Forum: Photography


Subject: Questions about portraits

gunsan opened this issue on Jan 25, 2002 ยท 11 posts


Slynky posted Fri, 25 January 2002 at 8:30 AM

when thinking about protraits, one must realize that he has as much control over the picture as he/she wants. Lighting, pose, expression, exposure, depth of field, setting etc can be thought about. The choice the photographer makes in each part will determine the outcome of the photograph from simple elements such as lighting style and setting to generate the final mood. there is no right and wrong really with any photograph. The only time something is "wrong" is when the outcome is not what you wanted. Even if it was not what you were looking for, happy accidents are always a welcomed outcome. If that isn't the case either, I guess you can say something was wrong. The real questiong Gunsan is, do YOU like the what came out of this? If so, that can be nothing but good. I personally think your grand daughter is a doll, and that its a very nice portrait. If yer interested in learning a bit about lighting styles for portraits, I'd like to refer you to this link on portrait photograpthy by Alpha and myself. Click the Learning Center button under the Photo Forum anner, and then click the tutorials button that will appear on the right hand bar of the page. There you'll find the portrait lighting link.