Apart from being able to record memories, photographs are also a means by which one can express their ideas creatively.
A person's personality and state of mind can easily be depicted using the portrait photography.
A body can become an epitome of creativity by just adjusting the lighting and camera accordingly.
Ideally the face is the main target for a portrait.
However these days, professional photographers use other body parts along with great looking backgrounds for their portrait photographs.
Portrait photography can be of different types like fashion, gritty, nude, candid and creative.
Creative portraits These are pictures that are artistic and unique.
Using different focus methods, lighting, angles, types of lens and many other elements gives creative photography its uniqueness.
This type of photography is interesting as photographers include creativity and experiment using their subjects.
They also try out various shots using their cameras and other elements.
Plain and dull subjects are made exciting and interesting through creative portraits.
Candid photography This type of photography is achieved by photographing the subject without their knowledge.
The real person and their emotion can be captured this way.
This type of photography makes sure you capture expressions and emotions one will never be able to get on photo with models or subjects posing for you.
Though you get realistic portraits, one must be very careful in handling such acts as you would need to exercise certain responsibilities when you are involved in capturing candid photographs.
You require the subject to sign a 'model release form' if you wish to publish candid photographs.
You will be breaking the law if you publish the pictures without the consent of the subject.
Fashion fiesta Fashion photography concentrates on the type of clothes and accessories a model wears.
The picture would mostly be captured in full body shots.
This way the entire appeal of the subject is captured.
Though the photographer concentrates on full shots, depending on the type of clothing close up shots are considered to target minute details on clothing.
Fashion photographs also take into consideration the backgrounds as the clothes need to match with the background.
Portraits that are gritty The name gritty comes from the look of the photograph which appears grainy.
Since these pictures are black and white, the subjects are required to bring in a lot of emotion to make the picture look dramatic.
Lighting is crucial in order to bring the pictures to life and accentuate the features of the subject.
Nude portraits Nudity is considered pornographic by many.
However a nude portrait is considered a pure form of art by professional photographers.
They consider the different parts of the body to be good subjects for photographs.
Looking at the portraits as art without any reservation will ensure you enjoy the portrait for what it was intended rather than making it pornographic material.