From the course: Narrative Portraiture: On Location in New York City

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Directing the subject

Directing the subject

From the course: Narrative Portraiture: On Location in New York City

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Directing the subject

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Chris Orwig: There comes a point in almost every photo shoot where you kind of want to turn a corner. You want to make something happen. It's game time, want to turn up the heat. And I wanted to try to create an expression that said something. And then what I want you to do at this one is kind of confront the camera, and I don't know what that means, but like an expression like that says something. And it was my attempt to try to give some open-ended direction. He could interpret that a number of different ways. When I thought it was so great is he said, okay, I'm going to confront the camera, but I don't want to try too hard. Okay, let's see some more of that. Jared Mason: I don't want to try too hard. Chris Orwig: Yeah, yeah. Jared Mason: But I mean I could ham it up whatever. Chris Orwig: Yeah, hamming's good. Jared Mason: Is it? Chris Orwig: It is good! Jared Mason: What I mainly think of is this yoga position. Chris Orwig: Yeah, let's try that. He was teaching me something and I…

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