Pieces of the Picture

By request, (by Georgia) we have a fairly lengthy fifteen part article article series on senior portraiture. It will explain how to keep the portrait simple yet powerful. The series will be spread out over fifteen different weekly posts. We will post one a week, every Wednesday for the next fourteen weeks. That is the tentative plan.

What is it about powerful senior portraits that make them appealing. Well perhaps it’s the subjects themselves or perhaps it’s the color or perhaps it’s the pose or maybe it’s the scenery and possibly it’s the expression. But the truth is, it is probably a combination of all these. If you have great color, but a lame pose, you will not have a good senior portrait. Or perhaps you have a great expression, but a very boring scene. All these things need to be there in order to get a portrait that will be powerful and speak loudly to all the viewers.

The following is a list of the different aspects that we will discuss in detail as to what makes a powerful senior portrait.

Good subject

Great expression

Good clothing

Good pose

Nice scene

Great color

Excellent post processing

Simplicity

Excellent technicals

Overall creativity, that special something, something different.

Awesome lighting

Correct use of black and white

Good props

Good Variety

What exactly do you need for a great senior portrait?

For those seeking to better themselves in taking senior portraits that will astound your customers, you need to come back every Wednesday. However, as most of you already know, come back everyday, as we do post every day of the week except on Sunday.