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5 MORE Tips To Add Interest To Your Portraits

I thought today I’d finish off the portrait tips I posted at the beginning of the week. Once again I’m not going into much detail, the purpose of this post is just to give a taster of different techniques and to get your own creative juices pumping. This is all about giving a twist or a bit of spice to your portraits.

6. Camera Position
Experiment with your camera at different heights in relation to your subject(s) to get a different point of view. Shooting from a low or high perspective is also a great way to adding leading lines into a shot.

threehundredandthirtythree by Simon Pollock (gtvone)

7. Eyes
A good pair of eyes can make a portrait, they can convey so much and hide so little. Play with eye contact between lens and subject but also try portraits where your subjects attention is elsewhere maybe looking away from camera.

Girl and Dolly by Louise Turner (Susan & her 5d)

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Sunday, January 25th, 2009 General, Tutorials 3 Comments

5 Quick Tips To Add Interest To Your Portraits

Today I thought I’d pen out some quick tips which may give you some ideas to add variety into your portraits. Traditional portraits have their place but sometimes something a bit more creative or with a twist can have much more impact. Some of the examples I’ve used are self-portraits but the idea could equally apply to shooting other people. I’ve not really gone into much detail, I’m hoping that this post serves as more a spark of inspiration more than an in-depth guide.

1. Selective Framing and Cropping
Experiment with framing the shot so only part of your subject is revealed. This adds a bit of mystery and intrigue. You could also maybe stray from faces altogether and take pictures of just someone’s hands of feet.