The speaker’s voice had a strong love for both photography and yoga. “To be honest, I really like taking pictures of yoga,” they said. It was evident in their speech how much they enjoyed taking pictures of yoga’s calm but vibrant attitude. Through yoga photography, they can express more than just ordinary visual art; they can convey a tale and convey the intricacy of emotion and grace of movement in a single shot. The skilled and informed speaker want to impart their photography knowledge to others.

They went on, “incorporating movement and capturing raw emotion within the images,” and as they described their process, their excitement level increased. Their images captured a unique tale of power, balance, and reflection—a symphony of fluidity, grace, and vulnerability in yoga. The speaker brought up the topic and the photographer’s serene dancing, which produced colourful pictures.

“I would love to share a few things that I have learned along the way!” was one of their writings that even shown eagerness. They gave off the impression of encouraging others to go on this photography journey with them and discover how to capture the challenging positions and ephemeral silence of yoga. Desire to spread information resulted in

Recognise your client’s goals and objectives

This is an essential component in organising any kind of picture session, not just yoga ones. It’s important that you get to know your customer personally and comprehend their goals and vision for the picture session. I always know exactly what my client wants me to take before I start a shoot. I always ask my clients to provide me a vision or moodboard before the picture session; if they are unable to do so, I will often get on the phone to talk about it.

Using Pinterest or an application like Canva to make a presentation are excellent ways to create moodboards. When talking with your client about the vision, you should find out what they would like to have photographed (for instance, if the client is a clothing company, you should find out if they need full body shots, close-up/detail shots, front and back, etc.), as well as the type of location they would like (studio/e-comm photoshoot, on location backdrop, etc.). Understanding the vibe and appearance of the site is crucial if it’s a location shot as it may make or break the outcome! Moodboards are a great tool to share with each other in this situation since they make it extremely easy to comprehend the vibe they are going for.

Make a pose plan!

In order to ensure a seamless photography and avoid leaving clients with unphotographed positions, I always ask my customers who are doing yoga-specific photoshoots to provide a list of postures they would want me to capture, either in writing or visually. Additionally, if you have some extra light to work with, I will have a list of postures that I know how to capture nicely on camera.

Use the light and angles creatively.

When taking photos of yoga poses, you really want to be sure of the angle you’re shooting from. For instance, a lot of the static positions you’ll be taking photos of should be shot from directly in front of the subject so you can see their placement clearly. View the images above for an illustration of this!

This is your time to experiment with postures that complement the lighting, if you are fortunate enough to have any sunshine in your photos.

Remember to take those close-up pictures.

Close-ups are a great way to bring emotion and feel to a photograph, and they look stunning when placed next to more distant or full-length images in yoga photoshoots. You may experiment with placing your model’s hands on their chest, in the air, or over their head. Over the years, I’ve discovered that hands bring such a lovely and graceful element to the pictures.

I hope these pointers are useful to you! I’m excited to see what you come up with, so please share them with me.