From the course: Portrait Photography: High School Seniors

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Shoot a portrait, starting with natural light

Shoot a portrait, starting with natural light

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Shoot a portrait, starting with natural light

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- So when I was looking around for a good setting for Max, we had done that really pretty series with Ashley, with the trees, you know, in the background, all soft and it felt really right for her, but it felt a little too soft for Max and I wanted something that was more masculine and I was looking around, looking around and you know, I found this and I liked the texture here and we had a good angle on the edge and it was something that he could interact with, and it felt a lot better than having him put his hand on a tree trunk or something, it just felt so wrong to me. And I'll do that, you know, once I get a feel for the subject, I wanna try to find a setting that matches their personality and their looks and hopefully something that they'll like too. So what I was thinking is that, you know, a lot of times to get warmed up, the hand in pocket pose is a good way to start and we'll just have kind of this in the background. Actually the color scheme is pretty good here, they're…

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