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Just about anyone who can aim a camera can make a portrait. It goes without saying that some do it better than others. Top portrait photographers do it all the time, reliably producing outstanding portraits with just about every subject they photograph. Why is that? What do they know and what do they do that makes their portraits special? The answer to both these questions is “quite a bit,” because there is lots to know about a lot of things in order to produce a great portrait.  First of all the subject or subjects will decide the lens to use - I tend to use a 100mm Canon lens for single subject portraits - It would probably be the sharpest lens in my kit sharper than the much vaunted 24-105L which I would use for multiple subject portraits. Correct lighting of the subject is equally as important. I tend to prefer daylight with reflectors strategically positioned.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 27 December 2006 )
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