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Galena, Illinois

Carnival Cruise

Stevensville, Michigan

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Mother and Daughter

Making the Most of Your Portrait Session

Memorable portaits take careful planning, and the clothing you choose is very important to your portrait's success. These guidelines will help you make important decisions about your portrait.

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About Clothing, Color, Tone, and Style...
The goal of any fine portrait is to direct the viewer's attention to the face or faces in the portrait. Simple long-sleeved garments in medium to dark tones of brown, rust, burgundy, green, or blue are pleasing choices when photographed against a dark background.

Proper clothing allows the face

to dominate the portrait. All

other elements should be

secondary.

Bold stripes, plaids, checks,

and prints are confusing and

do not photograph well.

Especially bright colors,

such as red and orange,

will completely overpower

the face and ruin a

portrait.

Light-colored clothing calls

attention to itself and

away from the face.

Avoid light colors that

approximate flesh tones

such as beige, tan, peach,

pink, white, and yellow.

Darker shades are more

flattering and slimming.

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Lighter colors are appropriate against a white or pastel background, or...

... with a dark background when

a "pictorial" study is planned.

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