Environmental Portraits
An environmental portrait is a portrait created in your usual
environment. This could be your home, workplace or at
whatever you do for leisure or activities. This style of
portraiture accentuates your life and surroundings and gives the
viewer some insight into who you are.
By photographing you in your natural surroundings, your
character, and therefore the essence of their personality is
portrayed rather than merely a likeness of your physical
features. Creating these portraits in your natural surroundings
will help you be more at ease, and so be more conducive to
expressing yourself.
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Why do I prefer environmental portraits?
*they give context to you, the subject of the photograph
*they give points of interest to shots
*they help you relax and in doing so allow the true you to emerge
*they give the viewer of real insight into your personality and
lifestyle
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These shots si
t somewhere between the purposely posed shots of a
studio portrait (they are posed and they are unmistakably
‘portraits’) and candid shots which capture people almost
incidentally as they go through their daily life.