1. A portrait photograph is the subject of identity, personality, or story using light exposure, composition, posing, and expression.
  2. Selfies are another form of portraiture. In a selfie, the main elements are light exposure, frame, angle, and expressionism. Both selfies and portraits have control over our images because they have the freedom to explore many variations and moods. For example, the photographer can make vintage, emotional complexity, psychological tension, loss, and mortality, or a bizarre mix of serenity and suffocation.
  3. Firstly, portraits must need a facial expression. Facial expressions can explain or emphasize a mood, concept, or photograph’s theme. The elements of facial expression are the central symbolism of portraiture. Also, portraits should not include any attention-seeking backgrounds. A portrait relies on emotions and facial expressions, but if the background grabs the viewers’ attention, they won’t be able to see the small details and symbolism of what the artwork is trying to possess.
  4. The definition of a “good portrait” is never to be revealed, but the photographer’s intentions, values, and symbolism make the perfect portrait. Photographers should decide on their portraits rather than listen to what the people say. An ideal portrait comes when the photographer tries to break the rules, attempting new viewpoints of photography, trying out different forms of art elements, and finding the symbolism and theme of the portrait.
  5. An ideal portrait form would be to close up the photograph and take shots of the small details of a facial expression, like the eyes, mouth, ears, and nose. However, it is never wrong to attempt taking portrait photographs from different angles and not only focus on facial expressions because photographs are never wrong; it’s just it has found itself in another form of trend and fashion, just as John Baldessari once said, “I will no  make any more boring art.”
  6. Again, there is nothing wrong with photographs. So, why not try blurring, cropping, changing the tone, and making it look ripped or faded. If all portrait photos are focused on such a traditional form of taking a clear close-up photograph of a person’s face, photography will lose its uniqueness and value. Trying these new forms of abstract representation on portraits is strongly recommended, as it will create new vibes and trends in art.
  7. Another form of attraction of portrait photographs can be represented through the arrangement of inanimate objects to visually represent someone’s expression. Why not? The pattern, lines, shapes, colors, textures, and values of the objects could perfectly replace a facial expression, just in a different form or version. Overall, it can still symbolize and deliver the theme the photographer tries to possess.
  8.  A portrait does not need to be in a single photograph. Rather, splitting a portrait into sections may help further emphasize and explain a detail like texture, color, or pattern included in the portrait, helping to reveal a deeper symbolism or theme the portrait tries to exhibit.