Chapter 08COMPOSITION FOR PORTRAITS
When it comes to portraits of people, we still use many of the tried-and-true composition rules (like the rules of thirds, which is widely used by positioning your subject in the left or right third of the frame, and positioning their eyes where the lines cross—more on this later in the chapter). But, there are also some very specific composition techniques that only apply when you’re doing portraits, so that’s why these are in their own separate chapter. What I’ve always found interesting about the rules of composition we use for portraits is how certain rules are real deal breakers when it comes to ...
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