{"id":27999,"date":"2024-09-27T06:03:21","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T14:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/?p=27999"},"modified":"2024-10-04T11:09:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T19:09:44","slug":"27999","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/?p=27999","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/randywells-Goodwood-Revival_N9A1990-1s-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/randywells-Goodwood-Revival_N9A1990-1s-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"399\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/randywells-Goodwood-Revival_N9A1990-1s-2.jpg 570w, https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/randywells-Goodwood-Revival_N9A1990-1s-2-330x231.jpg 330w, https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/randywells-Goodwood-Revival_N9A1990-1s-2-150x105.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 85vw, 570px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>TIPS FOR BETTER PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Study the classics &#8211; Great paintings can inspire you to try new lighting.<br \/>\nShoot frequently and for yourself &#8211; Don&#8217;t care about what others think.<br \/>\nLive a life where you&#8217;re open to new ideas.<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t include too much &#8211; Choose your foreground and background carefully.<br \/>\nEliminate distracting elements that don&#8217;t contribute to what you are inspired to portray.<br \/>\nWait for a gesture, the best moment when the subject reveals themselves.<br \/>\nTechnically, for tight close ups, a long telephoto set at f\/5.6 to f\/8 is the way to go. Cell phone photos in wide mode are horribly distorted for portraits.<br \/>\nTell a story &#8211; Environmental portraiture requires even more forethought than a tight composition. With a moderate wide angle to normal lens, only include in your frame that which adds to the story you want to tell. Simplify!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TIPS FOR BETTER PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY Study the classics &#8211; Great paintings can inspire you to try new lighting. Shoot frequently and for yourself &#8211; Don&#8217;t care about what others think. Live a life where you&#8217;re open to new ideas. Don&#8217;t include too much &#8211; Choose your foreground and background carefully. Eliminate distracting elements that don&#8217;t &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/?p=27999\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27999"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27999"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28195,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27999\/revisions\/28195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}