Tips for Taking Portraits Photojournalism. Tip #1: Take photos outside Bushra Ghafoor, R.B. Hayes...

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Tips for Taking Portraits Photojournalism

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Tip #2: Move away from the wall Bushra Ghafoor, R.B. Hayes High School This creates distance between your subject and any distracting backgrounds

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Page 1: Tips for Taking Portraits Photojournalism. Tip #1: Take photos outside Bushra Ghafoor, R.B. Hayes High School Taking photos outside will help your subject.

Tips for Taking

PortraitsPhotojournalism

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Tip #1: Take photos outside

Bushra Ghafoor, R.B. Hayes High School

Taking photos outside will help your subject to

stand out from its surroundings.

Page 3: Tips for Taking Portraits Photojournalism. Tip #1: Take photos outside Bushra Ghafoor, R.B. Hayes High School Taking photos outside will help your subject.

Tip #2: Move away from the wall

Bushra Ghafoor, R.B. Hayes High School

This creates distance between your subject and any distracting

backgrounds

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Tip #3: Avoid flash

Bushra Ghafoor, R.B. Hayes High School

(Flash washes out a subject)

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Tip #4: Lean against a wall

R.B. Hayes High School

Emphasizes your subject, rather than the fact that he/she is just standing there.

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Tip #5: Use a subject’s environment

Monique Martinez, R.B. Hayes High School

Your viewers will get a clearer idea of what the individual is like if you photograph him/her in a natural environment.

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Don’t photograph a subject in front of windows. Instead, stand near windows to utilize their natural

light.

However, be aware of how that light may wash out your subject and adjust other camera settings

accordingly.

Tip #6: Near windows

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Sample photosEvaluate these portraits and the techniques the photographers use for taking portraits

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Bushra Ghafoor, R.B. Hayes High School

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