First Time Posting Portraiture. C&C Very Welcome!

[MrSleepin]

 

[raphaelaaron]

it would help if you numbered your pictures.

 

[CCericola]

I would say these are all snapshots, not portraits. Thanks for sharing.

 

[GreatPhotoRace]

They're non-traditional portraiture . The post processing is really nice. Some of the compositions are a little weak, but not bad.

 

[2WheelPhoto]

1st few are screamin' for fill flash too

 

[TenaciousTins]

I don't consider them as bad as the average snapshot. Some of them are pictures I'd be happy to have, in a natural setting, not posey, etc.

Yes, please do number them! That will help a lot. The one of the two little girls where the one on the left is blurry is really frustrating...because the one on the left is blurry lol. That is more of a traditional snapshot. In some of them, the limbs are cut off in weird places...no chopping off limbs! lol

 

[tinman84]

what makes a portrait different from a snapshot ?

 

[DiskoJoe]

Not too bad. Id say just watch the framing some. There are a few where you could have panned out a bit more to prevent clipping the subject. I like the first one. More like that.

 

[tirediron]

what makes a portrait different from a snapshot ?

A portrait is a planned image, that is, one where you have a specific goal in mind for the end product and work to achieve that. "Snapshot" is not, IMO, a bad word, it really is just a quick way of saying "A photo taken when the opportunity presented itself. This image is a snapshot; taken at an outdoor family portrait session. The couple had put their child down while we were repositioning and I saw the shot and grabbed it. This is a portrait; a planned shot with a specific lighting style and look in mind.