It is whatever you want it to be ...
Dragonfly on Lily Bud
Fuji X-T1; 1/450; f/4.4; ISO 200; post production in Lightroom 4 desaturated the green and saturated the blue and purple. Photo black increased along with exposure. This trial-and-error Lightroom color and exposure slider work took about 90 seconds.
What is a pose?
Fill Flash
helps when shooting into the sun and shooting into the sun creates interesting ghost flares ...
Sharon Against Stone
... stone backgrounds are everywhere, especially if client crouches ...
Dirty window ...
... creates an interesting effect, like reflections and angles.
Good bokeh, bad bokeh
... all things equal, some F2.0 bokeh will be better than other F2.0 bokeh. Bad bokeh shows more detail in background. Below is some good bokeh (Fuji x100s)
Fuji X100S F2.0
gives a wonderful soft bokeh ...
Here comes the sun
rays when one shoots into the sun ...
Unguarded
... moment in a portrait session creates a wonderful photo ... always keep your finger on the shutter
F2.8
... blurs the background creating a beautiful contextual portrait
Ordinary Gull
... improved by background and seaweed
Coordinated Weird Noises
... slowed this puppy down long enough to look at me (about a nano second) ...
3 Men In A Row Boat
Shooting blindly over the shoulder can yield a nice photograph
Siege Of Herons
Shot with a Canon SX50-HS at 1/8th mile; 1/160 sec at f6.5; ISO 160; 1,200mm IS zoom; 30% crop ...
Face In, Line Out
... create a nice tension as the sailboat takes the eye diagonally out of the picture, and the bright, side-lit faces bring the eye into the picture ...
3 Horses and a Long Fence
... An odd number of subjects create interest, and the simplest odd number more than 1 is 3 ...
Roadside Photography
Three steps from the Glencoe Road in Scotland ...
Tilt
Sometimes a little tilt can make a portrait more dynamic.
Get in the Picture
... in glass reflections and shadows too ...
