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Portrait photography skills: How much do you know about portrait structure?

Traditionally, there are four ways of portrait composition-full-length, seven-point, bust and close-up.

Please note that these practices are just a few standard shooting methods, and in the new generation of photography, they will often be extended and have more vivid cutting methods.

Full-length portrait: A portrait with scenery

Represents the relationship between portrait and scenery, the position of characters placed in TIC-tac-toe, the scenery retains the sense of visual extension, and the portrait eyes retain the visual moving line.

Portrait: A general portrait

Leave a little space above the head, keep the eyes moving visually, put the characters in TIC-tac-toe position, and keep the scene extended and symmetrical.

Seven-point portrait: a portrait with scenery

The cut of about 10 cm above and below the knee belongs to the seven-point portrait.

Portraits with scenery will reconsider the layout of the scenery, so the picture will retain more space.

The eyes of the portrait keep moving visually, the characters are placed in TIC-tac-toe position, and the scene keeps a sense of extended symmetry.

Seven-point portrait: ordinary portrait

The cut of about 10 cm above and below the knee belongs to the seven-point portrait.

Leave a little space above the head, put the characters near the TIC-tac-toe position, and keep the sense of extended symmetry of the scene.

Bust: A portrait with a view

Busts are all around the waist 10 cm.

The bust can be composed horizontally if you want to bring scenery.

Leave a little space above the head, the characters are placed near the TIC-tac-toe position, and the scene retains the sense of extended symmetry.

Bust: a general portrait

Busts are all around the waist 10 cm.

Leave some space above your head and put the words near the TIC-tac-toe position.

Close-up portrait

Photos that mainly show portrait expressions and facial features.

The cutting point is about 10 cm above and below the chest, which is also a close-up portrait.