Portrait Composition — Portrait Photography Roadmap
Framing a person, not just capturing them
Steps in Portrait Composition
- Framing the Human Face and Body — beginner · Composition rules specific to portraiture
- Headroom and Eye Placement — beginner · Common guidelines for cropping around a face
- Environmental Portraits and Context — beginner · Using a subject's surroundings to tell a story about them
- Using Depth of Field to Isolate a Subject — beginner · Separating a person from a busy or distracting background
- Composing for Different Crops and Formats — beginner · Adapting a portrait composition for square, vertical and horizontal delivery
- Using Negative Space in Portraits — beginner · Giving a subject room to breathe within the frame
Part of
- Portrait Photography roadmap — the full learning path