Let’s continue talking about portrait… refer to part 1 if needed, but this piece can be read as stand-alone. It is mostly my attempt to make sense of my own processes.
Also, you have to forgive my english, I can convey only so much in a second language…
How does one improve in portrait photography? Where do we start? Let’s start from the beginning…
Imagine that you have to take a portrait of a stranger. You have your lights and camera set. A stranger sits in front of you. What do you do?
You start with an introduction.
Introduction into Portrait Session
No matter who your subject is — a friend, family member, a celebrity or a complete stranger, — they will feel much better if you introduce to them what you actually try achieve during your portrait session.
Many people solely rely on their technic or ability to record things visually without actually involving their subject and themselves fully in the act of taking a portrait. But it makes the most boring “generic” portrait there is. I don’t even consider this type of work a portrait.
Unless your subject is wholly determined to pour itself for your camera(and mind you, even models often won’t) — you end up with a picture that does not…
