Portraiture at its simple best. The human form illuminated by natural light, no flash, no lamps, just daylight. In direct sunlight, there’s a play of shadows, and on cloudy days, or on the other side of a net curtain, there’s a forgiving softness that fills the creases. This broad brief invites any portraits of people shot in daylight, be they individual, group, young, old, headshots or full length. There’s a blurred boundary between portraiture and documentary imagery, but in portraiture the focus should be predominantly on the subject(s), and their face and pose in particular.
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