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Evan Baines wrote:
What is a good group portrait?
A good group portrait is an image that accurately represents the subjects and also illustrates aspects of their individual or collective character. This may mean conveying a sense of a family being warm and down-to-earth or beautiful and aristocratic. We may focus on the individualism within the group or the cohesiveness.
I agree, pretty much what I wrote but you have a much better skill of writing than me.
Evan Baines wrote:
What are the possible purposes of group portraits at weddings? What are some of the things we might be trying to do?
A group portrait serves as a document for preserving family history, and also a vehicle for the exploration of relationships. In an ideal world, I group portrait might even serve as a means of reinforcing relationships. If you consider the impact of posing people, and especially of physical connectedness, you can imagine that the process might literally and figuratively bring people together. For example:
http://www.upworthy.com/a-photographer-persuades-strangers-to-do-something-really-odd-and-they-totally-love-it
(whether or not you like the results, listen to the subjects talk about the PROCESS) ...Show more →
I couldn't see unless I signed up and gave my e-mail, so I passed. But if it is what I think it is. The story about the NYC photographer who does street portriats of two total strangers in various forms of intimate interactions. Very cool project but I thought some of his results were poor in comparison to the comments that people were expressing about their experience.
Evan Baines wrote:
WHY do we take these? Only if we know why can we determine how to execute better.
I've basically covered the why already, but I am well on record as stating that most photographers use photographic tools aimlessly.
Very ture. For example, today's craze of backlighting everything thinking that it always looks cool just for the sake of back lighting doing so becasue the flash manufactures have made it so easy to do.
Evan Baines wrote:
Imagine using every technique at your disposal to reinforce a MESSAGE about the family. As a photographer, you not only record but interpret. A "style" is not a collection of techniques, but a consistent and well-developed perspective.
Yes, good point.
Edited on Oct 29, 2013 at 03:47 PM · View previous versions
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