This article is published on the 'Sony Scene' website.
The craft of representing a person in a single still image or ‘portrait’ is a skill that can be mastered by most photographers. The photographic portrait (just like the painted portrait that influenced the genre) is not a candid or captured moment of the active person, but a crafted image to reveal character. The person being photographed for a portrait should be made aware of the camera’s presence, even if they are not necessarily looking at the camera when the photograph is made. This requires the photographer to connect, and communicate with the subject, if the resulting images are to be considered portraits. Portraits, therefore, should be seen as a collaborative effort on the part of the photographer and subject. A good photographic portrait is one where the subject no longer appears as a stranger.
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Premium and Premium Plus Patrons can download the 'Digital Photography eBook' first published by Focal Press in 1999 under the title Location Photography.
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The Camera eBooks all have a Portrait section which includes my recommendations for camera settings when capturing images in this photo genre.