How to find the “good side” of a persons face for a Portrait?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ส.ค. 2016
- In this portrait tutorial, I will talk about portrait posing and how to find your subjects good side. When it comes to picking a subject’s best side for a portrait, there is a LOT of information online and in books that is based on science but unfortunately most of the science leaves out the variables of makeup and hair styles and camera angles and lighting and all that photography stuff.
I want to explain the science to you - in layman’s terms and Be sure to stay tuned until the end and I will explain what my experience has taught me about which is the best side and how to make that decision when shooting a portrait.
So, the science has taught us that we want to try to create balance and symmetry in the face to make our subject look their best
Remember that photographing people is a relationship game. So when I meet a model or a portrait subject for the first time I spend a few minutes talking with them to break the ice and while I am doing that I study them. I pay attention to their personality, their body language and yes - their face - specifically, I want to see how symmetrical their face is.
Public Service Announcement If you ever meet a someone with a perfectly symmetrical face - remain calm - don’t walk - RUN in the other direction - the Aliens have landed!!! NO human being is perfectly symmetrical
So I am looking to see if the person has a particularly crooked jaw or smile or nose and most importantly I am looking to see which eye is larger and if it is noticeably larger or just barely larger. I am also going to say things to get the person to smile and laugh during our conversation because sometimes that will cause one eye to be considerably larger than the other or even for a smile to go crooked.
Once I have gathered all that information, I can begin to make decisions about camera angles and lighting to flatter the face. By this time, I know what features I may need to hide.
I don’t pay too much attention to the left side of the face science - mainly because I know I can control perception of the face with lighting and camera angle and makeup and hair styling, so for me the MOST important factor in determining the best side is which eye is the smallest.
If there is very little difference between the two eyes - I will frequently photograph a person looking straight into my lens which is a very powerful view.
If one eye is noticeably smaller, then I simply use perspective to balance things out to get closer to that beauty concept of both sides of the face being equal.
The simple solution is to place the smaller eye closer to the camera lens which will make it look larger in relationship to the larger eye - hence - making them closer in size. You can do this with a ¾ turn of the face. Make sure the nose doesn’t break the edge of the face and be sure that you can still see the edge of the far eye - you don’t want the eye falling out of the face.
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Thank you so much! Finally a professional who is not looking to sell or promote something but just wants to share knowledge! : )
This is an incredible lecture on portraits. I had never thought about eye ratio. I thought "my best side" was a mythical thing Again, thank you, this was premium knowledge
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Probably the best information on portraiture on the net. No-one ever tells you this stuff. Brilliant, thank you
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Brilliant video. I have never come across any other video on TH-cam regarding this very important topic BUT I am sure that none of them can be as informative and well put together as this one. So much new information for someone like me, who are too late to go to a photography school and learn the basics.
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Wow! Next level portrait technique. Thank you! So smart!
Deep. Lot to learn here. Thank you Joe.
This video was incredible. I never knew this but the part about which side to part your hair was amazing. Thank you
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Sound advice Joe. I read about this in a portraiture book recently. They also included other parts of the body as well and how even the body itself is never symmetrical. It was after this chapter that the book discussed short and broad lighting of both the body and face as well as positioning both in relation to the camera to introduce the appearance of symmetry when it does not exist. Thanks for the vid and all the effort you put into your work.👍🏼👍🏼💪🏼💪🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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I watch many channels but such basic things you told so simply, it was really helpful.
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Great information on shooting portraits and, as always, very enjoyable. By the way, as you were talking I did notice that I was focused mainly on the left side of your face, which is something I seem to do with people I talk with.
Wow. I learned a lot in this video. Thank you so much.
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Good advices Joe! I think it is "simply" focusing on details and practice !!!!
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Loved this video, some very useful tips, thanks!
Awesome yet again Joe. As you say, attention to details, however small, can make the difference. The eyes thing, it seems obvious now, but I haven't seen or heard that reasoning in a posing decision used before. Keep em' coming and remember Joe, your next video is your best video ;)
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Great Joe, lookin forward to seeing them. I am promoting your tutorials in our camera club (in west of Ireland) keep up the good work.
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Not a problem Sir! Just watching your YTube video - "How to find the good side...." Very informative!!
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Hi Joe,
This was one of the very difficult topic. It keeps me wondering how lucid your explanation was! I am simply in love with your knowledge bank!
Thanks a bunch for your time in making this video for us!
Regards
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Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
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Great useful tips!!....
I am learning so much from you. Hopefully, I can give people better portraits with all this knowledge. Thank you!
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wow great video. a LOT to absorb for the science of the shot. keep it up
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great video ty. just getting back into shooting this was very helpful. now to try it out!
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Excelent and very enlightening, this video + the "One Light Portrait Lighting" will help me improve my portrait photos skills a lot! Thanks !
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Great insight!
Sometimes videos like this can be very dry and boring, but you made it interesting and I learnt a lot from this video. Thanks! :)
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“No human being has a perfectly symmetrical face..” good revelation for a Sci Fi Horror Story!
"There has to be a joke in there somewhere" 😂 I died!
Thanks for this tutorial! :)
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Great information. Thank you.
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Great video.
Really nice tutorial.!!
New to this channel but not to photography. ... fantastic video with return to this channel for sure. .. thanks Joe
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As you said in a previous vídeo, "the secret is in the eyes". Thanks Mr. Edelman, I found very helpful your videos.
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Fantastic....
Great lesson brother.
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thanks for very useful info
although i have heard most of the info before, it was always bits here and there.. this video sums very useful tips up and puts them together in a nice way. thanks for a great recap.
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ADIOS !!!! Love it thanks for everything.....
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In my opinion right proportions >= symmetry
As always, many thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Really informative!
A superb video. Maybe the best I've seen from a true master. Thanks Joe!
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Hey Joe, recently retired (age 64) and moved from the Philly area (Huntingdon Valley/Hatboro) to Savannah, GA. Opening a portrait studio in my Living Room, no basements in Savannah. I love portraiture. I also love my Tokina 100mm 2.8 on the D750 along with my Nikon 70-200 2.8, 85 1.8 etc. Your use of Fluorescent lighting amazes me. I've seen your images which are stunning. Maybe we could Skype or I could connect with you. I'm willing to pay for your expertise and respect your knowledge. Just got my backdrop (Grey) and 2 light stands. Been using my one sb700 with an umbrella softbox ($28) and getting ok results. Will need help with lighting purchases. I study ever day and shoot every week, mostly events, indoors without flash. First camera was 1976, Canon AE-1. Then, the corp exec role for many years but went back to photography 7 yrs ago. Won't take up any more space in my post but will be following you closely. I think you are the best! Rich B.
We can do that chichi ya - visit this web page to set it up: www.joeedelman.com/learnfrom-joe
Will do. Maybe when I'm back to visit, I can schedule a day too. Allentown is pretty close. Thanks again.
¡Thanks a lot Joe, regards from México!!!
happy world photo day Joe!
Really usefull tip - while shooting subjects with eyes of diferent sizes. Before a Photograph a person I usually ask them what is theyr side that they like best... Just to avoid them to be shy or mad on me just not to be shooting "their best". But I never thought to much about that, why do they prefere one side over the other, specially when they are kind of symetric :D
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great insight ! I was wondering once you have decided which side is the best side what are the Do's and Dont's when lighting the Best Side !
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thanks for the tips
HI JOE
YOUR RIGHT ON THE FACE POSE GOOD WORK.
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Really loved the Face Book idea. Will you it for a upcoming shoot I have. Keep up the great video's
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Great video, thanks for sharing!
Will definitely try this next time :)
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Good video , well explained !
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Wow! I have a shoot this weekend! New tips to try!
Awesome Cherrard Cohen! Let me know how it goes!
Will Do!