Our firm feel strongly that there are no rights or wrongs in taking photos. Nevertheless there is always a school of thought that expresses you should as a minimum bear in mind the guidelines before you abandon them! With that under consideration here's a couple of hints that may help you take better portraits.
Keep it clean and uncluttered
Try and use natural light
Prepare yourself to to shoot candidly
Make use of props to introduce an brand new center of interest
Try experimenting with lighting i.e side-lighting and silhouettes
Have the subjects looking off camera or within the frame
Change your perspective, try a unorthodox angle!
Make use of a wide aperture to blur out the background
Opt for reflectors to fill in unnecessary shadows
Experiment with the composition, relax the rule of thirds or focus on something quite interesting ie shoes, feet, hands etc
More importantly enjoy yourself as experimentation is the optimal way to learn! Keep browsing the Staffordshire Photographers Staffordshire Photographers Blog for a bunch of essential facts and techniques
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