Portrait Location
Your choice of portrait location also plays an important role in the final composition of your photographs.
It is best if you ask yourself questions like:
- What is the purpose of your portraits?
- Do you want to show your subject in a natural setting?
- Or do you want a controlled environment?
Portrait Location
Once you have answers to the above questions, you will have a better idea of what you want your convey about your subject to your viewers.
For example, if you wanted to showcase your subject as a professor and author, you will want to shoot them in a library or classroom or being surrounded by books.
If you are shooting children, you will want them to be in the playground or around toys.
Or you want to share travel and holiday photos but emphasize the subject rather than the environment.
As you can see, there are plenty of different environments to place your subject.
In a natural environment you will have to be more careful of where you shoot your subject due to light. As well, you will have to decide how much emphasis you want to give to the surroundings. This will affect your lens choice.
Wide apertures and zoom lenses are probably a good idea in a natural environment that is noisy. For example, if you want to take photos of children playing among colorful objects, a wide aperture will give blur the colors and result in a pleasing photo.
And if a zoom lens is used, you can give the child room to be more playful and be more spontaneous and natural.
Love your camera. Love yourself. Love your photos.