Portrait Photographers: Portraiture is About A Lot More Than Just the Eyes

When you're starting out as a portrait photographer, everyone teaches you all about the eyes. "Get them in focus!" "Make it the most in focus and strongest part of the image!" That's what they say; and after years and years of shooting portraits that's what every photographer will continue to tell everyone else.

"They're the windows to the soul. " everyone says. But after years of shooting portraits, I've said before that the eyes aren't honestly always that important unless you're shooting very close up. If the eyes are a big part of the photo, then yes--indeed they are important because of how humans always make eye contact. .

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2017-3-31 07:02

Источник: thephoblographer.com

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