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Originally Posted by Joan Breckwoldt
But what did I just do? I had in my mind how I wanted this portrait to look and I directed the model to fit my preconcieved notion.
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I'm totally in favor of preconcieved notions! Especially with subjects who are not paying clients. I'm thinking of putting my next "victim" in a tree after shooting them (so to speak) inside on a ladder. I doubt I could get a client to go along with this plan.
When I do a photo shoot I always play around with different poses and I don't always know what "feels" the best until I see the photos. Then you must ask yourself whether the composition you had in mind works as well. Should it be square, vertical, circular, or horizontal? (I'm working on a portrait that started out as a vertical before I changed my mind and made it a horizontal.) First thing to worry about, though, is the light, so you're going about this the right way.