Portraits are pictures of a single person that might be in emotion to aim for realistic. Portraits are mainly displayed in art pieces and photographs differently.

 

Making a good portrait needs a high requirement (even there isn’t a guaranteed formula for taking portraits), however, there was still ways to improve the quality of a portrait.

-Interact: communication with the model/individual

-Revealing character: details or items that can represent the subject (character) should be photographed with the subject.

-Quality light and shadows

-Be more close and know information about the subject/model/character

-Sharp eyes: Focus on the eyes on a portrait

-Catchlight: Guides the direction of light

-Centered Iris: Centering the eyes

-Eyes in the upper third

-Out of focus and uncluttered background

-Dominant eye in the center of a photo

-Change of angle