Several rules for photographing documents

    In photography, there are several different genres and variations of them - landscape, still life, portrait, etc. Each genre requires knowledge and application of specific techniques and methods of photography.

     Shooting at the papers is a form of portraiture, and executed in compliance with its requirements, techniques and methods, they are determined to facing the photographer - get image rights necessary for identification, ie, obtain an image, most accurately conveys the features of man.

     Achieving this goal and obtain at the same time interesting and spectacular pictures possible only through joint efforts of the photographer and the portrait. At the same sitters must comply with the following requirements and recommendations.

     1. Requirements and recommendations for clothes, not to act in a headdress, or other restrictions in the clothes do not, however, with a photographic point of view, for spectacular photos must observe the following:  

•   Not recommended for women to act in dresses with plunging neckline. In this case, because the photographs to document the face of the portrait is a large part of the photo, the dress in the photo after the crop may not be reviewed or even absent at all (as a result of deep necklines and cropping photos);

•   Do not act in self-colored clothing. Better look at pictures of when the portrait clothing includes elements of black - white and color shades;

•   Avoid dark-skinned and heavily tanned people removed all in white. Do not comply with this requirement leads to the fact that the picture is only obtained only by a person of the portrait, and white clothing, as a rule, did not elaborate;

•    Do not act in dark glasses.

2. Requirements and recommendations for the portrait posing in the picture.

      The photographs document the human face should be located in the frontal, ie man must look directly into the camera lens, the head should be vertically without tilting. Shoulders straightening at the same level.

      The facial expression of the portrait should be a calm and open. Do not strict, and the more gloomy expression. Before shooting, and in the process of carrying out recommended maximum relax, forget about all the daily cares and troubles, focus on something pleasant, that will certainly make a person more attractive and photogenic.

      Thus, the joint efforts of the photographer and the portrait will get high-quality and interesting photos.

          Regards Victor Sayapin