Authentic Portraits: Searching for Soul, Significance, and Depth

An sincere and private guide about creating higher portraits and turning into your greatest self.

The most profitable portraits take us effectively past the floor of how somebody appears and present us the interior essence of who somebody is. They reveal character, soul, and depth. They uncover hidden hopes and profound truths, revealing that genuine and deeply human mild that shines inside. And whereas technical experience is undoubtedly vital, it’s not the sunshine, digital camera, or pose that creates an excellent portrait. It’s you, and it’s the connection you create with the topic that makes all of the distinction.

In Authentic Portraits, photographer Chris Orwig teaches you that the key to creating significant portraits is straightforward: curiosity, empathy, kindness, and soul…plus a little bit of approach. While Chris spends important time on the basics of “getting the shot”—working with pure mild, nailing focus, dialing within the appropriate publicity, successfully posing and directing the topic, deliberately composing the body—he additionally passionately discusses the necessity for private improvement, inventive collaboration, and reference to the topic. Because who you might be instantly and deeply impacts what you create, and it’s only by means of cultivating your personal interior mild that it is possible for you to to deliver it out in your topics.

Filled with instruction, perception, and inspiration, Authentic Portraits is an sincere and private guide about creating higher frames. It’s additionally about turning into your greatest self. Take the journey, and you’ll study to search out your imaginative and prescient and voice, deliver intention to your images and your life, embrace thriller, and perceive the significance of gratitude and empathy. Along the way in which, you’ll train the digital camera to see in a approach that replicates how you’re feeling, and you’ll discover you’ve got all you must create work of lasting significance.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part 1: The Foundation of Authentic Portraiture
01: Authentic Portraits
02: Beneath the Surface
03: The Paradox of Portraiture
04: Harmony and Discord
05: Thread
06: The Search

Part 2: The Art of Authentic Portraiture
07: Light and Soul
08: Invisible Light
09: Defining and Cultivating Soul
10: Silence
11: Wabi Sabi

Part 3: Mastering Technique, Gear, and Light
12: Finding the Perfect Portrait Lens
13: Exposure Settings
14: Seven Principles of Natural Light
15: Working with Natural Light

Part 4: The Sitter and the Subject
16: Finding Subjects
17: Finding and Approaching People You Want to Photograph
18: Pre-Shoot Prep
19: Preparing Yourself
20: Photograph People, Not Labels

Part 5: Posing, Directing, and Connecting
21: Defining Your Directorial Style
22: Practical Posing Tips
23: Connecting with the Subject
24: Unlikely Inspiration for Connecting
25: The Four-Step Approach

Part 6: Camera Work
26: Composition
27: This to That

Part 7: Stepping Up Your Game
28: The Other Side of the Lens
29: Courage
30: Inner Art
31: Gratitude
32: FAQ
33: The Journey Ahead

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