In the quiet time that comes between Christmas and Easter many women think of having a portrait Alison Settle in the And there resolution stops with the type which hates to face the photographer, which regards the prospect of being photographed with the same horror as it faces the dentist's appointments. They realize that there is a technique connected with the art of being photographed, but are unsure what it is.
I talked with two well-known photographers, one a woman, one a man, to get their point of view on sitters, the nervous sitter above all.
Portrait or Face-on-Paper?
"Make up your mind first of all," said Captain North, "whether what you want is a portrait or just a record of features. You cannot have a woman shown into the studio and twenty minutes later turn her out with a portrait taken "That is why I will not photograph more than four times a day. You cannot get to know the sitter, to see sitting, but pekinese are perfect sitters, entirely photogenic: "When a poke comes to the studio he expects to be photographed and would greatly hurt if he were left out: other dogs have not got that poise and may spoil your loveliest take' b, sudden movement.
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