Photographing a human sometimes it can be a very difficult thing because
along his image is trying to capture his personality.
There are some common mistakes thatcan be done at the shooting
and it's very easy to avoid them
Let's see some of them
- SHOOTING A PORTRAIT WITH A WIDE ANGLE LENS
How many times have you heared "the photographer made me look fat"
To photograph a portrait the ideal lenses are the tele lenses, from 50mm
to 70 or the best at 85
The telelenses have the ability to flatern the face an make it look better
and the wide angle lenses will distort the face and make it look bigger
It is ok to use a 35mm or 50mm lens but if you want to go closer you have to shoot with
85mm lens and more
18mm 1/1250sec f6.3
55mm 1/1250sec f6.3
- THE LENS DID NOT FOCUSED IN THE EYE
"The eyes reflect's the soul of aa person" it is a phrase that we hear quite often
and it is a rule when photographing a portrait. This mean that you have to
focus in the eyes everytime you shoot a portrait
NOTE:
If the persons head is tilted, focus on the closest eye to you
an try to avoid showing the white part of the eye, so ask from the model
to look at the spot that the nose is pointing
- SHOOTING AT THE WRONG TIME OF THE DAY
As you probably might know, the best time for photoshoting is when the sun is low
like in the down or the sunset.
The light is softer and in a low position, in adition with the midday when the sun is on
his highet position, then we have harsh shaddows and the model can not open her eyes
properly
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Shooting at the right time it can lead us to an amazing result, also the colors of the sky
and the white ballance will be different
4.BAD USE OF FLASH
Shooting with flash is one more hard situation and it needs attention.
Out biggest concern is not to have hars shaddows on the face, for this we need
a bigger light source or some kind o a diffuser to soften the light
It is better also to use an off camera flash
Notice: if you do not have an of camera flash and you are using the on camera
flash, put a piece of papper like an A4 sheet to soften the ligh and go a bit further
from the model, (Arround 4-5 meters)
200mm f2.8 1/200sec | Flash on camera right with a 170cm umbrella
5.SHOOTING FROM THE WRONG ANGLE
The hight from where you shoot is one more impostant thing.
The safest position of the camera is right bellow the model's eye level
Many people are shooting from a very low position, but this can show the double chin effect
if there is and inside the modelas nose, but if we shoot from a higher possition we will make
our model look shorter
But with practice we can break the rules and shoot from any position we want and make it
also look flatering
In fashion photography we shoot many times from a lower level, so to make the models
look taller than they arem but also needs practice, or if you go higher, try to catch the eyes
- WRONG APERTURE SETTINGS
The rule is simple. The smallest the number of the aperture (this means bigger aperture and more light comming in)
the more bokeh (blured abckground) you have, shollower depth of field. When shooting portrait try to have shollow depth of field and try to focus in the eyes.
Using showllow depth of field you can also remove distractions from the background
- WRONG CHOICE OF BACKGROUND
And at last the bavckground, we need to find a cleanbackground with less distraction
to make our model pop up!
Also try to avoid trees or signs comming out from the head, it will look akward
NOTICE: To get better results try to use lenses with big aperture like f2.8 or even better f1,8 an f1.4
Blurring the background we removed the trash bin on the background
THat's all, I will try to post a lesson every week
I hope that you liked it
Lesson every week- very good, nice idea, thank you.
:)
This is great info, I'm no professional photographer, but I do dabble with my iPhone - the camera is surprisingly good. I'll try to apply some of this knowledge to my photo "skills"... Thanks for sharing your insight and Merry Christmas! 🎄
Thank you!
I saw many people shooting with an iphone and having photos much better that photographers with high end cameras!! Sometimes it is the eye and not the camera!
Merry Christmas to you too!!
Very Very Useful Tips @manthostsakirid ...
Thank you for sharing and a big thumbs up for photography
Thank you so much Raja!
This is one of the best article on portrait photography. I loved this article. So much to learn while clicking portraits. You're a very talented photographer. Hope to see such incredible article's. Merry Christmas. Have a good one :)
Thank you very much!!
I will do my best! Merry Christmas!!
Awesome photographer has been very nice thanks to give you such a beautiful photo in front of us
Thank you! i will try to do my best every day!
Merry Christmas!
This is the best instruction I've read. Thank you for such a post.
Thank you! I will try to make more!
THAT'S VERY USEFUL , i always mess up my shots ;D , and btw the model looks stunning ^
Thanks a lot Jessica! I hope that i helped! At least a bit!
this is amazing truly i am photographer and i loved it .. this is very help ful thanks for sharing love it ad expecting more
Thank you! i am happy about that!!
Man you rock.
S eyxaristw!!
The photos are dazzling
Thank you!!!
As someone who just got my new Canon 80D I really appreciate these tips. I've been trying hard to learn more about taking photos but the guides I find often seem overly complicated, lack side by side photos, or just plan don't make sense to me or some combination of those.
These tips were easy to understand can't wait to start putting them into use with my wife. Shell love it also!
Yes i tried to explain them as simple as i could.. sorry if my english are not perfect but i hope you got the main point of the article!
On spot technical guidance for portrait photography. Well done! But there is one key difference between deadpan commercial/glamour portraits and the real human faces conveying emotions. True emotions, where the context is not altered by studio lights, softboxes, etc. One must keep in mind that a portrait is not just a face, thus all is permitted if the right moment and the feelings are there. :)
Happy Xmas! Followed!
i agree with you but i tried to cover many mistakes and i spoke in general..
Merry Christmas to you too!!
Followed back!
Great tips. Thank you!
thanks a lot!!
The photography skills you've got is amazing. Being an sketch artist i would love to use your portrait as my next work.
Thank you so much! yes you can it will be an honor for me!
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Merry Christmas!
who is this girl?
sorry but i won't tell!
all photos are beautiful and hot @manthostsakirid
thanks!
Amazing photography all picture is soo cute :)
this is great I am in school for photography ...now following you