Techniques for photographing people
Techniques for photographing people

Techniques for photographing people

It is often said that a picture is worth a thousand words. What an understatement, particularly with regard to the portrait. In it's simplest form a portrait is a likeness just as on a passport, it reveals nothing but the distinguishing features of a face. At a deeper level however a portrait can reveal much more. It can show emotion or tell us something about the life of a person, what they do, what they like, how they live and who or what they would like to be. Let's begin!


Photographing Couples

29 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments The_Camden

Pictures of two people together offer interesting opportunities and some challenges for photographers. In such pictures, what is often and fundamentally required is that the relationship between the two people is revealed in the photograph. They coul...

Photographing Individuals

28 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments The_Camden

Portraits of Individuals offer the photographer a range of creative opportunities. Depending on the approach taken, the photographer can photograph an emotion or look, in a studio picture; can tell something about the individual in an environmental p...