6/09/2018

Clicking With Woman Portrait Photography

By Steven Kennedy


When the first fish like creature crawled out of the waters on to some primordial beach, it likely had no idea just how important it would be to the fate of the planet as a whole. It definitely did not understand its place in the universe. The fact is that it was likely freaking the hell out since it was in an unfamiliar environment. Perhaps it was just too much for its senses to completely fathom. But the creatures that evolved from that creature would, little by little, and generation by generation, understand more and more. It just took a few thousand generations of evolution before a creature came along that had enough sentience to be actively existential, to be actively seeking something more than itself. That led to celebrity culture, which led to woman portrait photography Los Angeles.

Photography is the taking of pictures. But simply saying that it is picture taking is overly simplistic and reduces one of the most versatile art forms to a mere hobby. Yes, there are people who take it up as a hobby. But the professionals in the field are true artists who manipulate angles and lights in order to best capture the essence of a subject. It is often said that a picture is worth a thousand words. A good photographer can do more than that and tell a whole story in a single frame.

In the old days, these people were the leaders, the nobles and royals, and their visage was circulated so that their citizenry could recognize them on sight. But political upheaval and rapid technological progress supplanted the aristocrats and the monarchs. In their stead came the celebrity, an entertainer that holds sway over the masses. But the entertainer supplanted them and then congregated around certain cities.

In photography, lighting is an extremely important factor. A good photographer wants to show the subject in their best light. Sometimes that can mean waiting for a certain time of day and thus only having a very limited window in which to shoot. In a studio, a photographer will often have several different lights in order to best flatter the subject.

In a photo shoot, the photographer is not the only artist on set. Before the shots are taken, the subject must be carefully prepared. This is done by a makeup artist skillfully plying their trade, altering the features of a subject ever so slightly in order to bring out the best of them, while still keeping them undeniably them, enough that they are not completely unrecognizable.

A smart phone that is on the market will more than likely come equipped with a camera. This camera will be high definition and be more than capable of taking crisp, clear photos. In fact, some photographers use their phones with some extra lenses for some low key, more casual shoots. But the truly big shoots will still require a good camera.

Portraits are not going to come cheap. In the olden days, an artist would be commissioned by someone with money to paint a portrait. While portraits have become somewhat more accessible to those born without titles or crowns, they are still not going to come cheap.

An artist needs to have talent. Anyone with a camera can call themselves a photographer. But only a true artists will be able to do more with a camera than just take a picture.

There are many ways a story can told. Orally, through the written word and others. But a story can be told in a single image.




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