A Filipino tour guide demonstrated to visitors how they could strike beautiful poses.

Footage shows local Ralph John Cortez sitting on the edge of their boat and then leaning backwards while placing both hands on his slightly folded legs in Palawan, the Philippines on November 3.

Ralph John sparked laughter among the holidaymakers as he taught them different stances that would look good in photographs.

The guide repeated the same posture, puffing out his chest and sitting on the railing before doing the kneeling pose.

Tourist Catherine Ciano said: 'The first time we met him, he was already passionate about diving and asked us to pose for him so he could take pictures of us.

'We were delighted and seized the opportunity. We were shocked to see how naturally he could strike those poses, so I asked if I could take a video of him, and he said yes.'