Chapter 3
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Add Light
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Snapshot Versus Photograph Versus Portrait
Adding light to a subject is what transforms a snapshot into a photograph, and a photograph into a portrait. But these three words—snapshot, photograph, and portrait—could all fall under the same umbrella as “photos,” right? Well, not all photos are the same. Almost anyone would agree that a quick photo of someone taken using your mobile phone is quite different from the incredible portraits that photographer Annie Leibovitz would take.
It’s important to know what it is you are trying to achieve when you point your camera toward a subject. Adding light to a photo of someone ...
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