Exercise: Varying the pose

Back from holiday and in search of a model, friend Chris popped in from Liverpool...persuaded or  whatever, she agreed to help out with this exercise on varying pose and stance.
Limited by time, I decide to use our conservatory and build a backdrop beforehand to avoid the many visual distractions. Apart from a minor hiccup - I mis-remembered how tall Chris was (!), the backdrop worked reasonably well..

I came up with a number of different positions sitting ( with and without chair) , standing (with and without chair and with brush ) and lying down on the floor which we tried out against the backdrop. 

I think these poses worked best, allowing Chris to relax into the pose without feeling too self conscious and resulting in an attractive image.

P 727: F5.6 @1/30  22mm ISO 200

 

P721: F4 @ 1/30  22mm  ISO 200

 Think P727 and 721 work the best ...though I like P724 below as well since it captures Chris' sense of fun ...


 

P724: F4 @ 1/10  26mm  ISO 100

 

P723: F5.6  @ 1/25 18mm ISO 100

These last two below are less successful - with hindsight P726 seems very contrived  and Chris looks less than comfortable in P722...
 

P726 :F5.6 @ 1/30  22mm  ISO 200

 

P722: F4 @ 1/25  22mm ISO 200

Thought this exercise an interesting one, not least in that it is not easy to move from a pose in your mind to reality via a 'model' ...very difficult to sometimes get over quite how you want someone to sit, stand etc.