When you’re photographing someone or a team for business purposes, how do you interact with them? Do you spend time trying to put them at ease, ask how they want to be portrayed, or just say “stand here, lean back, look here. YES YOU’RE KILLING IT!”? I got professional headshots done by my company with some team photos and I hate how I look in all of them. The headshots I though would be chest up so I didn’t pose my lower half or I was told to pose a certain way and it looks awful. I’ve seen the other’s photos and they look natural and relaxed. I look awkward and rigid. The photographer said maybe 4 sentences in all 5 photos for how I should stand and none look good. I’ve never had photos taken of me outside of school pictures and I really tried with posing tutorials beforehand so I was excited. Was this the norm for team type shoots or do others do this differently? What could I have done differently as a subject to get the most out of a rushed session?
Thanks for the insight. Although it was my first time I actually went in confident and excited but it lasted less than 1 minute then onto the last guy (there were 10 of us). We weren’t given any pre-shoot stuff, just told to show up. I have no idea how to pose properly so I was hoping for more direction but got 3 broad instructions. We also didn’t get to see them after he took them so we couldn’t say anything.