portrait photography 📸📸

A portrait is an image, usually of a person. A portrait tells the viewer a story about the person in the image by the choices the portrait's creator makes. In this media activity, we'll explore the impact of those choices, focusing on the subject, setting, and story of your portrait.

•What Are the Different Types of Portrait Photography?

✷Traditional

✷Lifestyle

✷Headshot

✷Close-up

✷Family or Group

Traditional

Traditional portraits adhere to the basic rules of composition such as the rule of thirds when framing the subject, make use of studio backgrounds and lighting for a clean, professional look, and involve the subject looking into the camera and typically smiling.

Lifestyle

Lifestyle portrait photography takes a more casual approach than traditional portraits. Rather than being shot in a studio, lifestyle portraits are typically shot in a real world environment and more closely resemble real life.

Headshot

They are more like traditional portraits in that they are typically shot in-studio with professional lighting, but they are more tightly framed than traditional portraits.

Close-Up

Most of the types of portrait photography we’ve looked at so far range from tightly cropped, like headshots, to the standard head and shoulders framing of a traditional portrait, to compositions that include some or all of the body. In close up portrait photography, the subject is framed even more closely, typically focusing on a single feature.

Family or Group

Family photography is popular year round, but is especially in demand around holidays and in the summer when people want to capture and commemorate their special moments.

PORTRAIT FEMOUS PHOTOGRAPHER 📹

Richard Avedon (15, 1926 - October 1, 2004 )

was an American fashion and portrait photographer. his fashion and portrait photographs helped define America's image of style, beauty and culture for the last half-century.