hey. im doing my A2 in photography and struggled in my first year so the seconds not going to go so well.

my first main project is on portraiture and im really interested in doing relationships; between family members, couples, friends, strangers, even waiters and customers.

for this i need to study other photographers.

anyone know of any whove taken good photographs in this field??

help would be much appreciated!

lauren :)

Why do you need to study the photographers and not the people (subjects) ?

I'm going to move this to the photographers group. I know of a few good photgraphers who hang out there.

You may find something here? If not have a browse round the net.

http://www.google.com/search?q=examples+portraits&rls=com.microsoft:en-gb:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7GGIH

For formal portraits in the studio lighting is the key and there are only a couple of simple rules.

For real life situations obviously speed is of the essence, but I was always advised to shoot from low down say from a kneeling position, or if in a restaurant have the camera say at table height. Other that that it is down to the photographers eye.

If I got one good picture out of a roll of 36 (candid photography) I thought I was doing well.

Have a look at Karsh's work, he was the master of portrait photography.


Happy days!