The Rules Of Good Portraiture

[gail]

I am new to the art of photography and really appreciate the "rules".

[cbock]

wow! this is great! thanks for the link from POTN benji.

[23pixels]

I just came across this today and I am going to be doing my first portrait shoot on Saturday. This is like a bible!! It's almost like taking a class.

[Savannah79]

Found POTN today, and this site tonight-- it's like Christmas =D Thanks for all the tips.... can't wait to get my camera and start shooting! I know I won't remember all these tips, not all at once, but.... hopefully most of them, until I get it all down pat!
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, BENJI!

[heartseye]

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[Benji]

Posters,

Please keep all comments on topic.

Thank you.

Benji

[peatoire]

Benji,
Just registered on the site so I could preview your examples. Just wanted to say thanks so much for all the time and effort that has gone in to this post, it's extremely informative with good examples. Well done and many thanks
Andrew Peat

[MrDave]

Hi,

I just wanted to post my appreciation for this thread. Thank you, Benji, for discussing these portrait rules, and thanks for mentioning the book by Don Peterson. After a little searching on Amazon, I was able to locate used copies for sale of his book Masterbook of Portraiture and Studio Management.

MrDave

[goatee]

Someone else who got pointed at this from POTN. It's a great tutorial. Sure, you may not like the haircuts / make-up / clothing in some of the examples, but they're examples to illustrate specific points - they don't form a shoot for Vogue or Elle.

Anyway - thanks Benji, it really is a great and comprehensive tutorial .

[AlexisG]

I am one more from POTN . This tutorial was wonderful! Thank you so much for sharing so much information.

[Jandybean]

Benji, I can't believe how giving you are with your time and information. That is just awesome! I have been looking for information on how to pose people for a long time, did searches on the internet, etc., and found nothing. I am definitely getting your video this week and can't wait to watch it and learn! Thanks so much for your detailed information.

[felixkh]

Thanks a lot for the tutorial Benji. Now I can put into practise.

Got a link to this thread thru some Csers from Clubsnap.org (Singapore).

[gcobb]

I'm a newbie here too. I found this thread about 8 months ago and just now found it again and finished reading it. Some of these I've followed but others are good information to me and everyone else. I'm on a few modelling sites and when I think about posing techniques and see what other photographers put up for display, I wonder if some of them actually know any of this. Good stuff, thanks.

[cappy1927]

Very informative with good exemples....Thanks!!

[jazzology]

After that, Benji will be the only Camel with more Karma than Posts have some more from me ! Thanks Much!

Jeff

[bindiblue]

Thanks so much Benji for this very good tutorial, people pictures are my thing, but I have so much to learn,, I have kept this tutorial and will do my best to learn as much as I possible can,,

Thanks for all the time it must have taken you to put this together,

[Tareq]

Thank you very much.
i didn't read all in this thread, but i will suggest if someone can collect them and put it in one PDF file as reader file or archiving.

[silentrob]

Originally Posted by Tareq

Thank you very much.
i didn't read all in this thread, but i will suggest if someone can collect them and put it in one PDF file as reader file or archiving.

Already done on page 2... The Rules Of Good Portraiture

[themirage]

I am also a POTN member who has found his way to this forum. The tutorial was great and I always appreciate photographers willing to share.

Originally Posted by AlexisG

I am one more from POTN . This tutorial was wonderful! Thank you so much for sharing so much information.

[noa]

This is really great. I don't often do portraits, except for wedding photography, but I see exactly what you mean looking at the examples.
Thank you