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tell me how to take better portraits /p/
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>> Anonymous
l2light
>> Anonymous
>>150501

thats it?
>> Anonymous
>>150502
Also l2focus. Thats it.
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>150502
Lrn2white balance
Lrn2perspective
Lrn2heal tool
Lrn2poses
>> Anonymous
to get a natural looking self portrait get a camera with a attachment for a remote trigger wire up a motion sensitive trigger up and set up inside your house go out for the day. and try to forget about it. then when you come home and step into the shot it will take a picture, convert to b&w then instantart dont forget to use the lens flare filter in photoshop!
>> Anonymous
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>>150502
No, not really, not at all.

Portraits are hard. It's not just about lighting. At all.

"The most difficult thing for me is a portrait. You have to try and put your camera between the skin of a person and his shirt." - Henri Cartier-Bresson, who didn't use flash at all, and who was the best portrait photographer, IMO.

It has to do with having a rapport, an intimacy with the subject, bringing out who they are. Pick where you shoot, when, the composition, all based on that. And learn to guide the subject.

Yousef Karsh, who shot intricately lit, posed portraits, once was shooting a photograph of a rather rushed Winston Churchill. What did he do? He ran up, grabbed Churchill's cigar out of his mouth, ran back, and pressed the shutter. The pissed-off look on Churchill's face was interpreted as a tough, defiant look at Hitler, not a nicotine addict pissed off at some photographer who snatched his cigar. (Pic related)

So work on all that.
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>150513
And when all else fails, throw some cats through the air.
>> Anonymous
JEREMY! ITS ANDY! YOUR COUSIN!
>> Anonymous
JEREMY!
>> NatureGuy !se3A3TwzdY
look over at: photo.net for some of technical aspects
Start by looking at these articles
http://photo.net/learn/portraits/
http://photo.net/learn/making-photographs/light

Most importantly though, look at good portraits
http://photo.net/gallery/photocritique/filter
flickr and deviantart would also be a 'good' start for references.

If you're not a lazy fuck, go to the library, there's tons of great photographers just waiting there to be viewed.
>> anonymous
Do you notice how when you stick the camera real close to your face, it makes your nose look like the empire state building? Oh, you didnt? I did.
>> Anonymous
>>150498
and wash your face, you greasy, pimply, fuck
>> Anonymous
just DO IT man. stop asking stupid open ended questions. TAKE MORE PHOTOS. and then you'll be good at taking photos.

you'll only get better with practice. even then, you might still suck. because 99% of photographers blow chunks.
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>>150886

Like this?

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>> Anonymous
I think hes cute :T
>> Anonymous
WHAT HAPPEN TO NOSE
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>151014
Hey, don't laugh.

One of these days, Santa's gonna need someone to guide his sleigh during heavy fog and this guy's gonna be the cock of the walk.