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- h3110, on 09/21/2009, -0/+20If you know how to defend your photos, you don't need to learn how to take good photos. Here's how to defend your photo to make it look good:
- Weird = Abstract
- Overexposed = High key
- Badly composed = Lomo style
- Overprocessed = Artistic HDR
- Snapshot = Capturing the moment
- Shaky hands = Dramatic blurring - f8pc, on 09/20/2009, -0/+14There are no cover-all rules for portrait photography but these are good for beginners. They're a little ambiguous as rule 1 says "Fill the frame with your subject" and 3 says "Use framing to concentrate all attention on your subject" and shows a subject that clearly doesn't fill the frame. All shots are not headshots and all are not full body.
The biggest tip should be shoot in shade without the pop-up flash.
Also, where it recommends Aperture priority (f4.0), that is actually pretty small aperture for a portrait. Usually, portrait photographers shoot from f/1.4 to f/2.8 for a single person. f/4.0 is bullcrap and only applicable for people with SLRs, not people with point and shoots, like this article is probably aimed at.
Their portrait for rule 3 is pretty terrible actually. The dress is blown (pure white, no texture) and eye contact is pretty bad. The distortion is bad too. That being said, I hate brick backgrounds unless the wall is VERY worn. - Plower, on 09/20/2009, -0/+6You're hilarious.
- gnuguy99, on 09/21/2009, -0/+5You beat me too it, but I find it funny how this guy talks about tight crops and the rule of 3, then proceeds to break his own rules for the next set of photos.
He mentions nothing real about lighting, white balance, ISO or aperture which are the real things you need to know about. Composition is a artistic thing and you should not really follow any rules around making a good composition.
Going to give this article a thumbs down. - tmyprod, on 09/20/2009, -1/+6Most Important: Make sure your finger isn't in front of the lens.
- inactive, on 09/21/2009, -4/+8When doing portraits, here are my rules:
1. Only photograph good-looking people.
2. Do not photograph ugly people.
3. If you have to take photos of ugly people, make sure bacon is in the frame because bacon fixes everything. - thedarkrabbit, on 09/20/2009, -3/+6Those aren't really the best examples they could come up with are they?
- dawnraid101, on 09/21/2009, -0/+3Please someone award this man an internets for his comedic skill.
- Coffeedemon, on 09/21/2009, -0/+2IMO there is one rule you have to keep... if the subject's eyes are plainly visible they have to be in focus. Other than that there is a lot of room for being creative. Never hurts to have some sort of lighting to create catchlights in the eyes.
- TheTyPod, on 09/21/2009, -2/+1Awwww... Thanks guys!
- urik88, on 09/21/2009, -3/+1http://farm1.static.flickr.com/151/381841251_4328b ...
http://pixdaus.com/pics/1g3WMDNpu3S64JeDis.jpg
M'kay tanx bai! - TheTyPod, on 09/20/2009, -12/+2The pictures are shopped... I can tell by the pixels and I've seen many shops in my day.
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