Portrait Photography
Photography That Shows The Essence Of A Person’s Character
Portrait photography can be the vehicle by which someone can capture the essence of a person’s character.
People photography is a term commonly used when the subject of the pictures are predominantly people. Portrait photography and candid photography are two types of people photography. These two photography types have characteristics that differentiate one from the other.
For starters, candid photography is a type of photography that concentrates on the spontaneity of the images being captured rather than the technique being used. Portrait photography, however, aims to capture the essence of a person’s character; thus in portrait photographs, the major focus is the subject’s face. Often, too, portrait photography uses an array of camera setup and props to enhance the images being taken.
A good photographer will be able to blend candid and portrait photography techniques to compose an image that can evoke a certain emotion, to show the true character of a subject, to share a piece of the life of the subject, or transmit a powerful and/or memorable message to anyone looking at the picture.
There is an essential element in portrait photography. Unlike indiscriminatingly clicking the shutter release button of the camera each time a person taking photographs sees a face, portrait photography requires the photographer to know the subject well enough.
In portrait photography, knowing one’s subject well enables the photographer to anticipate behaviors and reactions and be ready with the camera even before the subject has done the action. It’s the only way portrait photography can be effective.
For example, the subject of the portrait photography is a flower seller in the market. How can the essence of the flower seller’s occupation, character, and life be captured in portrait photography? The photographer has to wait for the perfect moment. But how does the perfect moment come? Only if the photographer is familiar with the flower seller’s reactions and behavior that the perfect moment will happen, and when it does, the photographer is ready with the camera.
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