One Brief Moment » portrait http://blog.charlesdobbs.com "A photograph is a stop in time for just one brief moment." - Charles Dobbs Photography Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:46:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Senior Portrait Photography — Top 5 Tips For Great Senior Portraits http://blog.charlesdobbs.com/2011/11/01/senior-portrait-photography-%e2%80%94-top-5-tips-for-great-senior-portraits/ http://blog.charlesdobbs.com/2011/11/01/senior-portrait-photography-%e2%80%94-top-5-tips-for-great-senior-portraits/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:46:25 +0000 CD http://blog.charlesdobbs.com/?p=995 Senior portraits or high school senior portrait photography as it is generally referred to as, are formal portraits of students (teens to be more precise) taken at the beginning of their senior school of high school. This stepping into the new life, with fresh air and gross attitude is an amazing turning point of life for the high school seniors to cherish for a long time to come. Apart from being the contender for school yearbook, the senior portrait pictures make way for amazing photo-gifts and memorable albums. Being a popular genre or portrait photography, mostly all the techniques of portrait photography apply to this form of art as well. Here are 5 tips especially for those interested in senior portrait photography; to help them gel well with the teens for outstanding results reflecting their true personality — grown up attitude with a little bit of childishness.

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Photography is about light. Learning how to see light is essential to developing your photographic eye. When taking pictures, being able to determine the intensity, color and direction of the light will help you know how to position your subject and which camera settings to use.

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]]> http://blog.charlesdobbs.com/2011/08/02/understanding-natural-light-portrait-photography-a-guide-to-learning-to-see-light/feed/ 0 Headshots 101 — How To Photograph Headshots http://blog.charlesdobbs.com/2011/06/14/headshots-101-%e2%80%94-how-to-photograph-headshots/ http://blog.charlesdobbs.com/2011/06/14/headshots-101-%e2%80%94-how-to-photograph-headshots/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:49:31 +0000 CD http://blog.charlesdobbs.com/?p=950 Headshots are simply photographic shots that focus on your face and shoulders. Sometimes a headshot includes only the face and the neck. Those that include the shoulders too are called ”three quarter shots”. Ideally, a headshot is taken to minimize one’s flaws and to enhance one’s features. This is particularly true for glamorous headshots meant for actors, singers and models. But there are some headshots that are not quite dramatic viz. passport sized photographs, mug shots those taken after an arrest and those intended for corporate individuals. These headshots do not need specialized lighting and the expression of the subject’s face is usually neutral. Headshots can be colored or back and white.

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]]> http://blog.charlesdobbs.com/2010/08/03/new-work-julia-2/feed/ 0 Engagement Portrait Shoots: 7 Professional Tips to take your Engagement Shoots to the Next Level http://blog.charlesdobbs.com/2010/07/27/engagement-portrait-shoots-7-professional-tips-to-take-your-engagement-shoots-to-the-next-level/ http://blog.charlesdobbs.com/2010/07/27/engagement-portrait-shoots-7-professional-tips-to-take-your-engagement-shoots-to-the-next-level/#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:52:36 +0000 CD http://blog.charlesdobbs.com/?p=393 Shooting engagement portraits are perhaps some of the most enjoyable for photographers. Most often, they are taken before the whirlwind of wedding planning is fully underway, and the couple is still quite enamored with one another. How do you take advantage of this time and produce incredible images? Follow these few steps to achieve real and vibrant engagement portraits.

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