Composition Tips for Portrait Photography you Need to Know

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[fremzter]

Gotta love photographers like her who doesn't just glorify themselves while shooting. She goes straight to tips and just clicks away, not too much blabbering.

[aboynamedjamil]

This model really is fantastic. Her movement is on time and effortless. Also your tips are great.

[ernestagaloos]

Love that you’re adding the footage on the bottom right!

[ryanpuff]

I love the simple location. Gives it a relatable feel. Make any location beautiful, you don't need something extravagant to capture a moment🙂

[mikemorrison]

The lines through the face is a good point. I feel like not many would notice this!

[ScottRandall]

Tips are helpful to beginners, and serve as reminders to intermediate. I wanted to say that your on camera presence is terrific. Good cadence in your speech, just the right amount of confidence. You are genuinely fun to watch. Not everyone has that.

[hasinakassam]

amazing tips and what an amazing model!! i love how she just seamlessly changes her pose after each shot.

[luchoelpatucho]

I love the face photos, they greatly highlight the model's expressions

[audraself]

The real time footage you added on the screen was SO HELPFUL!

[OfficialCharcuterie]

This video was great, and thank you SO much for explaining the "cropped" vs. not when it came to the feet in full body vs. sitting down photos. (Right before you brought it up I was sitting wondering, "Hey, wait a minute...").

In conjunction with what you were saying about using vs. minimizing Leading Lines, one thing that struck me in the photos is that: 1. In the case of the cropped foot at 5:43, another reason cropping the foot felt like it worked for the composition is that the two legs together created visual lines towards the Docs (rather than the model's face) and as a result tension between where a viewer's focus should be, and 2. By pivoting to reduce the leading lines in the photos at 8:24 you almost play an optical trick - in reality the vanishing point terminates at the (higher luminance) white door in the background, but by pivoting it creates a sense that the lines converge on the models face instead.

Thank you for putting out all these great composition videos! I feel like I finally understand approaches to composition that have been eluding me for years 🥹

[sydneycranford]

I really loved this video! Thanks for including all the different examples next to each other, it made it so helpful.

[shotbygem]

I could listen to that voice all day. Great work 👏

[dedequintero]

Your model was fantastic. I really love that you add the preview screen at the bottom right, super helpful and amazing!!! I just started following you, so far I'm loving what I see

[britano]

Love how the model started smiling as soon as job was done, so sweet

[superkevinadventure]

The best tip is the one where you talk about getting the model above her knee! Great video Julia!

[alexhall]

Loved the leading lines shots at the end looked fantastic

[Grant_Ferstat]

Somehow I'd missed this one Julia. Some really great tips here. Thanks.

[balamina]

Very helpful tips, added to my knowledge and definitely I'll use them in my next photo session! Good luck Julia!

[ThShadW]

Loved the full body picture tip where you leave more space on the top, really interesting

[CJ-lsrk]

You are my favorite portrait photographer honestly! Wow !