In this post portrait photographer Christina Dickson tackles the topic of Urban Portraiture. Within the photography world it is commonly expressed that the camera may be used to bridge the gap between people. In my own experience, I never fully realized this truth until this month. This March, I have had the experience of becoming [...]
Time for another weekend Video Tutorial. This one is from Photography Author Erin Manning and contains 10 basic but solid Dos and Don’t for Portrait Photography. Probably a little too much in the way of promoting her book in the video but I post it because there’s some solid (basic… but solid) tips in it [...]
Image by Hel Des When posing a subject, two important questions to ask yourself are: 1. ‘where are they looking?’ 2. ‘what impact does this have on the shot?’ Early in the life of DPS I wrote a series of tutorials looking at the impact that lines can have upon an image. Lines are an [...]
Photo by Sara Heinrichs When taking head shot and upper body portraits of people one simple posing tip that I’ve picked up over the years is to angle the shoulders of your subject rather than to have them even or squared in your shot. While the shoulders might not seem like an important aspect of [...]
Photo by carf “I’m heading to India next week and am looking forward to using my new DSLR. I’m particularly looking forward to photographing the people I come across but am a bit worried about whether I need to ask permission before photographing them in the street or other public places. Any suggestions?” – question [...]
In this post regular DPS forum member clockdoc puts together a great introduction to Catchlights. Also a quick note of credit to jiminyClickit who helped edit the tutorial. Thanks to both of you! – Image above by David Johnson. Catchlights – What are they and why are they important in Portrait Photography? A “catchlight’ is [...]
One of the most helpful tips that I was given in my early days by a friend (and that I pass on regularly) when it comes to photographing children is to give them something to do while you’re photographing them. Photo by Phitar While older children might have the patience to sit still for a [...]
Image by bikeracer There are two main ways of holding a camera when taking an image – vertically or horizontally. These two modes are also often referred to as ‘portrait’ and ‘landscape’ formats. These names give some indication of how people traditionally have formated portraits and landscapes – but is a vertical (or portrait) framing [...]
“Can you help me with a recurring problem I seem to be having in my portrait shots? I’ve noticed lately that I’m getting a lot of shots with some parts of my subject’s face in focus but other parts of their face out of focus. I’m using a Canon DSLR (Rebel) with a 50mm f/1.8 [...]
Photo by Dalla* In a similar way to our previous post on breaking the rule of ‘Active Space’ when photographing moving subjects – a similar technique can be used when photographing people. When taking portraits it is customary to position your subject with more space on the side of their head where they are facing [...]
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