Friday, June 8, 2018

Woman Portrait Photography In A Flash

By Steven Kennedy


When the first fish like creature crawled out of the waters on to some primordial beach, it likely had no idea just how important it would be to the fate of the planet as a whole. It definitely did not understand its place in the universe. The fact is that it was likely freaking the hell out since it was in an unfamiliar environment. Perhaps it was just too much for its senses to completely fathom. But the creatures that evolved from that creature would, little by little, and generation by generation, understand more and more. It just took a few thousand generations of evolution before a creature came along that had enough sentience to be actively existential, to be actively seeking something more than itself. That led to celebrity culture, which led to woman portrait photography Los Angeles.

Photography is the taking of pictures. But simply saying that it is picture taking is overly simplistic and reduces one of the most versatile art forms to a mere hobby. Yes, there are people who take it up as a hobby. But the professionals in the field are true artists who manipulate angles and lights in order to best capture the essence of a subject. It is often said that a picture is worth a thousand words. A good photographer can do more than that and tell a whole story in a single frame.

In the old days, these people were the leaders, the nobles and royals, and their visage was circulated so that their citizenry could recognize them on sight. But political upheaval and rapid technological progress supplanted the aristocrats and the monarchs. In their stead came the celebrity, an entertainer that holds sway over the masses. But the entertainer supplanted them and then congregated around certain cities.

When it comes to taking the perfect picture, the light is an important tool. A camera flash is all well and good, but it can often be too bright. Such harsh, unflattering light is generally not something that photographers want. As such, they will often have different lights in the studio. When shooting outside, they will wait for the perfect time of day, for that one golden opportunity in which the rays of the sun hit the subject just right.

But the light is not all that has to be played with. The subject themselves will have to be altered ever so slightly. Which is why most photo shoots will have a makeup artist on set, to make sure that only the most flattering features are highlighted.

Nowadays, with the advancement in mobile technology, most smart phones have cameras that can produce better images than even the most advanced digital cameras of the decade before. But a photographer is still going to have a traditional camera. This is because even the best mobile phones cannot compete with a top tier camera.

Portraits are not going to come cheap. In the olden days, an artist would be commissioned by someone with money to paint a portrait. While portraits have become somewhat more accessible to those born without titles or crowns, they are still not going to come cheap.

An artist needs to have talent. Anyone with a camera can call themselves a photographer. But only a true artists will be able to do more with a camera than just take a picture.

There are many ways a story can told. Orally, through the written word and others. But a story can be told in a single image.




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