Articles about Portrait Photography

Read more photographic Articles about Portrait Photography. Articles provided by Professional Imagemaker magazine, a publication for photographers who are members of the Societies.

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Norman Phillips - Thoughts on low key portraiture
What goes around come around! For quite a few years we have seen a preponderance of stylish high key, dreamy images and have indeed published a couple of articles on the subject ourselves. Low key seems to be on the way back at the moment and so it is timely to look at the technique and its methods.
Norman Phillips - The power of low key
My first venture into creating images was as a child when I used lead pencils. Using the full range of leads from HB through 7B, I was at a young age, able to create images that had an almost 3D appearance. Whether it was sheer talent or skilled observance I cannot be sure, but those drawings drew highly complementary reactions from all that viewed them. But there is no doubt that I developed a skill of seeing light early and translated it with my pencils.
Physiognomy PORTRAITURE and the Study of the Human Face
As photographic portraitists we must be aware of the wide variety of controlling factors present in the simple, classic or traditional, head and shoulder portrait process.
Rule of Thirds by Mark Laurie FSWPP
The rule of thirds has always been a powerful composition guide in art
Seven Simple Ideas Worth Knowing
Here are some thoughts on quick and easy digital exposure, contrast and color balance with simple aids and devices
Soft on Skin Texture – soft on the causes of skin texture!
The “smoothing” of skin tones, particularly for the female portrait, is a topic that is covered patchily in the literature.
What's your key?
If you think about the key in which you want to create your portraits and wedding pictures and you want to develop a consistency in style then you need to decide on one or the other and also because your market niche requires you to be different from your supposed competition
Fine Art Reproduction
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