Wednesday, July 30, 2008

How to improve your Portrait Photography


Do you want to improve your portrait photography? I know I do. Problogger has picked up 19 tutorials from his archives and shared them with his readers. We will be able to learn lessons on the following:

- 10 Tips to Take Stunning Portraits
- Give Your Subject Space to Look Into
- How to Photograph People When Traveling
- Asking Permission to Photograph People
- How to Take Environmental Portraits
- What the Mona Lisa Can Teach You about Portraits
- Posing Tips - Shoulders
- Posing - Waistlines, Thighs and Bustlines
- Where is Your Subject Looking & Why it Matters
- What Clothes to Wear in Portraits

and the rest. For details, read them all here, How to Take Portraits - 19 Portrait Photography Tutorials

4 comments:

  1. Don't let your subject stand under bright sunlight to prevent him or her from squinting.

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  2. Anonymous8:58 AM

    Mockingbird has got a good tip there..:)

    Thanks for sharing this Happysurfer. I am currently going thru some tutorials on DSLR too..so many things to learn and remember.

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  3. MB, that is great advice. Too often we see pictures of subjects squinting under the sun. Thanks for sharing that tip.

    MBL, so true - so many things to learn and remember. More so for a beginner like me. LOL!

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  4. You're most welcome :)

    i think it's imporant to keep your subjects in a relaxed mood too so that he or she would not strike an un-natural pose ;)

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