Business Portraits, Part 3

My last pet peeve has to do with cropping...again, from my studies of art, images with compositionally heavy, broad, dark toned, foregrounds are more pleasing to the eye. For a portrait, the viewer's eye needs to go toward the face, the eyes of the subject. Compositionally, anything along the frame edge will distract and gain compositional weight. As will light tones pull the viewer away from the subject.

Placing a light tone along the bottom frame edge is unfortunately, a common mistake. The subject torso should fill the frame bottom, left to right...this avoids any spill from the background coming forward.

Remember: Lighter tones appear to come forward, darker tones recede.

Now go look at a few business portraits and see what you can find. I guarantee you will be surprised once these flaws are pointed out...they are everywhere! When you need a great executive portrait, call a photographer that knows their craft. You’ll be glad you did...and you’ll look your very best, relaxed, experienced, knowledgeable, confident, personable, and approachable. Ready to do business.

Larry Gatz is a commercial photographer in Miami, Florida specializing in advertising, corporate and industrial commissions. Over the past 30 years, his photography has been recognized both nationally and internationally. His clients have included Senators, Governors, Congressmen, national advertising agencies, magazines, and multinational corporations.

Larry ‘s work may be seen at: www.larrygatz.com and www.executive-photography.com

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