What is the difference between personal portraits and artistic portraits?

The difference between personal portraits and artistic portraits is as follows:

Personal portraits and artistic portraits are two different types of photography. Personal portrait is a functional form of photography, mainly used to show the appearance, image and characteristics of the photographer. It is usually used in job hunting, weddings, travel and other occasions.

Artistic portraiture is a style in the art of photography. Photographers create works of art with unique beauty, ideological and aesthetic value through artistic processing of the human body and the environment.

First of all, personal portraits focus on presenting personal image characteristics. Personal portraits pay attention to details during the shooting process. The photographer will choose the most appropriate clothing, makeup, shooting scenes, facial expressions, etc. according to the customer's needs to show the photographer's personal characteristics and temperament. Therefore, personal portraits are usually relatively standardized and professional photography works.

On the contrary, the essence of artistic photography is the art of photography, which emphasizes the photographer's artistic processing of the image and environment. In artistic portraits, the photographer uses special composition, angle, light, post-production and other techniques to process elements such as the human body, environment or props.

Thus creating photographic works with a unique personal style and artistic conception, which are more inclined to express the artist's visual imagination and emotions, and are a form of photography with high ideological and aesthetic value.

Secondly, the shooting purposes of personal portraits and artistic portraits are different. Personal portraits are mainly photography services that meet the daily or specific needs of customers, such as job hunting, recruitment, weddings and other occasions; while artistic portraits are used to express the artist's artistic creation and express visual imagination, focusing on image creativity and visual impact. .

Finally, the market and social impact of personal portraits and artistic portraits are also different. Personal photography is aimed at the general public and is a broad consumer photography service with a relatively wide market scope, but the number of customers is relatively concentrated and the consumption level is average; while art photography is in the field of professional photography, with high artistic value and a relatively small audience. The consumer groups are mainly art lovers with higher incomes.

In short, although personal portraits and artistic portraits have similarities in some expression techniques and techniques, their basic differences lie in the purpose of shooting and the shooting techniques. Personal portraits mainly provide customers with image presentation related to actual needs, while artistic portraits are meant to show the perfect combination of personalized creation and photography art.