Compiling Reference Photos for Poses

Reference photographs are essential pieces of information which ultimately helps artists fill the gaps in their production process or even get some inspirations. It is also a very efficient way of getting the models to understand what is expected of them.

I decided to compile a few reference pictures taken from Pinterest for the same reasons as above. As I was trying to create a specific scene from the book I needed my models in a particular pose and spot relevant to the story line. 

Elain: As this character was more soft-spoken and was into gardening. I wanted her shots to involve flowers and to be taken outdoors in the garden. 

Nesta: As this character is Lady Death I wanted her poses to be more confident and bold. I was particular about the character not smiling for the camera to bring out her stoic personality.

Feyre: As this character is the High Lady of the Night Court, her poses were elegant yet showed that she was very much powerful. 

Cassian: Being the commander of the Night Court, with a playful personality I wanted his poses to capture both parts of his character. Hence I chose a few low angle shots to establish the character’s dominance and the poses to be less stiff so as to convey his easy going personality. 

Female group: These poses were specifically chosen for the three sisters, so as to show their contrasting personalities despite being related. I also wanted to establish their relationship with each other through these poses: that although there is tension between them, they’re still there for each other. 

Male female duo: Each of these poses were chosen specifically for each character to show their relationship with the male character: friends, sibling-like or mates. 

I chose 4 poses per model and then 4 poses for group and duo pictures so as to manage the limited time we had effectively. However as it all came down to how comfortable models were with each of the poses I did not finalise anything yet. However this compilation helped me get a visual grasp on how the final output of the shoot would look like and if it would go with the recreation I was aiming for.