Portrait photography tip: avoid too much eye white

Friday 2 October 2020, 15:30 by Elja Trum | 5,006 views | 0 comments

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In a portrait photo, the eyes always draw attention. As a viewer, you mainly focus on the pupils. It is less attractive when there is a lot of white of the eyes in the frame. So try to avoid this.

Maréll - f/11, 1/125s, 100 ISO @ 70mm
You can ask your model to look straight ahead. This is also called 'centring' the eyes. The white of the eyes will then not stand out, even if your model is looking away from the camera.

If there is too much white of the eyes in the frame, it stands out in the photo and draws a lot of attention. This is despite the fact that there is actually little of interest to see in a white area.

You can see that in the photo on the left above. The white of the eyes is really distracting from the image.

In the photo on the right, you can see that the model has centred her eyes. She is still looking away from the camera, but because much less white of the eyes is visible, the portrait is much more pleasant to look at.

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