Portrait photography tip: Focus on a detail

Thursday 16 April 2020, 12:24 by Elja Trum | 4,876 views | 0 comments

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You don't always need to include the entire face in the photo to create a powerful portrait. You can also focus on a specific detail. This gives the photo a different feel than usual.

Lotte - f/9, 1/160s, 100 ISO @ 100mm
The eyes are an obvious detail to capture, but you could also take a photo where the mouth, or just one eye, of your model gets all the attention.

You could use a macro lens to capture a detail. This allows you to get really close to your subject while keeping all the details nice and sharp and visible.

Bear in mind that your depth of field becomes very small when you are this close to your subject. You then need to use smaller apertures, a higher number such as f/11, to retain enough sharpness.

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Elja Trum is the founder of Photofacts and online photography course website Photofacts Academy. He has been writing about photography since 2006. Elja is also the author of (Dutch) books on composition, black-and-white photography, flash photography and portrait photography.

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