* Portrait Photography

What makes the subject of a portait interesting?

• Emotion
• Props
• Facial geomatry
• Makeup or face paint
• Editing
• Disortion

Factors that affect how a portrait photo looks

• Depth of field 
• Black and white
• Narrative
• Facial expressions
• Lighting
• Time Place or location
• Composition
• Editing or post-production
• Colours used
• Shadows
• Lens
• Mood 
• Equipmet used
• Photographer's personality
• Subject
• Body position
• Time available
• Time of day
• Millinery
• Type of light
• Type of flash
• Interior or exterior
• Shot type
• Angle
• Skin tone or inperfection

Cecil Beaton 

An English fashion, portrait and war photographer. His photographs are considered some of the best representations of bright young people of the twenties and thirties. Beaton was never known as a highly skilled technical photographer but instead focused on composition and scenes of a photograph with the perfect model. Beaton often photographed the Royal Family for official publication and also had the task of recording images from the home front. Beaton had a large influence from and a good relationship with David Bailey and Angus McBean. Many of Beatons works are in black and white.
I have selected one of his pieces of work featuring Audrey Hepburn, this was as part of his work for the film Breakfast at Tiffany's. The picture features