Generally you want their part facing the camera so more of their face is included. The reason I shot the hair on both sides (#4 and #5) is because the natural part in a person's hair will lend to one side looking better than the other. All of the other hair positions have their place depending on your model and the look you are trying to achieve. Hair on the shoulders (#1) should be avoided at all costs. There are five different things that they can do with their hair. If the hair sits on their shoulders, then it looks wild and you need to do something with it. The first thing to remember is that hair sitting on the shoulders looks terrible. Let's assume you're doing a basic portrait session without makeup artists and hair stylists. Everyone will look different with their hair a different way. There are no rules as to what looks "best" across the board.
We don't generally think of hair as a part of the body we can control, but you really can! If you are shooting a subject with long hair, then bad hair is going to be the first thing anyone notices about your photo. So how do you do that when the subjects have no experience posing or controlling their face for the camera? Here are seven tips to make your portrait subjects feel like models. A lot of photographers have the job of shooting with everyday people and we need to make them look like models.