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Miscellaneous
How to Take Good Photos
How to take good photos (from
http://www.photographers.co.uk/html/portrait-photography.cfm)
These lighting and camera positions will
minimise the feature mentioned - to emphasise that feature instead,
simply do the opposite.
- Round head: Camera eye level, backlight,
pose with profile towards the camera
- Long, narrow face: Camera at high level,
diffused main light high, pose full face, head level or pointing
slightly down
- Prominent cheekbones: Camera above eye
level, main light at eye level, head tilted back, full face
towards camera
- Thin hair: Camera low relative to angle
of head, avoid backlighting, head straight, hair tidy
- Fat cheeks: Camera slightly above eye
level, soft side lighting, head tilted back slightly, avoid full
face
- Long nose: Camera low, main light low and
in line with camera, pose full face towards camera
- Wrinkles: Soft and even front and side
lighting, positioned fairly low
- Scars: Position light so that scar is in
shadow
- Small eyes: Camera below eye level, main
light high, pose with head tilted forward slightly, full face
towards camera, subject looking at point slightly above camera
- And finally, a word of warning....All
this seems simple - and it is - but remember that everything is
relative to the position of your subject.
- For example, if you are trying to
minimise a long and narrow face, you've lifted the camera up,
your main light is nice and high but your sitter then tilts
his/her head upwards, the effect will be lost!
~ Provided by the Class of 2005
Senior Ball Committee ~
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