Artistic portrait photography is an art that is not available to everyone. In order to get a really beautiful and artistic portrait in photography, you need to be able to correctly frame the frame, observing the rules of composition, excluding everything unnecessary from the frame and leaving only the most important. In addition to correct framing and composition, the emotional component is very important in the portrait - it must convey certain feelings and emotions to the audience, the personality of the person depicted should be felt in the portrait.
Instructions
Step 1
If you are shooting a person's face in close-up, always focus on the eyes - the eyes reflect all the feelings and all the personality traits of the person, and how well you show the eyes in a portrait photo depends on how good the portrait itself will be.
Step 2
Shooting close-up portraits is the most difficult thing - you need to focus on the advantages of appearance and hide skin imperfections, remove asymmetry, think over the correct angle and head turn. Correct focus is very important in face photography - it is best to focus the lens on the pupils. Pay attention to the person's hairstyle - it should harmoniously fit into the composition, and not spoil it.
Step 3
Much more often than such close-ups, there are portrait photos in which the image of a person is given on the shoulders. Such portraits are less intimate and more social, they already show some accessories, items of clothing, and in these photos you also need to show the expressiveness of the shoulders. Trim your shoulders along the collarbone line, framing the shot. Never cut off the top of a person's head and place the camera at eye level.
Step 4
If the photo is even larger, and includes the head and chest, you will further distance yourself from the inner world of the person in the photo. Pay attention to the eyes, which are still very important, as well as the position of the head and hands. Pay special attention to the expressiveness of the hands and fingers. Consider the placement of your hands in the frame so that they look beautiful and graceful in the photo.
Step 5
The next type of portrait, in which the distance with the model is even more pronounced, is the half-length portrait. In such a portrait, gestures are very important - do not cut off the limbs in the photo at the joints, mask the hip joint with clothes, choose a suitable pose for the model.
Step 6
The portrait looks even more dynamic in which the legs of the model are visible. Shoot with the camera at chin level and crop under the knees. Avoid unnatural postures that distort the composition, such as raising your arms up.
Step 7
The largest portrait can be called a full-length shot. You show a complete and complete image of a person, and here pay attention to his general silhouette, his posture, mood, how the person's legs and arms are turned. The whole pose should be subordinated to one harmonious image.
