Beauty Portraits
Beauty Portraits
The old aphorism states that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” As a photographer, you can use flattering lighting effects to directly influence the perceived beauty of your subject.
Beauty portraits use colors, accessories, and often intense makeup to emphasize a person’s visual appeal. Such images are highly stylized and you can enhance the scene using lighting effects to place accents, create a specific mood, and to hide blemishes.
A beauty portrait isn’t designed to portray a person’s look, character, or personal attributes. It is much more about working hard with your model to capture an idealized facial expression—often aloof, or cool, or perhaps even a little arrogant. This is the challenge ...
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