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What is portrait photography?

The most common type of photo is portrait photography that can attract the audience very well. This technique is a kind of photography in which it can specifically show a human face. A portrait is a painting or photograph or image of a person’s face that is used to represent the nature or personality of a person. Portrait literally means image, painting, sculpture or statue and so on. In its specific form, it refers to the statue of the face, the image of the face, the photograph of the face and the statue of the torso.

What is portrait photography?

Portrait photography is a type of photography in which the human face is photographed. Portrait photography is a constant challenge and requires the creativity of photographers to achieve beautiful portraits. Portrait photography is one of the most popular types of photography, both among amateur and professional photographers. This type of photography is done in personal areas such as photography of friends, family members and even the photograph of ourselves. A professional portrait photographer takes quality photos using photography techniques such as using light, colors and combinations.

A portrait photo is not considered as a quick photo, but a combination of a person who is calm and quiet and looks directly at the photographer. Since portraiture is more focused on human photos, a few years ago the equivalent of the ‘’single face’’ was told for the word portrait, which soon became obsolete due to its ambiguity and inadequacy. Based on the client’s review, the professional portraits have been taken by  with their well-experienced photographers in comparison with other competitors.

History of portrait photography

The history of portrait photography dates back to the mid-twelfth century. At the time, people had to take photos with an old photography method which is called a daguerreotype, but with the advent of portrait photography, all of these barriers were removed and portrait photography became popular. In this type of portrait photography, people sat in front of a bright background and reflected the light that shone from the window above their heads. Step by step with the development of various photographic equipment, the time spent sitting in front of the camera was not being repeated as before and even photography was done outside the studio.

Types of portrait photography:

This type of photography itself includes in different types:

  • Full-height portrait: The perfect frame for this style is often a vertical rectangle.
  • Personal Portraits: Governmental offices, schools, traffic police, schools, civil registries are most in need of personnel photos.
  • Art portrait: often used by artists, actors, writers, etc.
  • Political Portrait: In this style of portraiture, national patriotic and indigenous symbols are widely used.
  • Advertising portraits: Mostly commercial.
  • Family portraits: Family occasions, travel and celebrations are the main features of this style.

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Important points in portrait photography

The use of the right colors, attractive lighting and unique tips are what ultimately helps the photographer’s work to be seen. The result of the photo of the face should be in a way that photo can show the expression of emotions and feelings of the subject in the best and most natural way possible and also be able to feel happiness, sadness, anger, extreme anger, fear, apprehension, anxiety, tears, enthusiasm, pride.

The artistic arrangement of the light and the processing of its reflection, along with the combination of homogeneous colors and the creation of a creative angle and the selection of appropriate lenses and filters and the combination of these elements, are points that together can make you a professional photographer. The position of the camera to the subject, the lens used, the background, the subject’s position, the framing, and the lighting are playing an important role in your photography.

Usually, the focal lengths of the lenses used for portrait photography are less than four times of the normal lenses. A successful portrait photographer must be able to work quickly and identify or record specific individual characteristics by meanings of any situations such as head and eye positions or instantaneous changes in the subject’s face. One of the most important factors for a good photo is to find the best angle for the subject’s face. 

All these tips will make your photos look very different. A portrait photographer would be considered as a professional one when he or she can make a good connection with his or her model and recognize the right angle of each face, to take a photo from an appropriate angle. In SAMYARI Art and Advertising Studio with the presence of our professional photographer all these principles being done in the best way possible.