Are you looking to take your portrait work to the next level? If so, check out these five effective tips to help ensure you walk away with the perfect angle on your next photo shoot.
Part of my personal routine when shooting portraits is being an active photographer with my legs and employing lots of my own movement around my camera subject. I enjoy exploring a variety of angles within a shoot. Not only do I come away with a more diverse collection of images, but being engaged during a session helps me to warm into a nice creative flow. Ernesto Sue has created a video on just that, explaining in detail how he works through a series of five structured angles while on his photo shoots, allowing him a wide range of opportunity to locate the perfect angle. Depending on factors like the model’s build and the image’s intended use, Sue may purposely position himself to capture a lower angle, for example. This will help to create a greater sense of height for person short in stature. Integrating this down-low angle along with his other helpful tips will help assure you do not simply settle with the initial results you are seeing on camera, but instead learn to maximize each opportunity.
