{"id":741,"date":"2007-09-25T13:53:28","date_gmt":"2007-09-25T03:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digital-photography-school.com\/portrait-photography-tips\/"},"modified":"2019-08-20T09:22:50","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T23:22:50","slug":"portrait-photography-tips","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/digital-photography-school.com\/portrait-photography-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Portrait Photography Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/digital-photography-school.com\/portraits-competition-winners\/\">Portrait Photography E-book<\/a> for more great portrait tips like this.<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/astragony\/8260117875\/\"><span class=\"responsive-image attachment-large\" style=\"width:600px\"><span class=\"space\" style=\"width:600px; padding-top:66.83%\"><\/span><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/digital-photography-school.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/flickr\/8260117875_5ab9373bce_o.jpg?resize=600%2C401&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Daniel Zedda - portrait photography tips\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" \/><\/span><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">By Daniel Zedda<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Are you interested in improving your portrait photography? Here&#8217;s a a few of the most popular <strong>Portrait Photography Tips<\/strong> from our archives.<\/p>\n<h3 data-section id=\"portrait-photography-tips\">22 Portrait Photography Tips<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digital-photography-school.com\/10-ways-to-take-stunning-portraits\/\">10 Tips to Take Stunning Portraits<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digital-photography-school.com\/tips-portrait-photography\/\">10 More Tips for Stunning Portrait Photography<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digital-photography-school.com\/give-your-subject-space-to-look-into\/\">Give Your Subject Space to Look Into<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digital-photography-school.com\/4-quick-tips-for-portraits\/\">4 Quick Tips for Portraits<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digital-photography-school.com\/photographing-children-composition\/\">Photographing Children &#8211; Composition<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digital-photography-school.com\/techniques-photographing-people-when-traveling\/\">How to Photograph People When Traveling<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digital-photography-school.com\/photographing-babies\/\">10 Tips for Photographing Babies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digital-photography-school.com\/asking-permission-to-photography-people\/\">Asking Permission to Photograph People<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digital-photography-school.com\/environmental-portraits\/\">How to Take Environmental Portraits<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digital-photography-school.com\/what-the-mona-lisa-can-teach-you-about-taking-great-portraits\/\">What the Mona Lisa Can Teach You about Portrait Photography<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digital-photography-school.com\/posing-tip-for-portraits-which-way-should-your-subject-lean\/\">Posing &#8211; Which Way Should Your Subject Lean?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digital-photography-school.com\/a-fresh-look-at-depth-of-field-using-foreground-to-achieve-creative-depth-of-field\/\">A Fresh Look at Depth of Field<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digital-photography-school.com\/posing-tips-for-portraits-shoulders\/\">Posing Tips &#8211; Shoulders<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digital-photography-school.com\/posing-tips-waistlines-thighs-and-bustlines\/\">Posing &#8211; Waistlines, Thighs and Bustlines<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digital-photography-school.com\/where-is-your-subject-looking-and-why-does-it-matter\/\">Where is Your Subject Looking and Why Does it Matter?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digital-photography-school.com\/how-to-pose-hands-in-portraits\/\">How to Pose Hands in Portraits<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digital-photography-school.com\/the-perfect-portrait-guide-how-to-photograph-people-book-review\/\">The Perfect Portrait Guide &#8211; How to Photograph People &#8211; Book Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digital-photography-school.com\/what-clothes-should-subjects-wear-in-portrait-photography\/\">What Clothes to Wear in Portraits<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digital-photography-school.com\/how-to-bypass-the-portrait-mode-on-your-digital-camera-and-get-great-portrait\/\">How to bypass the Portrait Mode on Your Digital Camera and Get Great Portrait<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digital-photography-school.com\/the-human-side-of-photography-4-tips-for-natural-looking-portraits\/\">4 Tips for Natural Looking Portraits<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digital-photography-school.com\/an-introduction-to-catchlights\/\">An Introduction to Catchlights<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digital-photography-school.com\/11-tips-for-better-candid-photography\/\">11 Tips for Better Candid Photography<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>These <strong>Portrait Photography Tips<\/strong> just scratch the Surface of our archives. <a href=\"https:\/\/digital-photography-school.com\/subscribe\/\">Subscribe to our newsletter<\/a> to be notified when we publish more.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/digital-photography-school.com\/portraits-competition-winners\/\"><span class=\"responsive-image alignnone\" style=\"width:600px\"><span class=\"space\" style=\"width:600px; padding-top:41.67%\"><\/span><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/digital-photography-school.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Portraits_468x190px.jpg?resize=600%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Portrait Photography Tips and Tricks.\" width=\"600\" height=\"250\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get our Portrait Photography E-book for more great portrait tips like this. Are you interested in improving your portrait photography? Here&#8217;s a a few of the most popular Portrait Photography Tips from our archives. 22 Portrait Photography Tips 10 Tips to Take Stunning Portraits 10 More Tips for Stunning Portrait Photography Give Your Subject Space [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":81179,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-741","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Portrait Photography Tips - dPS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Are you interested in improving your portrait photography? 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