1-2-3 is bad for natural expression in portraits
1-2-3 is bad for natural expression in portraits | ||
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If you want that really posed look, then count 1-2-3 right before you
press the shutter button. It's almost a guarantee that you won't have any
natural expressions in your portraits. It's your job as photographer to find
that moment when your subject looks natural, and capture that moment in
time. Anyone can stand there and say '1-2-3' and push the shutter button at
'4' and if you do that, you'll wind up with images that anyone can take. If
you want something special, something more natural—a genuine smile or
expression—then ditch the 1-2-3 cliché and instead just talk to your
subject. Engage them, get them talking, laughing, smiling naturally in the
course of a conversation, or even goofing around, and then when the moment
is right—capture that moment. Then you'll be giving them more than a
well-lit, totally posed photo. You'll give them something special. | ||