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Originally Posted by Athena
Perhaps we need to distinguish between classical posed portraiture and candid portraiture.* There is a remarkable difference.* Benji's work is obviously posed portraiture.* Some people love it, some prefer candid portraiture for it's relaxed, "comfortable" look.
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I think most beginners start out with candid portraiture, and they convince themselves that candid photography is more "natural" looking than posed.
WRONG.
Most amateurs wouldn't know how to pose a person if their life depended upon it. Benji does.
In my opinion, most portraiture worth keeping are from posed photographs. It's important that subjects look relaxed and natural in their poses, but it's NOT important that the photographs pretend to be "candids."