The 40 rules of Portraiture - Great Read !

[tienm23]

Thought I'd share a great thread for those interested in portraiture. I knew a few of these, but what I don't know could fill an ocean !

http://photocamel.com/forum/tutorials/16516-rules-good-portraiture.html

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Here it is as a pdf:

http://www.focusingonflorida.com/Documents/Benji_RulesOfPortraiture.pdf

[shrugs*]

A number of new ones for me too, thanks for sharing :razz:

[Stock R]

I realized I'm not a portrait photography yesterday cause I tried reading the link and almost fell asleep :lol:

Seems like good advice though.

[djmr2]

I realized I'm not a portrait photography yesterday cause I tried reading the link and almost fell asleep :lol:

Seems like good advice though.

nah thats because that tread is worthless without pictures! (i'm not signing up!)

[tienm23]

nah thats because that tread is worthless without pictures! (i'm not signing up!)

Yeah, that is annoying. I set up an account for those that want to take a look without registering

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[matay]

great find! and thank you so much for making an account for us to view!! :D

[Stock R]

nah thats because that tread is worthless without pictures! (i'm not signing up!)

I viewed the PDF which had pics :)

[richardw]

Thought I'd share a great thread for those interested in portraiture. I knew a few of these, but what I don't know could fill an ocean !

http://photocamel.com/forum/tutorials/16516-rules-good-portraiture.html

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Here it is as a pdf:

http://www.focusingonflorida.com/Documents/Benji_RulesOfPortraiture.pdf


Thanks for sharing.
Very useful information.

[MikeAK]

Yeah, that is annoying. I set up an account for those that want to take a look without registering

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Cheers!:cool:

really nice of you to do that, I hate having to sign up somewhere just to look at something for 5mins

[KENNETHK]

Great find. Thank you.

[djmr2]

I viewed the PDF which had pics :)

yah thats cuz the first post got updated after i posted!

[zoomzoom]

Thanks OP. Very useful. It is a great place to start for me as I consider myself a beginner in photography.

[manixc]

thanks OP. will take a look.

[sfu_engineer]

Thanks for posting but I found the information kinda obvious(?) and/or all over the place. Also the photos used as examples are very old-school and too traditional. I'm sure a lot of time and effort went into writing the original document though.

[Oni-kun]

I found it helpful, I learned some new things. I plan on breaking all the rules at once on some sort of self portrait to see what kinda messed up picture i get.

[Stock R]

Also the photos used as examples are very old-school and too traditional.

I agree w/ you on the old school photos.

However, I do believe it's important that portrait photographers learn all the traditional rules as it builds a basic foundation. While these pictures might seem "boring" compared to the current style of photos, I believe most of the 40 rules here will stand the test of time, whereas many current photo styles won't.

[Louman]

thanks op! still starting out but this definitely helps!