Portrait Photography

Manyphotographersusingashallowdepthoffieldfortheir portraiturewillwanttocreateabokehthatispleasingto theeye.Byunderstandinghowth ...

Wide Depth of Field Whenagreaterfocalrangeoftheimageisinfocus,itisa wide depth of field. The higher the ƒ-stop figure (the small ...

Masterclass SHOOTING INSIDE WITH AMBIENT LIGHT S ometimes if a location shoot has been planned, the weathermaynotallowyoutoshoot ...

acutelyawareofanyavailablelightandhowbesttocontrol this to your advantage. Theuseofmodifierssuchasreflectorsanddiffuserswill rea ...

thecorrespondinglighting.Becarefultochangethewhite balancewhenmovingaroundintodifferentlocations,asit will inevitably be variabl ...

Taking Candid Portraits Acandidphotographisanimagethatiscapturedgenerally withoutthesubject’sknowledgeor withouttheir explicit p ...

Fig. 5.13 Egyptian boy. Equipment for candid photography is more suitably lightweight,small and unobtrusiverather than largeand ...

Horse and Owner, Sorrento, Italy. Nikon D2Xs, 50mm prime lens. ...

Chapter 6 Composition W hencomposinganimageincamera,thephotographer has manydifferent aspectsto consider.How they choosetofillth ...

strong sense of good image formation is useful, and understandinghowcertainelementscanevokefeelingsand meanings within an image. ...

whichwecomposecertainimages,especiallyiftheyareto be viewed digitally,or onscreenas so oftenimages are now. Other factorssuch as ...

Simply explained,the rule of thirds is where an image spaceisdividedevenlywithfourlines,twoverticallyand twohorizontally,tocreat ...

background light with honeycomb, Nikon D2Xs and 24–70 lens. Headroom In portraiture the term headroom refers to the space betwee ...

Fig. 6.2 Two images illustrating the difference in space needed for headroom, dependent on the size of the subject within the fr ...

Fig. 6.3 Good composition will always give the viewer’s eyes somewhere to move in the frame. Negative and Positive Space Theposi ...

Toomuchnegativespacecancausetheeyetomovearound theframetoomuch,andthemainfocusoftheimagecan thenbelostwithinthearea;thisissometi ...

Fig. 6.4 Image highlighting positive and negative space within a frame. There should be just enough space to give the image room ...

seem unbalanced and uneven. To counter this, another secondaryelement canbe addedto theframe; of lesser significance,thepurposeo ...

Contrasting Elements Highlighting certain qualities of a person and their personalitycanbeachievedtogreateffectwiththeuseof cont ...

Horizontal lines will by their nature accentuate width, stabilityandpermanence.Theycanaddrhythmtoanimage whenrepeating.Thisrhyth ...