Photographing Women

CHAPTER 3

Perceived Flaws

We are all inherently unique—it’s one of the most beautiful aspects of being human. If you take the time to study people’s faces, you’ll quickly realize that we all have different eyes, noses, lips, and jawlines. Even the length and width of one’s face can vary from person to person. Each of these specific attributes can also change, depending on your age, weight, and so on. This uniqueness is what I want to explore throughout this book, and I’ll discuss techniques that you can use to complement every subject (Figure 3.1).

In this chapter, I’ll begin by dissecting and discussing the nuances of various face shapes, along with lighting, lens, and editing decisions that you can make in order to better accentuate every subject’s ...