Comments on: “Does my butt look big in this?” – What Clothes to Wear in Portraits

By: Industrial Photographer

Industrial Photographer — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:46:32 +0000

Very good article, maybe some more points should have been added.

By: Dewan Demmer

Dewan Demmer — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:09:06 +0000

I agree and disagree, Comfortable and in context really matter … but short sleeves or shorts work for me as well, since a portrait is about the person these features and be sued to emphasis something about the person.
Now I have an example where the clothes are what the person wanted as part of the portrait set, I was happy with the outcome and so was she.
http://dsdphotography.co.za/gloria-emmarentia-johannesburg/

By: Cathy

Cathy — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 19:23:24 +0000

I agree with most of the information in this article and would love to link it in my blog for my clients but _ I refuse to link something that has an advertisement dead in the middle of a blog post that should be for professionals only. I also am curious why when I search gor Grant Mayer on Google that there apparently is no such person. Hmmm curious…

By: Elsie D.

Elsie D. — Tue, 31 May 2011 17:24:34 +0000

@Sarah Hart: If you want your Army guy to stand out, then have the rest of the family wear blues. If you want him to be just one of the family, then ask everyone else to go green. Personally, I’d prefer green if you will be in a field or in front of trees; your faces will naturally become the focal points, as they should.

By: Sarah Hart

Sarah Hart — Tue, 31 May 2011 03:31:22 +0000

My Son is coming home from the Army for a Family portrait..he will be wearing his dress greens..I don’t know if the other 3 adults should wear greens or I thought of blues to match the small blue symbol on his hat….I really need help with this..the pictures will be casual and taken outside…

By: matt

matt — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:06:36 +0000

i’m with you darren, collars are great in portraits. personaly i feel more comfortable wearing shirts with collars .

By: debra

debra — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 20:44:45 +0000

Very insightful! Looking forward to reading more tips!

By: Mikaela Ingram

Mikaela Ingram — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 14:14:13 +0000

Me and my sisters are getting our pictures taken last minunte and i was wondering since we are farm girls and are gettinng our pictures taken on our farm if we should be more causal. Also we all have similar plaid shirts.. but they are different colors! Do you think that would be too much for all three of us? What if just one or two of us wore it.

By: Kim

Kim — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:48:27 +0000

I just recently did a shoot and told the mother to not have a ton of patterns and neutral colors. Well, the boys had stiped shirts and the girls had polka dots!! Yeah, it was very difficult to not have all the distraction. Getting a group shot is no good this way, everyone looks messy! So, I’m all for the simple neutral colors! a pop of color hear or there is fine (as long as the pop isn’t out of place and subtle) but patterns that differ from other patterns just does not work. I also want to add that I like formal clothes in informal settings. Obviously, depends on client and what look you are going for. All the suggestions were amazing though!

By: Faller

Faller — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:51:19 +0000

do you have a twitter account too? if so do you post changes on your blog there? i don’t like rss, but would like to get your updates and that live twittering is convinient. just came home so i will check back later. have a nice day and thanks for the well made blog! there is soo many filled with poor content..