{"id":68,"date":"2011-02-23T13:49:57","date_gmt":"2011-02-23T13:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/?p=68"},"modified":"2011-06-10T19:38:28","modified_gmt":"2011-06-10T19:38:28","slug":"5-tips-for-better-portraits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/5-tips-for-better-portraits\/%20","title":{"rendered":"5 tips for better portraits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/MG_8575.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-79 alignnone\" title=\"Anthony 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/MG_8575-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We all take photos of people these days, be it on the phone, a little camera or a \u00a35000 pro camera. Here are a few ideas which apply to any camera and any skill level&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>1 &#8211; Don&#8217;t put the person in the middle of the shot, but slightly to one side<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/MG_6206-2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-77\" title=\"Sleepy Xmas\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/MG_6206-2-300x249.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"249\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2 &#8211; Get them to face &#8220;in to&#8221; the shot &#8211; if they&#8217;re on the left of the photo, get them facing to the right &amp; vice versa<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/MG_8973.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-80 alignnone\" title=\"Anthony\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/MG_8973-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"\" 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