Photography

For more than one reason.

Firstly, portraits are like family photographs. They are a record of past times, and were kept and looked at in much the same way. If you visited a geat house, you would not be shown a photograph album – you would be walked through a gallery to admire great-great uncle Cuthbert in his admiral’s uniform. Of course paintings on that scale are expensive both to commission and to house, which restricted portraiture to those with sufficient wealth.

Secondly (and again like some family albums) they were a way of marking status. Where a modern album might have a photo of Grandad on his yacht, showing what a rich man he was, a 19thC oil painting might have him posed in front of a racehorse, his house or his garden, or holding some emblem of his trade or profession – an engineer or shipwright with a ruler, a writer with a pen, a bishop with a bible and wearing his canonicals.

Hope this helps.

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The camera pictures could be considered too ’soft’ for this type of photography. For professional use, a dedicated D-SLR should be considered.

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I think it is really cool.

I think there is a great appreciation for taking the time to process a portrait using that process because photography today is over saturated with ultra sharp and high resolution technology which anybody can print at a print shop. The antique process gives you something worth hanging on a wall because it takes time and skill to create a great print.

need some help with my photography assignment,Many thanks

Portraiture your job is to make your subject look as good as possible Fashion your job is to sell something, to focus on the fashion it self.
Fashion can differ a lot there is a big difference between a J Crew catalog and heroin sheik.

Highlights clip of a Wet Paint Studio Group art demo video recorded by John Aalto. WPSG rents the full version recordings to members at the monthly Business Meeting (Gillette House, Sayville, NY).

Wet Paints Studio Group
http://www.wetpaintsgroup.com/

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I prefer strobes with modeling lights for the comfort and saftey level. (Heat, squint, glare, modifications, etc) I prefer the look of the pupils with strobes as well.

SwissPortraiture.com – See a wonderful world of pictorial adventure throughout Switzerland brought to you by Roland Walliser

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”It is my inclination to mistrust the surface of things.’ Any help greatly appreciated

Kind regards

sarah

It means they want to see personality portrayed rather than just the looks.

how many years of study are involved? At what cost?

It depends upon what level you wish to work … You can usually work for minimum wage for a while assisting kiosk portrait studios in malls and learn on the job. If you wish to join the ranks of the famous, attending a school like Brooks Institute of Photography for a couple of years and then get a job working for a successful portrait photographer as an assistant and learn both the business and hone the techniques you learned while in school … Time? five to seven years. Cost? … you will have to include the tuition for school, your basic camera system (a couple of bodies and three or four lenses). The cost can be from over $50,000 for school and another $20,000 for camera and lighting equipment.

So I guess you need to decide what your goal is first in order to budget for your education and equipment

In this episode of Inspiring Minds I interview celebrity photographer Michael Grecco. Presented by http://www.samys.com This helpful video will shed some light on how one gets to be involved in photographing the rich and famous. Enjoy

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