Sunday 3 March 2013

Outdoor Portrait Photography Tips and tricks

By Amy Renfrey


It?s not unusual for domestic portrait photographers to head in gardens on a nice day and photograph their model. As a photographer I believe that the studio can make people a bit nervous. The huge lights and camera lens can make for a nervous experience. For shy people who want their image captured, a studio might not be ideal.

Exterior sources of lighting such as flash is very vital even in open-air portraiture. You must take your speelite with you to fill any shadows that appear. A reflector is a helpful tool too. You can place the reflector under the persons face to photograph a very abstract shot, or, to simply get rid of shadows beneath the nose and chin. Recently I did a portrait shoot outside. It was of a young lady who sought shots for her collection. She was hoping to break into modelling. After some ideas back and forth it was decided that going to the park was an idyllic way to do the shoot.

Lenses for portraiture photography Firstly, one of the most imperative aspects of successful outside portrait photography is the photographic lens you utilize. Making use of the correct fstop, focal length and depth of field are crucial elements to an outdoor portraiture shoot. A fast photographic lens is the ideal lens by skilled portrait photographers. What is a fast lens? A fast lens is a lens that has a very big maximum aperture. This might be anywhere between 1.8 and 2.8. This will mean that you can allow a large amount of lighting in and use a fast shutter.

Innovative portrait photography ideas You can develop a multitude of creative portrait photography ideas simply by practising. Practising offers with something so extremely important: experience. Once you begin to gain extra skill in outside portraits you will see how outdoor lighting and flash fill work, in what way shadowed areas work together on peoples faces and most importantly how you can improve the next time you go out shooting.

A lot of of my most innovative ideas come to me from not only getting official training in photography, but also, from observing the means in which light behaves. Lighting can present you several good ideas about where to position a person, the best way to angle yourself to get the best portrait shots.

Outdoor portrait photography poses Finding the right pose relies upon on the gender of your model. There are unique poses that a man will take to appear more masculine. There are very distinctive poses a lady will take so she appears more feminine. Female models look best when the angles of her body are softened as opposed to accentuated. This includes turning on an angle, leaning the face and using the clear, sharp focus on the eyes. You may employ a foot position alteration to highlight a posture change.

High key portrait photography What does "high key" actually mean? Well, if you rely on the technical definition it is completely about reducing the lighting ratio present in the image. What this means, in English, is that the lighting is overexposed with just the main details in clear, sharp focus. This is good fun and a great way to photograph attractive portaits. Can you photograph high key photography in gardens? Most definitely. So long as you have a powerful lighting source on one side of the persons head for instance, you can use the flash fill on the other side. Make certain you lock maintain a new depth of field on the eyes to begin with so detail is maintained on the eyes.

Keep in mind that photographing outdoor portraiture photography is a terrific opportunity to have an exciting background. A park, beach or urban street scene can enrich the story of your photo considerably.




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