Those of you who are familiar with how I like to explain things won’t be surprised when I tell you that understanding portraiture is pretty simple. You won’t be surprised that I say this because I’m going to tell you that I can break it down into 5 main categories. However you may be surprised when I tell you that this is where the simplicity stops.
The complexity of human nature, human emotion and the multiple of environments in which portraits are photographed mean that to obtain an effective, artistic but true to life portrait of your subject can be a testing task for even an experienced photographer.