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I want the nose to look smaller in head shot portraits.
I am a beginner, so this question fits. No response will hurt my feelings, so please give some advise.
The women has beautiful eyes, hair, skin color, lips. I took some snap shots before we do portrait session, and I want to de-emphasize the nose. What techniques will help me emphasize the good quality, and minimize the issue. |
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Re: I want the nose to look smaller in head shot portraits.
From what I understand, if you use a longer lens and shoot from more of a distance,
you will "de-emphasise" a larger nose. There are quite a few folks out there who shoot portraits with a 70-200 lens.
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Re: I want the nose to look smaller in head shot portraits.
Shooting more straight on is another way.
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Re: I want the nose to look smaller in head shot portraits.
If neither of those methods prove satisfactory, there's also Photoshop. Digital nose jobs can look *quite* convincing.
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14th of October 2008 (Tue)
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Re: I want the nose to look smaller in head shot portraits.
shoot with a tele to compress facial features and get good background blur.
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14th of October 2008 (Tue)
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Re: I want the nose to look smaller in head shot portraits.
If you're shooting with the kit 18-55, head to the 55 (zoomed) end of the range.
If you have a 'longer' lens, like the 70-300, 75-300, etc, you'll have an easier time. The reason is that 'wide' angles accentuate noses. More at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perspec...s_focal_length |
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