Sooner or later everyone has a reason for a portrait of themselves or someone else. All of a sudden it’s pressure time. It’s easy to snap away when the results are primarily for personal use. What if you need a portrait for a Web site, holiday card, or even a business card, now what? Here’s a three step approach to digital portraits at Lifehacker that will put your mind at ease.
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Outdoor Portraits
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Taking Dramatic Silhouettes Is Easy - Just Trick Your Digital Camera: One of the problems with digital camera is that they are for the most part fully automatic. Now that works out great if you’re taking standard pictures. But what if you’re feeling a little on the creative side and want to shoot, lets say, a silhouette of a person? Well now your fully automated digital camera needs to be tricked.
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Outdoor Portraits Look Better Through Rose Colored Glasses: If your outdoor shots of people have a pasty or cool feel to them you can probably blame your camera’s default white balance setting. Now most will agree this setting works just fine for everyday shots. However, when you’re shooting a close-up portrait outdoors you and your subject will undoubtedly like the image MUCH better if you warm it up a bit.
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Bright Highlights In The Background Can Wreck Your Outdoor Digital Portrait: Remember… light attracts, dark recedes. Your eye will be attracted to the bright areas in a photograph. They will be VERY distracting in the photo and take attention away from your subject. And while bad enough on the background, they can be disturbing to your subject. [click to continue...]
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Improve Outdoor Portraits 1000 Percent With Large F/Stops: Use large F/Stops to keep the attention on your subject.
Great pictures are all about keeping the attention on the subject. Try this experiment.
Take a model, your camera, and a tripod to an outdoor location. Take a photo of your model at f/16 and another at f/4. [click to continue...]
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