Using a chair as prop

A lot of people ask me “what is your favorite prop” and to be honest I don’t use a lot of props as being my favorite.
So I thought about this and decided to give you some tips on using a prop that is very easy to get by and actually gives you a lot of options….. the chair.
We all have them (although not all are great to use in photoshoots) and we all know how to use them, however for photoshoots the use of the chair has to be a bit different to make it more interesting right?

When using a chair as a prop always make sure that you photograph your model as a model and not as someone sitting in a chair, so you can actually work with her body length, by stretching the legs you create more length (which is something models always seem to love).

But you can also create nice shapes, in this case I went for the triangles, something I love to do with seating models.

But never forget that it’s not always necessary to show the whole chair… close ups can be awesome.

And when you have a model that has some great styling you can play a lot with more poses and maybe even put it into higher gear with some more extreme expressions and positions.

Always remember however that a prop should make sense, there must be some interaction between the model and the prop, it makes no sense to “just do something” in that case simple is best and just leave out the props.