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Taking Portraits With Your Digital Camera

The digital camera has led to increasing numbers of people taking to photography. They love to be out there happily snapping away, and many of the pictures they take are of friends and family. Portraits, head and shoulders pictures, are some the most popular pictures these amateur snappers love to take. And while they may appear easy to take, many people make a thorough mess of them.

Many of us do not know the basics of portrait photography, so our pictures appear with head shots cropped and the photo centring on an elbow. All of this can be avoided if we take a little time to learn some of the basics.

Cropped head shots can be avoided by using your digital cameras LCD screen. Everything that appears in on that screen will also appear in your picture. So use it to centre the picture and take your photograph.

For the amateur, the importance of the background may not be as important as it is to the professional photographer. But if you feel confident enough, why not use the background to make the picture all the more interesting. A picture with an interesting background can add a lot to a shot as well as tell us something about the person whose photograph you are taking.

If you try and pose the person you are photographing, the picture will lose its spontaneity and the subject will look stiff and awkward. Just take the picture on the spur of the moment. If the subject suddenly moves out of range or you do not like the way the picture has worked out your digital camera allows you to erase it and you can try again.

Whether the picture is posed or taken off the cuff, it is important that photo fills the frame. That is important as it will add character to the picture.

Another basic factor to consider when taking your portraits is the lighting. Most of us will I suspect be taking the majority of our portraits outdoors in the daylight so lighting won’t really be a consideration. But, if you are taking the photos indoors than there some things you need to think about.

When shooting inside light beaming through a window can be an interesting aid as it can create attractive shadows. If the light is too bright, the shadows may be too dark, but they can be deflected by using a white card.

A very important thing to consider when taking a portrait photograph is to focus on the eyes. The eyes are supposed to be the window to the soul and they can tell an awful lot about your subject.

Insight Photographers are specialist Hull wedding photographers and portrait photographers Insight are based in HUll, East Yorkshire and provide a full portfolio of services including weddings, publicity shots, portraits and corporate photography

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