[ATTENTION PHOTOGRAPHERS] Do You Know How To Bring Out The Best In Men?
There are a million different tutorials for portrait photographers when it comes to shooting women.
Posing guides, tips for outfits, makeup and hair – and all kinds of details that will bring out the best in your female portrait clients.
Of course, some of these tips apply to photographing men, as well. But there are differences when it comes to taking men’s portraits.
I’m not sure if there seems to be a lack of tutorials in this area of photography because men don’t have their portraits taken as often as women. Whatever the case, it’s good to have a few tricks up your sleeve for the next time a man walks into your photo studio.
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The following article will give you five quick tips that will help you take great portraits of men.
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Couldn’t agree more with you, although I’m rather a fan of shooting inside (studio or home) and not so much outside, as there are normally many distracting factors outside.
Hands don’t always have to “disappear” but can also be used in ways where they can express a lot.
I absolutely agree about asking your subjects to remove shoes and socks. Bare feet are absolutely a MUST in portrait photography (and another reason to shoot inside) in my opinion. I always have my subjects pose in bare feet, since neither shoes nor socks are especially pretty in a portrait, whereas bare feet symbolize vulnerability, beauty, freshness, intimacy and many more things all at the same time!!
This holds true for males and females alike, but with guys I have had more problems. I recently photographed a rather handsome young man who didn’t want to remove his socks, because he felt uncomfortable in bare feet. Luckily though, I insisted and afterwards he had to admit that I was right…