10 Ways to Take Stunning Portraits


	10 Ways to Take Stunning Portraits
infidel70
3-2-2009 8:28 PM
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infidel70 says:
Very good tips
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3-3-2009 3:17 PM
sparlingphoto
Good clip, infidel70...BTW been meaning to ell ya, I love your nick! Photo's great too!
3-4-2009 4:11 PM
Richclips777
Good clip! If you're gonna make it...make it special. Very simple and helpful hints.
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Alter Your Perspective</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digital-photography-school.com/10-ways-to-take-stunning-portraits">changing the angle that you shoot from can give your portrait a real WOW factor</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digital-photography-school.com/10-ways-to-take-stunning-portraits"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/digital-photography-school.com/img/84D9B93F-916D-4085-B1B4-EEDD700B5506" alt="portrait-high-perspective.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digital-photography-school.com/10-ways-to-take-stunning-portraits">get as close to the ground as you can and shoot up</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digital-photography-school.com/10-ways-to-take-stunning-portraits"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/digital-photography-school.com/img/0118A684-8388-41C3-B7CA-1FFC92297CD9" alt="portrait-low-perspective.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digital-photography-school.com/10-ways-to-take-stunning-portraits"><H3>2. Play with Eye Contact</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digital-photography-school.com/10-ways-to-take-stunning-portraits">A. Looking off camera</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digital-photography-school.com/10-ways-to-take-stunning-portraits"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/digital-photography-school.com/img/2DAC717E-0045-4E87-8290-0B8F9F055637" alt="portrait-off-camera.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digital-photography-school.com/10-ways-to-take-stunning-portraits">B. Looking within the frame</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digital-photography-school.com/10-ways-to-take-stunning-portraits"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/digital-photography-school.com/img/DC1A48CD-8C7F-4CA0-BAAA-EA7590A86535" alt="portrait-eyes.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digital-photography-school.com/10-ways-to-take-stunning-portraits"><H3>3. Break the Rules of Composition</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digital-photography-school.com/10-ways-to-take-stunning-portraits">creative placement with your subject right on the edge of a shot</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digital-photography-school.com/10-ways-to-take-stunning-portraits"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/digital-photography-school.com/img/A799E217-C593-4F20-B794-8CCD83C80EB0" alt="portrait-composition.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digital-photography-school.com/10-ways-to-take-stunning-portraits"> <A href="http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/give-your-subject-space-to-look-into/">give your subject room to look into</A>.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digital-photography-school.com/10-ways-to-take-stunning-portraits"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/digital-photography-school.com/img/AAE1D8A7-FC47-4F7A-9805-D8604E20EA75" alt="portrait-composition-rules.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digital-photography-school.com/10-ways-to-take-stunning-portraits"><H3>4. Experiment with Lighting</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digital-photography-school.com/10-ways-to-take-stunning-portraits"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/digital-photography-school.com/img/BD124A65-F758-4D72-BA37-54B445F6C652" alt="portrait-lighting.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digital-photography-school.com/10-ways-to-take-stunning-portraits"> like <A href="http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/slow-sync-flash/">slow synch flash</A> </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digital-photography-school.com/10-ways-to-take-stunning-portraits"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/digital-photography-school.com/img/A028912F-4628-4B24-957B-14963164FC57" alt="Portrait-Slow-Sync-Flash" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digital-photography-school.com/10-ways-to-take-stunning-portraits"><H3>5. Move Your Subject Out of their Comfort Zone</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digital-photography-school.com/10-ways-to-take-stunning-portraits"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/digital-photography-school.com/img/350783FF-E879-4FDC-9704-B6597A318079" alt="portrait-comfort-zone.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digital-photography-school.com/10-ways-to-take-stunning-portraits"><H3>6. Shoot Candidly</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digital-photography-school.com/10-ways-to-take-stunning-portraits"> this can particularly work when photographing children</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digital-photography-school.com/10-ways-to-take-stunning-portraits"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/digital-photography-school.com/img/E9B446F7-087B-4042-BE53-5A8195D41049" alt="portrait-candid.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digital-photography-school.com/10-ways-to-take-stunning-portraits"><H3>7. Introduce a Prop</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digital-photography-school.com/10-ways-to-take-stunning-portraits"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/digital-photography-school.com/img/F0EB9023-521A-4532-A60E-3524B1FD3DF7" alt="portrait-prop.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digital-photography-school.com/10-ways-to-take-stunning-portraits"><H3>8. Focus Upon One Body Part - Get Close Up</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digital-photography-school.com/10-ways-to-take-stunning-portraits">a person’s hands, eyes, mouth or even just their lower body…</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digital-photography-school.com/10-ways-to-take-stunning-portraits"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/digital-photography-school.com/img/BF0751E6-70F0-416F-98EB-99E3B5246D24" alt="portrait-close up.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digital-photography-school.com/10-ways-to-take-stunning-portraits"><H3>9. Obscure Part of your Subject</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digital-photography-school.com/10-ways-to-take-stunning-portraits"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/digital-photography-school.com/img/7299B435-A619-4301-8E5B-AC7E23AFC6E8" alt="portrait-obscure.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digital-photography-school.com/10-ways-to-take-stunning-portraits"><H3>10. Take a Series of Shots</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digital-photography-school.com/10-ways-to-take-stunning-portraits"><P>Switch your camera into ‘burst’ or ‘continuous shooting’ mode and fire off more than one shot at a time.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digital-photography-school.com/10-ways-to-take-stunning-portraits"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/digital-photography-school.com/img/8F4C0DBC-2B16-4B5C-9143-32050A84C546" alt="portrait-continuous shooting.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digital-photography-school.com/10-ways-to-take-stunning-portraits">You can read the 2nd half of this series at <A href="http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/tips-portrait-photography/">10 More Tips for Stunning Portrait Photography</A>.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digital-photography-school.com/10-ways-to-take-stunning-portraits">check out <A href="http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/what-the-mona-lisa-can-teach-you-about-taking-great-portraits/">What the Mona Lisa Can Teach You About Taking Great Portraits</A></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/C2E57D0A-C535-4054-80BB-261808080576/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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