Portrait photography represents the capture of a single individual or a small group where the face and facial expressions are predominant. It has been used since the early start of photography. At that time it was mostly used for special occasions such as weddings, family reunions. In recent times portrait photography has been used for fashion, modelling, advertisements alongside the usual situations.
When I am capturing a portrait, I try to position my subject usually by following the rule of thirds. As you can see from the picture I have included in the post, the focusing is on the subject, while the background is slightly blurry. I have achieved this by shooting with low f stop. This helps me bring all the attention to the subject. Of course depending on the context we can use a bigger f stop and include some background detail in the picture. But it’s all about perspective, it’s all about signifying, sending a message and every artist has his own unique way of doing that.
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