Portrait photo technique part 2

• What needs to be considered while outdoor photos or outdoors?
When taking pictures outdoors, consider the situation that a background image. Choose trees, flowers, wooden fences, or walls of the house as a backdrop. Do not take a photo with a busy background activities such as roads, power cord, or the business and busy. This can reduce the beauty of your shot. Remember your subject in a portrait photograph is the person you want to photograph it and not the background.

• What needs to be considered when an image is indoor or indoors?
If you take photos indoors, you can allow your photograph subject to sit in a chair or sofa placed in front of a brightly colored wall or near indoor plants You also can set background images depict the work and favorite activities of the subjects that you photograph. For example you can put a desk or sewing equipment as a backdrop.

• what is the appropriate lens for portrait photos?
You can use the lens between 105 to 150 mm to take portrait photographs. If you can not change or adjust your camera lens, such as a pocket camera (pocket cameras) you can set the distance between you and the subject to be photographed. Try closer to or away from the subject until you get the most precise image positioning.

• How did the exact composition of the photo?
You can leave a little distance from the subject that you photograph to the side of the image. This distance is useful if you want to create a frame for the image so it will not cut off part of your subjects that you photograph. Then position the subject's face or eyes from your photos in an area of ​​approximately one third of the top or side or bottom of your photo. In the science of photography, this technique is known as the rule of thirds. You also can make the eyes of the subject of the photo in the center of your photo.

• What about the position and attitude of the subject of the photo?
Make sure your photo subject in the relaxed position, either while standing, sitting, or lying down. If the face is too round, ask the subject of your photo to slightly rotate the head or body so that only part of his face exposed to light. This will make the face more slender. Note the position of other bodies, like arms and legs. Make sure the position of the body in a natural position or natural. Try for subjects that you photograph holding something or perform a natural pose. Do not let your hands straight down beside the body. This is often done novice photographers, but will make the subject look stiff in the photos.

• How do I take pictures of the subject mate?
Ask them to tilt your head slightly to one another. This is to avoid those same heads high. Try putting one person's nose high at a height of other people's eyes.



 
• What about lighting?
If you take photos outdoors (outdoor), the best time is in the afternoon, because the air is calm and warm light color looks better. Avoid the sun is too hot so that makes the eyes of the subject of your photo become too narrow due to glare. If the sun is too hot, positioned for the sun shining from behind the subject of your photo. Indeed, this will cause his face darkened by the shadow of the sun shining from behind. You can use the flash or the flash or the flash to illuminate the area that became the shadow of the sun. You also can use a reflector or the easiest to use white boards to reflect sunlight into the shadow of the sun. If taking pictures indoors (indoor), use the flash for illumination. You also can take pictures in the window that has brighter lighting. Do this in an area that has a white or light colored wall, because it will reflect light from your camera flash so that further strengthen the lighting.

Portrait photo technique part 1

• How do I make someone smile at the camera? 

Make sure your photo subject in good condition or mood to be photographed. Suppose you want to make a photograph of a child, then make sure that he is not in a state tired or hungry. Also make sure your photo subject is not in a state tired of having to make the face and eyes become more tense. You can amemberikan little time to rest or enjoy a light meal before the session starts shooting. By giving the breaks break while enjoying a snack, you'll build a better interaction with the subject of your photo. Be friendly and talk with him which will help him more relaxed. But do not make the situation funny until the subject is to laugh uproariously. Because this can make the eyes became crossed, and create blood flow in the face more. Try taking pictures with facial expressions vary. The more images you create, the more chance to obtain the best photographs that display the character that person. 

• How to handle people who use glasses? 

Glasses can cause reflection of light and create glare. Therefore you can see from the viewfinder or LCD screen on your camera, whether there is a disturbing reflection of light. If it turns out there is the reflection of light on the subject of your glasses photos, you can ask him to move his head slowly to the reflection of light is lost from the midpoint of his eyes. You also can ask for slightly bowed his head, but be careful to avoid creases in the chin if too down. 

• What about clothing and appearance? 

If you will take a group picture, note also the color of clothing. Use the colors pleasing to the eye. Or you can also ask them to use the same color. If you will take a photo of someone, the color of clothing is also worth noting. If you want to photograph somebody big, then she should use a dark colored clothing. Conversely, if the subject you are underweight or small, then ask him to use light-colored clothing. Then make sure the clothes do not wrinkle when photographed. If the person is using a necktie, consider whether his tie is straight and neat. Then make sure his hair was neat. Your eyes may not be able to notice any hairs that came out and disturbing, but the camera lens would catch him clearly. Then if you'll take a picture of a woman, you can pay attention to the make-up used was appropriate.