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4 Great Tips to Improve Your Portrait Photography

May 1st, 11 / Comments Off

If you’ve been looking for some advice to help you improve your portrait photography, then this is the article for you. We’ll look at perspective, eye contact, composition and finally getting your subject out of their comfort zone. By the end you’ll have the knowledge to go out there and add the wow factor to your portraits.

First, let’s look at perspective. Most portraits are taken from eye level, but by altering it to below, above or even at floor level, your subject will come to life in a way that is certain to create interest.

Next, let’s look at eye contact. The direction of the subject’s eyes can change the image drastically. Most portraits have the subject looking down the lens, but having them look off camera or into space can create intriguing results. We as the viewers wonder what it is off camera that is making them laugh or smile, the key is to take an image of the subject that is just as interesting.

Now, let’s look at composition. Experiment with composition to have your subject in one of the thirds. Either side or dead center will certainly produce interesting results in your portraits.

Finally, let’s look at getting your subject out of their comfort zone. If the subject is a business person, for example, having them reveal a lighter, fun side can create a great portrait. An example of this would be having the person move or jump in the photo, which will produce a more interesting than normal corporate portrait.

So there you have it, 4 great tips to help you improve your portrait photography. We’ve looked at perspective, eye contact, composition and finally getting your subject out of their comfort zone. By experimenting with these 4 areas, you are bound to create some interesting and unusual images, so try some today.

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Chris Canham is a Canberra Photographer who takes amazing children’s portraits. Check out his new section on Portrait Photography Canberra and Event Photography Canberra. Find him on Google places at: Chris Canham Canberra Photographer.

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Men and Women hard at work— and then a bit of fun with a group shot or 2

Mar 30th, 11 / Comments Off

We have the privilege of working rather heavily in the Indigenous sector here in Canberra and Indigenous politics, affairs and empowerment related issues are a political passion of mine. So always feel lucky when I get the chance to photograph and capture in image the true owners of the land we inhabit, to pay your respects to the traditional owners of the land is one thing, but I find “traditional” to be an interesting word– I prefer to use ‘true’ owners of the land we inhabit, the truth be known that it is my belief that for the rightful owners of Australia to perpetually rise to a place where true empowerment through all of political, living standard and respect from the powers that be; will come from within. Indigenous Prime Minister anyone?

Cute little Chookens—- here is one right here!!!

Nov 29th, 10 / Comments Off

http://chriscanham.com gotta love a little cutie like this one ‘ere,

this is a few pics I took of my neice,

ISn’t she a cracker!!!!!!!!!!!

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Band Photography Aeon of Horus from the Mighty South!!!

Aug 26th, 10 / 1 Comment

you know Photography I think is a lot about Contrast,

Photographing (if you can) everything from a beautiful wedding to a death Metal Band and all the Commercially type govvy type Stuff you can squeeze in Between,

this Band Aeon of Horus gave me the option to sit in on a jam and it was very very good to see that the live music scene in Canberra is still alive,

They are awesome,

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Portrait Photography in Canberra Australia Part 2 of 2 and the way we Like to do it, CC :)

Jul 30th, 10 / 369 Comments

Portrait Photography Stage 2 Making it Happen in Canberra Australia
By Chris Canham
There is a fair bit of Q and A that with the right info garnered from the client can save you time energy and stop the chance of a poor outcome when making Portraiture.
A series of questions relating to the specifics of the shoot will unearth and give you the answers that will not only give you peace of mind and understanding as to what your client wants which in turn gives you all the more options to keep the client happy as this is the real goal in any service industry
Some questions you might want to run past your client.
How many people to be photographed are there?
Did you want to steer towards any specific theme ie classic, fun, eccentric etc
Do you prefer Studio or potentially outdoors somewhere on location?
What are you after as an end result?

You could also talk about colour schemes etc for clothing— I Always try and get my clients to dress in blocky colours rather than stripes and spots which can be contrasting and make the imagery not as strong.
When photographing Babies specifically you will need to ask questions like “age”? and can the baby hold it’s head up?
And then offer or suggest that the parents bring with them some toys that they can use to get the baby smiling and giggling.
Small Children can be tricky ages 2 – 6 or 8 years as they often have their minds made up as to what they want or how willing they will be to work with the photographer- I have found that since having my own child – child Portraiture in this age category becomes a lot easier as you understand a bit more about children’s psyche and keeping it fun through the imagery capture will give you the best results to get lots of smiles and great results,
Anyhow I Will go further on these topics in portraiture article 3 as to finalise the ways to of Portraiture and how I think it is Best approached in Canberra and Australia.