Tips for Shooting Great Portraits

https://blog.phowd.com/2014/09/7-tips-shooting-great-portrait-photographs/
This article talks about how professional photographer should be able to take portraits no matter what. It also talks about how you have to be comfortable with you model and tell them exactly what you want them to do for the pictures to turn out the way you want them to.

I learned that it's okay to break the rules of composition to make visually pleasing images.a
a.) I picked this picture because the models gaze really pulled me in and got me interested.
b.) This follows the rules of balance and simplicity.
c.) Yuri Acurs took the photo

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