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Portraits
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What you need to shoot
You need to shoot three different compositions:
A long shot – The whole of the person
A medium shot – Waist up
A close-up – Just face and neck
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Location
You should think about the location you take your picture in
What is the lighting like?
What is the background like?
Where the model is looking?
What pose the model should have?
Where the model should be looking?
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Take more
Take more than 3 shots. Try a range of shots and pick the best later on.
Take your time
Talk to your model
Get the eyes in focus
Try and get off the automatic setting
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This portrait follows the rule of thirds with the hands and nose of the model sitting on the right hand third.
It has been taken very close to the model to blur the background
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There is good eye contact on this mid shot.
It has strong side lighting coming in from the left of the picture
The background is simple so that the focus remains on the model.
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This picture uses a more interesting background
There is clear eye contact wide the model
A small depth of field has been used again so the background and the models hand are not in focus and do not distract you from the models face.
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