Tuesday, 6 September 2016

Location Portraiture- Techniques

Portraiture- Fast shutter speed. 1/125
F. stop, 5.6 or lower
Shallow/ narrow depth of field
Focusing on the subject not the background.
Making sure the eyes are in focus and sharp.
Zoom in to make sure they are sharp

ISO- 200/400

Really important to know your subject. build up a bond with them.
Equipment which would be needed for this technique would be a tripod, this is important because it means you are able to focus on the positioning of your subject alongside the background to try to make it as "central" and "straight-lined" as possible- this way it would look much neater, instead of just taking an image and thinking "yep that'll do". 

Definition of Location Portraiture... The Art of taking pictures of people on location 
This is an example of Location Portraiture by Alec Soth, this illustrates the technique of Location portraiture because there is a subject which is purely in focus whereas the background is out of focus- also portraying Shallow Depth Of Field. 






1 comment:

  1. please update with regards to the use of a tripod.. (why used)

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