8 Common Portrait Photography Mistakes To Avoid
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- Опубликовано: 4 июл 2024
- When it comes to portrait photography knowing what you should be doing is great! But knowing what to avoid can be incredibly useful too.
In a recent live critique show, I reviewed portrait photography images submitted by members, and it soon became clear that there were a few common portrait mistakes that many photographers seem to be making. To help you quickly improve your photography, I’ve summarised the key points to keep in mind when shooting portraits and explained how to avoid the most common problems.
In this video, I show you 8 common portrait photography mistakes you can easily avoid.
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Very helpful tips.... sometimes we're so concerned about the camera settings that we forget these little details... thank you so much sir
Glad it was helpful!
Great explanation, clear pronounciation, which I appreciate very much, because english is not my native language.
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Thank you.
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That was awesome, want to see your demonstration on white background shots for online. And also different lighting on white background. A very big thank you for this video.
Great video thank you!!
Thank you for producing this guide, I found it very helpful and insightful. I particularly appreciated the simple hand posing "steps" idea!
You're very welcome
Thank you so much sir! This helps amateurs like us to improve a lot. Thank you very much.
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Thanks for the tips good Sir!!!! Nothing but admiration for how you critique correctively without being harsh. True professional indeed!
I appreciate that
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Superior work, Karl. Your videos really stand out among the rest. You can tell how much time, preparation, and superb execution play into these videos. Cheers!
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Thank you Karl, been learning from you since 2010!
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Fantastic sense setting , it is so high-end
Every single word you say has meaning and purpose. Perfect
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I just started learning photography three months ago and your teachings are really helping me get better. Thank you so much karl
Happy to help
Just getting started after not for a very long tome. This is all very helpful!
Thanks
Thank you Sir, knowing what not to do is just as important as knowing what to do. Can’t wait for your next video.
More to come
Fantastic content. Many thanks!
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Thank you Karl Taylor...!!!
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Another great summary. These definitely are mistakes to avoid. Often the hard part is figuring out HOW to avoid them! ...but at least being aware of the problems is a start.
Thank you.
Free video! Thank you so much for taking the time to make this
Glad it was helpful!
thank you for the tips, details are always the key
Always
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Thank God that I've found your channel. There's a LOT of things to learn within your videos (including the english language, because I'm brazilian)! Thanks!
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Such a perfect teacher
Thank you.
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Very smart, clean, useful. And its nice!
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Great tutorial. As a former broadcast TV videographer, studio and location, transitioning to dance photography, I learned from many of the pitfalls that are demonstrated here in video production. Yet there are other issues to look for even in stills. Thanks.
thank you
Thank you for the reminder.
Any time
Really useful Tips. I agree in every of them.
Glad you think so
Thank you for sharing karl
My pleasure
VERY GOOD AND VALID POINTS!
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Very informative thanks Karl.....
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Excellent video great tips I needed this
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Thank you sir for this tips. This will be a great help for us
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Very detail and well said full of knowledge 👍
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Great explanation of common mistakes. Thanks again for sharing your wisdom.
Cheers from Mother Russia
Thank you.
Nice video (as usual) Karl. But, I was hoping you'd address my personal #1 "pet peeve" when it comes to portrait photography: smiling subject with his/her arms crossed in front of the chest. This is a disturbingly common pose in promo images of real estate agents, lawyers and other business people. Any decent portrait photographer must be a student of body language. How we "read" people is based on a variety of factors including facial expressions and body positioning. Smile = friendly, happy & open. Crossed arms = defensive, uptight & closed. The combination of smiling/happy face and crossed arms is a mixed message that virtually never occurs naturally. A good photographer will know to avoid that illogical and unnatural pose.
Every restauranteur in the universe gets posed that way in photography. It's hilarious if you're looking for it 🤣
I could say much good of the content but I just want to compliment the moon shirt :)
Excellent advice
Glad you liked it
Just ridiculously useful... He passes useful information without sounding condescending
Thank you Albert
Muchas gracias.
G'day Karl. Particularly liked this one, thanks mate. Stay safe.
Thanks 👍
I love ur vedios as a beginner photographer they are extremely useful
Happy to hear that!
Dang, this was fantastic. This is why I love the art of photography, I have a lot to learn!!
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What a video.. very detailed explanation.. impressive.. even little tini tiny details are considered properly by you sir.. thanks..
Thanks and welcome
Amazing thank you for this video
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Too good Sir, Realy So Useful Tips.... 🤘🤘
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Thankyou sir video was very informative
Most welcome
Thank you, you make some key ideas that I could improve my skills much better. I really want to join your live talk and practical class (if you have), but I'm in Asia.
Hi thanks, you can join our live workshops online on our website.
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Posting hands , i prefer naturally.. with the shoot of indecent expose of the hand from nowhere is very interesting. Big shouder up front showing in a portrait is also an interesting argument.
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Great advice
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No worries!
Damn! Karl just dropped some serious knowledge in just 10 minutes.
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Have a thought about the hands. I have what might be a different take on it. If you get too heavy on instructing somebody on how to pose, or if whoever is getting their picture taken over thinks the posing, that leads to more likely awkward looking gestures.
Give them a few ideas or comments about a feeling or a mood they can act out, you'll get a freer flowing time and you get a lot less stiff looking hands. Or anything else.
Then you are not a good enough photographer yet. Many customers don’t like a picture but don’t know why. A broad hand or a claw like fingers may be the answer. Karl is pointing out these very old known things that if you are taught to watch out for. Will improve your images. And a good photographer can quickly adjust a hand keeping your client relaxed and enjoying the shoot. You will find that you will notice these little things and change the pose quickly and naturally without the client really noticing or they will feel confident that they are in the hands of an expert. Who noticed the little things that make a great photographer. I was taught these things 40 years ago and I don’t even think about them I just do it. A little tip Karl didn’t mention here but I am sure he probably has is when placing fingers on the face. Tell the model to gentle touch the skin with a gossamer touch. Fingers pressed hard will distort the skin on the face.
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This video is the proof that photography is WAY harder than people think
Cheers
Great video. But would you create an index for every parts of your video on your caption (or the description below the video)?
Thank you 🌹
Mistakes are a stepping stone for success thank you sir
Absolutely cheers
Thank you
You're welcome
I always like your videos. Awesome instructions and great photos. This one is an amazing one. Enjoyed it. Have you ever noticed your hand movement during a video? Mute the audio and take a look. 😁 Cheers!
Thanks. Ha I hope it doesn't look like anything rude!
Karl Taylor nah, you’re fine. 😆
Claw Hands and Bear Paws .....my family can’t help themselves....and I position them! Bless their hearts!
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You sound like a professor...great tips.
Thanks
Super.
Thank you! Cheers!
Karl --
NICE SHIRT! (Neil was a friend of mine.) Did you ever hear how he and NASA settled for the cost of the forgotten camera?
Thanks, Hasselblad gave it to me last year when it was the 50th anniversary of the first Apollo landing. That's amazing to hear Neil was a friend of your's, did you see the film 'First Man', I really enjoyed it. I also read a couple of Buzz Aldrin's books recently too but I've never heard about the 'forgotten' camera, only ones that were deliberately left behind?
A lifetime of practiced learning condensed in 9 short minutes. Thank you kindly, Karl.
Very welcome
Really good tips getting distracted by a really good watch 😉
Glad you enjoyed it!
Me too. Looks like a nice Rolex
It's a precision diving instrument called a 'Submariner', that's what I told my wife 😊
About retouching, my best experience is : don't retouch expecting to save an otherwise poor shot. Retouch the best, only. After years of photoshop, the luxury is when you don't really need it. Peace of mind is when you leave the shooting location knowing you gave the good ones in raw in the memory card. And most of all : never submit to the girl request for skin, keep the truth natural look, it's always better. Never leave the location without some available light shots, those are often keepers. Turn slowly, move slightly, look at the light, the framing, there are pearls to be found there.
Good advice.
thank you for the advice
If we're confined in terms of space what tips do you have for having to resort to green screen
Hi I rarely use green screen but even to use that properly and not too close, you need to be careful or you'll get green bounce reflections on the subject.
Hands: I know exactly what you mean. But in the shown examples on 3:46 I must say that I like them both.
Who decides what is acceptable look? Why should all photography fit someone’s idea of what they should look like? As long as they are in focus and the light is good who is to say they are mistake?
They don't even need to be in focus but I'd agree light is often the defining factor. No person can decide what is an acceptable look but the perception of images is a visual science mixed with human biological and emotional responses based on the content of the images and it's representing narrative. From a visual science point of view it has been discovered that human vision reacts better to certain aesthetics, often related to particular contrast range, colour, diagonals and object positioning. This is all based on the human evolution and how our visual systems have evolved for survival reasons, things like, understanding camouflage, distinguishing certain coloured berries against a bush or assessing the threat of a moving item in your peripheral vision. The other part is how an image makes you feel and this can be based on previous emotional responses to situations, imprinting or cultural definition and biological emotional reaction. Essentially the story of the image may also make you feel something in combination with the visual science and then emotional aspects. I've spent many years studying this area and the work of scientists can demonstrate these things at a neurological level. So it's not really who decides, much of it is just a combination of science and interpretation but there are key things that mean while music is subjective that just like music if it's in the wrong note then you know something is clearly wrong.
When I set my Nikon d5300 camera for auto-focus and want to shoot, the camera focuses on other objects than what I expects (which usually the eyes or some objects in the frame). So I periodically half-push the button to see if it focused on the right thing. I tried to use manual focus but it is very hard to be precious; I assume the focus is right, but when I want to work on the photo on my computer, I notice the focus was not completely sharp. I can't determine if I've focused, for example on the eyes or other parts of the body or even the other stuffs around environment when I try to use viewfinder. Is there a way to fix this?
Buy a better camera? Nikon's auto-focus is suspect. If not maybe change it to spot focus and move it on the eye before the shot?
Do you use single point autofocus? Do you use focus and recompose? Which lens do you use?
Also yes, the easiest way to review focus, is to play back your image on the screen, and zoom in to 100%. On my D800 I can assign the main control pad button to instantly zoom in 100% to the focus point of an image, which makes it significantly easier to quickly check focus. You can usually find it under the 'controls' section then 'multi selector center button'. I am not 100% sure if it's available in the 5xxx series though.
Hi Karl, nice video, Do You have a ballerina video photo session?