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So in this section, I’ll start by offering a few useful rules, and then I’ll explain simple ways to break them. On the one hand, the rules are great for beginners on the other hand, as you progress, the rules will start to hold you back. There are plenty of portrait photography composition rules (guidelines, really) out there, and I’ve always had a love-hate relationship with them. Use the rules of portrait composition, then break them

Here, the mother is looking at her child, which highlights their relationship and emphasizes their emotional connection:ģ. (And in photography, stories are pretty much always a good thing!) See, this technique creates a second point of interest, as well as a relationship between your subject and another key element in the scene, which in turn helps create a story. A child looking at a ball, a woman looking at her new baby, or a man looking hungrily at a big plate of pasta it can all work! You might also ask your subject to look at something within the frame. The viewer will ask, “What’s making them laugh?” and “What’s making them look surprised?” which can lead to interesting narratives and emotional connections.īut be careful when you have a subject looking out of the frame, you’ll push the eye of the viewer to the edge of the image, and unless you’ve composed your shot carefully, you may take away from the main point of interest: your subject. This intrigue is particularly strong when the subject is showing some kind of emotion.