Portrait Photography

Chapter 1 The Photographer I fweweretotakealookatsomeofthetruegreatportrait photographers,withaparticularviewastothewaythat they ...

qualitiesareworthdevelopinginordertocreatethecorrect environmentandambienceforthesittertofeelateaseand comfortableintheportraitu ...

betweentheartistandtheclient.Withthisphilosophyand approachthephotographerwillsetabouteachshootina differentwaytothelast.Aphotog ...

phone,itcreatesanimpressionofapproachabilityandgood nature. Theysaythatapersonwillmakeuptheirmindaboutyou withinthefirstfiveseco ...

Ifchildrenarepartoftheshoot,theyshouldbemadeto feel asimportant asthe adults;the photographer should communicateattheirlevelandp ...

have a successful shoot, and playing games and engaging with the child should make this easier. Image taken in the studio. Paint ...

shoot, variety in posesis also importantsoas to create interest and keep up the energy in the shoot. Theactualshootingtime foran ...

Theshootshouldstartwithsomerelaxedimages;placing theclientinanaturallycomfortableposeisagoodstarting point.Suggesttotheclienttha ...

ENDING THE SHOOT Towardstheendoftheshoottheclientmustfeelthatthe photographerhasdeliveredwhattheyhaverequested,and the photograp ...

The theme running throughout thephotographic process from the initial meeting to the end result is that the photographer needs t ...

Masterclass DEVELOPING YOUR OWN STYLE TO SET YOU APART W hen contemplatingbecomingaprofessionalportrait photographer,attheoutset ...

Drawingfromothercreativeformsofartcanalsomotivate youto moveyourworkina particulardirection.Genres suchasfashion,musicandartarec ...

Aswithallartforms,stylesinportraitphotographynever staystaticandyourstyleshouldberedefinedperiodically, asyouwillultimatelybecom ...

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Chapter 2 The Camera A s a minimum requirement for quality portrait photography,thephotographershouldideallyhavethe use of a DSL ...

showsupinawkwardplaceslikeeyelashesandhair,this canbearathertime-consumingaffair.Somecamerasnow alsohaveaself-cleanmodethatisexe ...

thechanceofitcorruptinganyinformationthatmaybe stored on it. DIGITAL IMAGE FILE FORMATS Firstyouwillneedtodecide whichimagefilef ...

RAWs RAWfilesarethosewherealloftheinformationneededto producean image istaken untouchedand uncompressed fromthecamerasensor.As a ...

Can be high, medium or low resolution. Acompresseddata fileproducedby the information given in the camera. Lossy (some informat ...

Eachpixelisabletorecordtheinformationofoneofthe channels,eitherR,GorB.Thedatafromeachpixelcannot produce the colours independent ...