What makes something a portrait?
Portraits are everywhere. One finds them not just in museums and galleries, but also in magazines, on stamps and coins, on millions of cell phones and computers.
Portraits are often a message, which the artist or person who commissioned the work wished to relay.
The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person. For this reason, in photography a portrait is generally not a snapshot, but a composed image.
An event is a phenomenon located at a single point in space-time. Events bring joy, stimulate emotion, help networking grow, promote important causes.
A family dinner, a wedding, a naming ceremony, a funeral. These simple events form lasting connections between families and communities.
To make process of capturing these moments better, here’s a checklist of questions that i ask:
What is the purpose of the event and What is the mood likely to be?
What is the goal of the photos?
Who are the key people you want me to capture?
Who or what should I not photograph?
What sort of compositions do you like and not like?
What makes something a portrait?
Portraits are everywhere. One finds them not just in museums and galleries, but also in magazines, on stamps and coins, on millions of cell phones and computers.
Portraits are often a message, which the artist or person who commissioned the work wished to relay.
The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person. For this reason, in photography a portrait is generally not a snapshot, but a composed image.
An event is a phenomenon located at a single point in space-time. Events bring joy, stimulate emotion, help networking grow, promote important causes.
A family dinner, a wedding, a naming ceremony, a funeral. These simple events form lasting connections between families and communities.
To make process of capturing these moments better, here’s a checklist of questions that i ask:
What is the purpose of the event and What is the mood likely to be?
What is the goal of the photos?
Who are the key people you want me to capture?
Who or what should I not photograph?
What sort of compositions do you like and not like?