Challenge: Portraiture styles

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Have you ever noticed how most photographers tend to develop a very specific photography style? It’s a great way to create a very distinctive appearance, of course, but it may also cause you to stagnate as a photographer.

Long-term reader of my blog Cristian Galletti posted a comment on my ‘loosen up your portraiture style‘ post a while ago, where he shows off how he manages to use half a dozen completely different photography styles. The quirk? Well, the photos are all of the same model.  

 

Check out 3 completely different shots here:

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…If you want more, check out his website. A series of photos of the same model can be seen here: photo 1, photo 2, photo 3, photo 4, photo 5 and photo 6. To get rid of the post-its over the top of the pictures, click the eye icon at the bottom-right of your screen. Finally, also make sure to check out the rest of Cristian’s website!

Amazing eh?

Challenge o clock!

My challenge to you, then: Do the same.

Use a single model, and create 4 very distinctive, completely different photographs. When successful, why not post a link to your efforts as a comment to this post? I’d love to see what you guys come up with!


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Comments

Anonymous
Anonymous

I’m up for it! I think I’m too new to really have a style set in stone. I’m still experimenting, although I seem to like black and white solemn poses. But here’s mine: http://s183.photobucket.com/albums/x153/annieblues/Portraiture%20Styles/

Anonymous
Anonymous

This is great… This is not the first time I’m stopping by your website, but is the first time that I’m actually seeing the wide range of topics that you’ve covered so well…

Congratulations!

Anonymous
Anonymous

You are great!

Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous

Fantastic shots, I have just started in portrait photography and hope i can achieve similar results at some point, so any tips are more than welcome
Regards
Donna-Michelle

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