Portrait Photography

(Darren Dugan) #1

canbeto certainstimuli.Forexample,howdoyou feel
whensomebodytalksdowntoyou?Threatened?Insecure?
Ifaphotographertalkstoachildinthiswayofcoursethe
child is not going to respond in a positive way to them.


Sothefirst responsewhena childwalksintothestudio
wouldbetogetdowntotheirleveltocommunicate,bethat
verbally or non-verbally; it is much more familiar and
reassuring for a child to interact with someone at eye level.


Fig. 3.7
Newborn image.
Image taken at the client’s house. 1 Elinchrome
500 head, octagonal softbox, Nikon D2XS and
24–70 lens.

Some children will of course be very confident in this
situation; others will be a little more apprehensive, and

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