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Tips For Enhancing your Portrait Photography
Today, let's get a little into portrait photography... listed here are two quick strategies for you. Though they might seem minor, they can create a HUGE difference in the effectiveness of your portraits! Who knows, maybe you'll start winning some of the people photo contests!
Today's first tip involves photographing peoples' joints.
No, I'm not referring to marijuana. I'm talking about physical joints like wrists elbows, knees and so on.
Our primary functions like a photographer is to create a portraitee (I believe I just invented a thing) look like they're having the best day EVER! You would like them appearing like millions of bucks!
Not many of us can naturally fall under great poses - a chance to look comfortable in front of the camera is the reason why professional models make the a lot of money.
Among the fastest methods to ruin that "best ever" look is to make them look stiff and uncomfortable. Our joints play a huge factor in whether we glance stiff and uncomfortable - or natural and flowing. This is a guideline for you personally...
Tip #1... If it can bend, allow it to bend!
Bend the elbows, the knees, the wrists, tilt the head, shoulders and so on.
Just for fun, try taking a photo using the person just standing there, shoulders straight to the camera, feet together, knees straight and so forth. Stiff? Without a doubt!
If you aren't trying to shoot a photograph of the soldier standing at attention... this will NEVER be the best pose!
Now shoot the same subject with as many joints bent as you possibly can. Twist shoulders, tilt the top, slightly bend the elbows (not every the best way to 90 degrees), put one foot behind the other and rest the load onto it (this alters the angle from the hips) and so on...
I believe you will see a huge improvement!
Take a couple of minutes and check out portraits done by top photographers and i believe you'll be hard pressed to locate an unbent joint!
Along those self same lines...
Tip #2 is... If there's two of these, don't make them exactly the same!
With two of them, I am talking about two hands, wrists, elbows, shoulders as well as on and on.
Keep in mind, we've two ears and 2 eyes too, so inside a portrait, tilt the head so that the eyes and ears aren't on the same level.
Tilt shoulders for the same reason!
These two tips may seem a bit obvious, but it is amazing how few hobbyist photographers focus on them. It's this which make the main difference! For more information, check out the links within the authors resource box!
