One of the topics you ask us the most is undoubtedly portrait photography, if you like this type of photography, you are lucky: you have just found an article in which you will find answers to all your doubts about portrait photography.
I have set out to make this article the most complete source of information that you will find on the Internet to make portraits.
- Whatever your level of photography.
- Whether you’re a beginner.
- Amateur or advanced.
- This monumental guide will help you understand the most important aspects with which you can enhance your portrait photography.
- In the next few lines.
- I will introduce you to resources.
- Tools.
- Links to articles and information where we reveal all the tricks that professionals use to make portraits.
Important: the techniques and tricks that I will reveal in this article will allow you to get photographic results close to the examples that you will find on this page or in the links that I include, however, the theory alone will not make you take the photo.. Before we begin, I need you to commit to writing the ideas or tricks that are useful to you, but above all to perform them.The best way to learn portrait photography is by practicing portrait photography.
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Having said that, let’s get right to the point
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La fotografía de retrato es un subgénero fotográfico que consiste en capturar la personalidad de un sujeto, ya sea individuo o grupo, mediante el uso de la luz, el fondo, las poses, la técnica o la composición. La historia, el mensaje o la emoción son ingredientes imprescindibles para cualquier fotografía de retrato.
If you want to discover the types of portrait photography that exist, I’ll tell you below.
Existen muchos tipos de fotografía de retrato, aquí te indico algunos de estos tipos. Si quieres aprender cómo hacer buenos retratos, puede ser buena idea practicar diferentes tipologías de retrato:
Although you can take good portraits with any camera, there is a certain type of camera that will allow us to photograph a large part of the subject in front of us, for this we will need a camera with manual controls: it can be a DSLR or a mirrorless one These cameras offer the advantage to have, initially, an interchangeable lens, which will allow us to invest later in a good specific lens for portraits (I’ll tell you about it later). The second advantage of these cameras is the ability to configure the camera to take photos in manual mode, being able to adjust the camera in manual mode will give us an incredible advantage when preparing and executing our portrait photography.
In this type of camera, any camera is worth it.Here are our DSLR camera recommendations to get you started.
If you have a camera with an interchangeable lens, your trick is to go together to raise money to invest in a good lens for portraits, in terms of lenses there are many options on the market, so, in order not to feel lost, In this article we have prepared a list of ideal lenses for portrait photography.
If you ask me about my recommendation No.1, on a personal level, do I have an obsession with a lens I call?The King of Goals ?: I mean the 50 mm f / 1.4, of which I spoke in this blog until satiety.If you want to know more about how this lens can help you make good portraits very easily, check out the article I dedicate to it.
Another option you have is its cheaper version, “The Prince of Goals”, here’s more information about this one.
Not everything, but much of the portrait photography owes its merit to something as small and secondary as accessories. Most professional retractors have an accessory kit that is carried everywhere. If you want to know what are the best recommended accessories to make portrait photos, here is this article where you will find all these accessories.
I am of the opinion that there are no impossible photos, all the photos, however spectacular or impressive, were taken by a person of flesh and blood, so sooner or later, with more or less difficulties, each of us can take the same photo, as long as we have had enough.Dosage of tenacity yes, and as long as we know the tricks and practices that great photographers follow to achieve these results.
The same applies to 1000% portrait photography.Whether you have a modest or inexpensive camera, if they explain the technique behind portrait photography and start training alone, you will gradually learn the same tricks that portrait photographers use in their work.One day, you’ll make portraits with the same level of professional quality as those photographers you’ve always envied.
If you want to learn how to make good portraits, I bring you here a list of articles where we have compiled most of these tricks used in the portrait photos you see out there:
It takes good light to make good portraits, whether it’s a portrait with natural light or artificial light, you need to know some principles related to controlling lighting in portraits, if that’s what you’re looking for, here are three articles where we explain in a very simplified way how to control the light in the portrait, how to direct it on your subject’s face and thus make spectacular portraits.
Composition is another key element for a successful portrait photograph, if you don’t pay attention to the composition factor, it’s easy to ruin this portrait that has taken so much time and work.
In this article you will find everything related to composition in portraits.
A very common problem among amateur photographers when they start to dabbles in portrait photography is the subject of sharpness, in portraiture it is easy to fall into blurry or slightly blurry portraits, fix it is very simple, we tell you in the next article.
If you’re having trouble doing portraits indoors, don’t worry, you’re not alone.Photos taken indoors pose a particular difficulty: the lack of natural light.No matter how much interior light we have, an interior portrait always requires special steps if we want to get a properly exposed portrait photo.
Para ello te dejo este artículo donde te mostramos algunos trucos para mejorar tus fotografías de retrato de interior.
What happens if we combine two photographic genres such as portraiture and black and white?Black and white gives portrait photography an interesting “emotional” dimension, difficult to achieve with color.If you haven’t tried it yet, I invite you to try making black-and-white portraits because you might be pleasantly surprised.
How it’s done We’re talking about it here
One of the most original ways I know of making portraits is at night, performing a ‘night portrait’, with the theme of the night few people dare to photograph, perhaps because of the supposed difficulty it encloses.we try to demystify this supposed difficulty, inside we have prepared 11 ideas so that you can make a nice portrait at night, without flash, and in a very simple way.
One of the most creative ways to take portrait photography and, by the way, to have fun, is to use the “water” element.How to make portraits with water?don’t worry, here we have prepared a complete article full of inspiration and ideas for you to try this fun way of taking pictures.
The beach is one of the natural places that gives the most game when it comes to photographing portraits, in this article we show you some very creative ideas to make your next portrait on the beach, in the article you will also find tips and tricks to perform is easier for you?
Stolen? It is a subgenre of portrait photography, intersecting with some interpretations of the journalistic genre, although it also has something in common with street photography.
For those of you who are attracted to stolen portrait photography, in the following article you will find specific tricks and tips for taking such photographs.
Self-portrait is a subgenre of portraiture and is older than many think (some place it in 1300 BC).Today, many have reduced it to a simple duck-mouth pose in front of the bathroom mirror, but self-portrait can be much more interesting and creative than that.Here we have prepared 10 tips to master the art of self-portrait photography.
One of the questions I hear most often is: How to take portraits with a blurry background.The answer is simpler than you think.Here’s the exact formula for making a portrait with a blurry background.
If you’re tired of the usual portraits with boring poses and frame that don’t change, here are plenty of ideas to capture very creative portraits.
There are a number of very common mistakes that almost everyone made at some point when we start making portraits, if you take your first steps in this photographic genre, with this article you will be able to eliminate a good handful of these mistakes at once.with little effort.
Our profiles on Linkedin, Instagram, Facebook, etc.se have become our business card.To make a good impression, avoid making these mistakes in your portraits on social media.
There are people who think that portrait photography has to do with the subject, the physical, the beautiful… model or model.Looks like if you find a model attractive, you’ve already taken the portrait.In my humble opinion, this would not be a portrait photograph, but a simple camera shot of a “something.”If there is merit in this photograph (which I doubt), forgive me but this merit would in any case be the subject who posed in front of the camera.
Real portrait photography focuses not on the subject, but on creating a story.The theme is an element among many.As a film, portrait photography must reflect a story, it must captivate the viewer, permeate an idea, a concept, an emotion, a tingle in the brain.If portrait photography is a film, the subject posing in front of the camera is one more element, a kind of actor to continue the cinematic analogy.
Every time you decide to take a portrait, think about the story or emotion you want people to feel when they see your photo.
There are many ideas and tricks you can use to create and convey a story in your portrait, here in this article we tell you some tips.
Maintaining the same analogy as portrait photography is similar to producing a film, cinema any good director should know how to connect with his actors.You must learn to do the same. You may be a crack in technique and photographic composition, but if you don’t know how to connect with your subject, he or she would pose nervously or in a light-hearted way.
If you have any problems with this, I recommend that you consult this article in which we give you tips and tricks so that you can connect with the subject of your portraits.
If you are looking for an initial setup to adjust your camera and take a portrait photo, you will find in this article a section dedicated to settings and settings ideal for taking portrait photos.
In a portrait photograph, it is best to use the widest possible aperture.This is accomplished by adjusting the camera to the lowest possible f/value.An aperture of f/3.5 would be fine, but if you have a lens with an aperture of f/1.8, for example, I recommend you shoot with that aperture.
In any case, keep in mind that wide openings also have drawbacks, if you shoot af / 1.8, you will have a lot of light and you will get a very nice blurry background, but it will be easy to lose the subject.This is not impossible, but it is more important to focus correctly.Keep that in mind.
In photography stores, and even on Amazon, you can find a lot of backgrounds that you can use for your portraits, are there colorful backgrounds that simulate landscapes or other environments that look great because, when they blur on the plane, they pass through real ones?Environments?
That said, if you don’t want to risk too much, an all-black background is a good prankster, it always looks good, it gives a lot of play to black and white portrait photography, allows you to make discrete portraits, isolate the subject, among other ideas.
If you want to dedicate yourself fully to this genre of photography, here are some book recommendations to help you master portrait photography:
Interesting video of the guys from On Trip with the Camera.In this document, they give us 5 ideas for making creative portraits.Ideal for the days when you want to make portraits but lack creativity.
En este otro vídeo Joan Vendrell nos cuenta, en 6 minutos, cómo configurar la cámara en modo manual para hacer fotografía de retrato.
Looking for inspiration? Here I bring you my selection with the best portraitists, his works are a delight if you like to enjoy visually, but on top of that you will surely find in his portraits an abundant source of inspiration:
In this article we have compiled frequently asked questions about portrait photography.Here are 10 questions 1 (with their corresponding answers) about portrait photography.
Still hungry to learn how to take good portraits? Here are some more readings:
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