I’m just not very good at photographing people…
So this time, separate from my National Geographic books, I picked up a book specifically on portrait photography.
I’ve always felt I love colorful photos, so the example shots in the book didn’t really appeal to me, but the bit about eye direction made me go “Ah, I see! ❗️”
Apparently, when you’re photographing a face from the side, if you’re not conscious of it your eyes end up looking straight ahead — but that throws off the balance between the iris and the white of the eye, showing too much white. So you shift the gaze slightly toward the camera to fix the balance between the iris and the white.
So I went ahead and took some photos to actually try this out 📸💥
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