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What is Portrait photography?
It has been around since the invention and popularization
of the camera, and is a cheaper and often more accessible
method than portrait painting, which had been used by distinguished
figures before the use of the camera. The popularity of the
daguerreotype in the middle of the 19th century was due in
large part to the demand for inexpensive portraiture. Studios
sprang up in cities around the world, some cranking out more
than 500 plates a day. The style of these early works reflected
the technical challenges associated with 30-second exposure
times and the painterly aesthetic of the time. Subjects were
generally seated against plain backgrounds and lit with the
soft light of an overhead window and whatever else could be
reflected with mirrors.
As photographic techniques
developed, an intrepid group of photographers took their talents
out of the studio, across oceans and into remote wilderness.
William Shew's Daguerreotype Saloon, Roger Fenton's Photographic
Van and Mathew Brady's What-is-it? Wagon set the standards
for making portraits and other photographs in the field.
A portrait is an image of
a subject in which the individual tries to convey a specific
feeling, emotion or is of something tangible that is of value
to them. For example, a car, a piece of clothing, furniture,
jewelry, or a lifestyle, etc. StarrShots Studios' staff works
with the client to determine what their definition of a portrait
may be. Portraits can be a family portrait, wedding portrait,
family pet portrait, favorite car portrait, boudoir portrait
or whatever your imagination or hidden desires may want to
convey.
Today, current technology
and marketing strategies by manufacturers and mass merchandisers
have created an environment in which the consumer has been
led to believe that their cell phone camera, point and shoot
camera and even the more expensive digital cameras will provide
images of sufficient quality when printed. To some extent,
it is true. What they did not tell you is that when you have
one of your digital files printed the life expectancy is not
what you are anticipating.
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