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To achieve the art of a successful portraiture, you need to follow these guidelines to start: Make sure that your model is aware there will be few exposures taken by you. If the subject will feel intimidated by the camera shoot many images as you can. The best shot may be the first one because the natural look you never know. One of the most important things in portraiture photography is to establish eye contact with your subject and ensure the eyes are sharp and open. In case of environmental and reportage portraits show people in less controlled situations and are a good snapshot.

Snapshots are the pictures that make a good photojournalism portrait image. Try to be creative in your approach. To become a good portraiture photographer you must develop a sympathetic attitude towards people. Use a long focal length lens (105mm is the best). If possible, especially when shooting people with long noses as a basic rule, when in a, studio shoot blonde hair and light skin people over a dark background, black is preferable and black hair and dark colored skin over a light color background, white is preferable. Be careful with neck wrinkles when shooting over the shoulder. To reduce the look of them, ask your model to drop their shoulder down a little and then turn to the camera lifting their head and chin up, the wrinkles will be reduced. To avoid staring at the camera look, ask the model to close their eyes and chin onto the chest then slowly to lift the head and eyes. The stare will be gone. To hide baldness, light the subject from the side and shoot from below the chin line. To under emphasis a double chin, shoot from slightly above his head with the model leaning forward and his face stretch out the chin by looking up.

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