Is haircut taboo in portrait photography?

This is taboo, but the idea of denying a work just because of "beheading" can be completely ignored. There are many taboo shooting methods for portrait shooting. Because most of them happen to novice photographers, they are also called low-level mistakes. Let's briefly share the most common composition mistakes in portrait photography.

1, composition and kerf are forbidden. Portrait photography, which does not shoot the whole body, involves intercepting the composition of a certain part of the body. Such as head, upper body, bust and so on. The position of this interception is quite telling. The most important thing is not to intercept at joints, such as neck, elbow, waist, hip, knee, ankle and knuckles. Because it looks like amputation. For example, the position of the green line can be cut, but the position of the red line can't be cut generally.

2, taboo like a head with branches and telephone poles. If you didn't take this picture on purpose. Be careful not to let anything grow on the head of the target. Common ones are long branches and long telephone poles. This will look strange and ugly.

3, taboo horizon cut on the neck or face. If you don't pay attention when taking pictures in the wild or by the sea, it is easy to put the neck or face of the subject on the horizon. The horizon passes through the neck of the subject, which is not only uncomfortable to look at, but also makes people have bad associations. This is a taboo in portrait photography.

4, taboo head hit the south wall composition. If it is not to show that the subject's mental state is very melancholy. Be sure to pay attention to the large space left in front of the model's face. Usually we put the characters on the three-point line of the picture, except this position is the most conspicuous, and it is also to leave more open space in front of the sideways portrait.

In addition to the above points, there are many composition methods that are taboo in portrait photography, such as tilting the picture, leaving too much white space above the head, indomitable composition, holding the picture too full, being too small, elbowing the lens, cutting the head below the hairline and so on.