Photography is about capturing beauty in ordinary things through perspective and composition. It is a way of looking at the world and finding the essence of a subject. When taking portraits, photographers should frame their subjects to focus attention, consider backgrounds, experiment with different angles and shots, make subjects comfortable, and highlight each subject's uniqueness.

2. “You don't take a photograph,
you create it.”

3. “The photographer finds beauty in what we all
see but most consider ordinary.”
“Photography is, above all,
a way of looking.”
Pierre Gonnord

4. “To photograph means to put your head,
eyes and heart at the same point of
view.”
R. Whitman, Prince, Roger Nelson,

5. helpful tips

6. ECU: extreme close-up Primeríssim pla
CU: close-up (shows subject subjectively) Primer pla
MCU: medium close-up (shows subject objectively) Primer pla llarg
MS: medium shot (shows what subject is doing) Pla mig
FS: full shot (show subject in location) Pla sencer/ de conjunt

7.  Frame your shot so the subject takes up most
of the picture.
Richard Avedon
Pierre Gonnord

8.  Anything else in the shot is just
a distraction, so frame it out.
 Be careful with the
background!

9.  Try to take different compositions: symmetrical,
asymmetrical, centered…
F. Egot, Steve Jobbs
Stoneth, Portrait
Turco Jean, Portrait n.1512
Florence Henri, Portrait composition 1930

10.  Take your time and take a lot of
shots.
 Make the subject feel relaxed,
talking to him and giving
Annie Leibovitz
confidence.

11.  Think about what makes your
subject unique and try to capture it
in the shot.
John Rankin Waddel, portrait