I remember the first time I covered a quinceañera. There were 9 Chambelanes, for those who don’t know Chambelanes are the Escorts for the quinceañera, often helping throughout the day and participating in a traditional waltz dance. Anyways. shooting 9 Chambelanes and one quinceañera is challenging because you don’t have an even number on each side. I didn’t know what I was doing so the photos came out “meh”. Over the months, dare I say years, I have mastered group photography so I am going to share some tips and techniques with you guys. This is useful for both photographers and people who are having events. (I.e. Weddings, Quinces, etc.)

Establish Authority: The Bride or Quinceañera along with the photographer should work together on establishing authority. What I mean by establishing authority is having that command presence of telling people where to stand and how to pose. Most people get comfortable as long as you say somehting that kind of makes sense.
Height Order: If you align the group to height order you usually form a triangle. Triangles are your friends when it comes to putting a group photo together. Always use height order too much mix&match just looks weird.
Have a name for your “go to” poses: I have an infinite amount of names for different poses. Make sure you use names people know or that they can relate to. I’ll list a few you probably know of; “ White girl poses, Charlies angels, Arms crossed, Everybody jump on 3, Gang signs, The bro hug, Sweet victory. These are jsut some ideas and it usually gets people going!