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[brucer007]

Originally Posted by tereshkova2001

Excellent tips, thank you!
The photographer I sometimes model for gave me the "rule of two": if you have two of something (legs, feet, hands, arms, etc), do something different with each one.
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This is good advice for many portraits, but keep in mind that sometimes symmetry can be a wonderful effect. Making the arms and legs balance a composition by doing the same on the left and right can be great too.

[kurai_kaoru]

Wow, great tips! I have to confess I had sometimes come up with the "dead hand" on my pics!

[Kortoso]

Great little guide!

I couldn't improve on it, although it would be easier to view if you saved it as pdf.

[Jeggis]

Very helpful! Thanks a lot for this.

[kmolano01]

thanks for the guide. it helped me alot pal. i will share this to my co-cosplayer friends.

[char99char]

Thanks for the tutorial! I love your tips. I used them at the last con I went to and my photos came out much better.

[JiseiHakushaku]

I wish I'd seen this baby sooner. XD

Thank you for making such an awesome tutorial!

[DingDing]

Thanks for this! Its helped me tons!!
I actually did the straight on photo with a prop, and the photo looks really weird! Haha!

[staceon]

Thank you!! This is really helpful. Hopefully my poses will come out better at my next con thanks to this.

[Luther]

A very helpful tutorial! I'd already learned a lot of what you covered (mostly the hard way!), but I also learned some new things! Thank you!

I put it into PDF format, for if you'd rather read it that way, or even to print it out and take it with you to your shoot:
http://www.mediafire.com/?r3150khjmdn5v63

[JasonTerror]

wow this tread is very helpful to me..bein a noob an all

[Stina006]

really great tips! : O
i always use the whole 'hold a prop the way they do' pose though XD it's easier for me...

[NoireValentine]

This is a good tutorial. I'm terrible at posing since it's my first time cosplaying; last year I didn't expect people to take my picture and hug me. XD
When I saw the pictures of me posted up, and no offense the photos were a little sloppy but still good storing memories, I just hid in my embarressment. I had the lazy dead "pose" of me just standing there looking clueless.

[sapphiredolphin]

Practice is a big thing. Just you you know where your body is, what a good smile feels like and how to stand. Practice in front of a full length mirror and when you get confident enough have a friend take your picture. Practice. Also I find tilting the head down just slightly and at an angle helps to make the eyes look open (if I don't my eyes look squinty). The "dead hand" thing can also be a problem. Props can give you something to pose and hold just don't let it overwhelm you. Also if you don't have a prop, hold on to something around you in the environment or yourself.

[Sufida]

Read this guide abit and like what I am seeing. I usually expect cosplayers to have poses ready for me, but for the past year I find myself having to give direction a lot which is something i've adapted to.