How to Take Excellent Portrait Photos

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	How to Take Excellent Portrait Photos
n2sooners
4-28-2009 12:12 AM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/c8d69b85-6620-46bb-8fb4-d8b92ef7e2d9/F0626151-E515-49E9-82B7-0FB901F24CE3/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/04/how-to-take-excellent-portrait-photos/" href="http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/04/how-to-take-excellent-portrait-photos/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.webdesignerdepot.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/04/how-to-take-excellent-portrait-photos/"><P><A href="http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/04/how-to-take-excellent-portrait-photos/" bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" linkindex="6"><IMG height="?" width="?" alt="Screenshot" src="http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/wp-content/uploads/portrait_photography/portrait_photography.jpg" class="alignleft" /></A>Simply put, <STRONG>a portrait is</STRONG> <STRONG>a representation of a person</STRONG>.They usually focus on a person’s face, mood and expression.</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://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/04/how-to-take-excellent-portrait-photos/"><H2>How to Take a Portrait
</H2></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://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/04/how-to-take-excellent-portrait-photos/"><H3>1) Choosing the Right Background</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://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/04/how-to-take-excellent-portrait-photos/"><H3>2) Focus on the Eyes</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://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/04/how-to-take-excellent-portrait-photos/"><H3>3) Lighting, Lighting and more 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://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/04/how-to-take-excellent-portrait-photos/"><H3>4) Positioning and Angles</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://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/04/how-to-take-excellent-portrait-photos/"><H2>How to Take a Self Portrait</H2></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://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/04/how-to-take-excellent-portrait-photos/"><H3>1) The Camera</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://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/04/how-to-take-excellent-portrait-photos/"><H3>2) Coming to Terms with the 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://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/04/how-to-take-excellent-portrait-photos/"><H3>3) Editing your Photo
</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://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/04/how-to-take-excellent-portrait-photos/"><H2>How to Take a Black and White Photo
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