Rachel Foster
New member
I've been browsing online looking at senior portraits. A lot of studios are pushing "edgy" although I can't define what that means beyond moving away from the traditional smiling poses. I'm sympathetic to that because I hate the phony smile that so often looks like a death rictus. In fact, I don't like to shoot smiles unless the model is smiling for a reason other than an impending shutter click.
I've noticed a lot of unusual settings (alleys, fields, crumbling buildings) which I'm less sympathetic to but that's my personal bias. I prefer to see the model and nothing but the model, but again, that's personal style only. I'm also seeing many images that are atilt. I've used this myself intentionally with landscapes (I have one sunset I particularly like that's at a 45 degree angle). I was wondering how others feel about this with portraiture?
Does it really add anything or is it just an attempt to be different? Is there any artistic value to tilting portraits (that have no obvious justification for the tilt)?
I've noticed a lot of unusual settings (alleys, fields, crumbling buildings) which I'm less sympathetic to but that's my personal bias. I prefer to see the model and nothing but the model, but again, that's personal style only. I'm also seeing many images that are atilt. I've used this myself intentionally with landscapes (I have one sunset I particularly like that's at a 45 degree angle). I was wondering how others feel about this with portraiture?
Does it really add anything or is it just an attempt to be different? Is there any artistic value to tilting portraits (that have no obvious justification for the tilt)?