placed pillow, plant, column, or tall grass can help you to achieve a
much more flattering portrait of a client. When seniors bring in per-
sonal props, like trophies, sporting equipment, or collectibles, you
can use them to soften the outline of the subject’s body if weight is
at all an issue. As they say, out of sight, out of mind.Outdoors.Outdoor photography offers so many options, and
many photographers just don’t take advantage of them. I see pho-
tographers working at locations where they produce images that
could have been created in the studio with a green screen!
Most photographers think in terms of subject and background—
reducing a three-dimensional world into a two-dimensional one. Let
HIPS AND THIGHS 83Simple obstructions, like the back of a chair,
can be used to conceal any part of the body
that you don’t want seen in the portrait.