15/08/2025
SOLO PORTRAIT IDEAS
Here’s a list you might want to save:
- first, check in with your subject if they are ok with proximity and if they feel more comfortable looking at the camera or away (this will help scheme out your portraits with which lens to use and posing)
- use inspo in non wedding portraiture (paintings, press, editorials, interviews/press junkets, music and band photos…)
- use foreground and background elements to frame (holding something in your hand near your lens or use perspective lines)
- on that note: use reflection, mirrors
- tell your subject to move in their position, while they settle in their position take the photo. For a subject who might be a bit more hesitant, ask them to do something, so they shift their attention somewhere else like eating, fixing clothing, playing cards…
- use tilt and blur with intention. For example I like tilting my lens if there are conflicting lines in the frame; and I will use motion and blur when there is jewellery or something sparkling
- do solo portraits, but find ways to include their partner in the frame: I like using reflection and shadows
- TRIANGLES: frame the subject with arms, legs, feet, etc. - tip: use imaginary lines in your shot that run diagonally
- POV . Use pov of another subject. Especially pets. 🐶
Hope this helps!
