Every other Friday I review a book or blog related to scrapbooking.
The Portrait Cookbook: Posing Children by Kelly Willette is an awesome little tool to add to your photography idea stash. The guide contains 28 different poses with written tips for posing children.
I like that this posing guide also includes an equipment checklist. You really could spend an afternoon (if your child is willing, of course) going through these poses and if you use the equipment checklist, you won’t have to stop to find any additional supplies. (Don’t worry, you don’t have to run out and buy a bunch equipment. The list includes things like a squeaky toy and nail clippers…you know, stuff that might come in handy but if you’re like me, wouldn’t have thought to have on hand for a portrait session.)
I don’t think this posing guide will live in my camera bag, but I will be sure to pull it out when I do my daughter’s portraits. I prefer taking her birthday photos myself, and as she gets older this is more challenging.
Like Books &Blogs: The Photographer’s Bag O’ Tricks, I had difficulty organizing the prompts to my liking. This version includes pages that serve as dividers for different spaced in the home (e.g., foyer, stairs), but some of the poses could go in multiple spaces. I might just pull out those dividers completely.
Overall, if you photograph children, I think this would be a nice addition to your photography idea books stash.
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Stephanie
Stephanie Medley-Rath is a sociologist and scrapbooker who studies scrapbooking and memory keeping. Scrapworthy Lives is a blog focused on her sociological analysis of scrapbooking, with a sprinkling of posts about Stephanie's own scrapbooking projects.
