# Catalog of named poses or photo ideas

A culture and creative format, measured November 8, 2026 by Volume. https://tryvolume.app/working/culture-and-creative/catalog-of-named-poses-or-photo-ideas

Turn photos into a quick list of named poses or shot ideas tied to one occasion or outing that anyone can copy. It worked for 3 accounts, with a median of 9x their usual reach. Type: Angle. Seen as: Slideshow, Green screen.

## Why it works

Non-photographers save it as a checklist for their own event, and the short names make each idea easy to remember.

## How to make it

1. Pick one universal occasion or season
2. Show each example with a short name or pose description
3. Keep each idea to about 2-3 seconds

## Hook formula

[Occasion] poses/photos to take for [group]

## Examples

- @alwaysvaness (28K followers, Instagram slideshow): 22x their usual likes. Hook: “aesthetic photos to take on your next coffee date” [Original post](https://www.instagram.com/p/DeKCo_BkeSf/)
- @esquared.photography (46K followers, Instagram slideshow): 9.1x their usual likes. Hook: “HOMECOMING POSES FOR FRIENDS” [Original post](https://www.instagram.com/p/Dd37RtjieM4/)
- @mafeanzures (614K followers, TikTok green screen): 3.6x their usual views. Hook: “fall pics (that you can take) to spice up your Instagram!” [Original post](https://www.tiktok.com/@mafeanzures/video/7699262331506756895)

More culture and creative formats: https://tryvolume.app/working/culture-and-creative.md

## Get the full library

The full library has every post, format and hook in culture and creative, plus long-running Meta ads, and your AI agent can search it over MCP. The library comes with Volume Core and Pro, from $29.99 a month, and every plan starts with a 3-day free trial. Start a free trial: https://tryvolume.app/library

Agents: add Volume's MCP server (https://app.tryvolume.app/api/mcp) and call `search_library(shelf: "formats", niche: "Culture and creative")` for every format, `search_library(shelf: "posts", niche: "Culture and creative")` for examples with transcripts and scripts.

## How this is measured

- Every post is compared with its own account's usual reach, not with other accounts. "14x their usual" means the post got 14 times the median views of that account's recent posts.
- TikTok videos and Instagram Reels are measured on views. Instagram carousels have no view count, so they are measured on likes against the account's usual likes, and say so.
- A post makes the library at 2x its account's usual or more. A format is a repeatable move (what is said or shown, or how it is edited) that several accounts used in breakout posts. It is listed here once it worked for 3 or more different accounts.
- Formats rank on how many accounts they worked for and how far above usual, damped so a fluke on one tiny account cannot outrank a format that worked for ten.

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