to stop...
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