11. Point-of-Contact Check
After diligently examining my photographs, I realized that during portrait shoots I didn’t consider from what angle my lens was striking my subjects and what part of the body was emphasized as a result. For example, imagine that a person is sitting on a chair, and you, the photographer, are kneeling on the floor directly in front of that person. If you were to point your camera at your subject from your position on the floor and take a photo, the first point of contact would be your subject’s knees.
This shooting angle relative to your subject’s position will give more importance to the knees than any other part of your subject’s body. That’s because the knees are the closest objects to the camera at that angle. Generally ...
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