Wincing is the new black

This one hurts on a couple levels because I know the model and she’s new to the modelling world. I hate to see her contorted like this.

One word describes this photo for me: uncomfortable.

No one ever said modelling was easy, but if you’re a decent photographer who makes good decisions, all that effort you put into balancing on something not meant to be balanced on will pay off in the end. Right?

Not in this case.

The pose and the composition of the shot makes me — and apparently the model — cringe. How, out of all the digital shots he must have fired, did he select the one wince-tastic one to decorate his portfolio with? And don’t even get me started on the obviously tweaked in photoshop color saturation…

Do it better:

• Choose a better pose
• Work with the model more than the cool architecture
• Make her smile