Posing for Portrait Photography

the catchlights. If the camera position is too high to make this pos-
sible, I position my face on the main-light side of the camera, never
beneath it and never to the shadow side of it. Both would decrease
the catchlights.
With my face directly to the side the camera, the eyes appear to
be looking directly into the lens, even though the subject is actually
looking at me. When looking from the side of the camera, a com-
mon mistake that my new photographers make is getting their face
too far from the camera. This makes the eyes of the subject appear
to be looking off-camera—which is fine if that is the intention and
not a mistake.

44 POSING FOR PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY

Usually, I position my face directly over the

camera and have the subject make eye con-

tact with me. This puts the eyes in a slightly

upward position, increasing the appearance

of the catchlights.

A common mistake that my new

photographers make is getting

their face too far from the camera.