How to choose a photo for a portrait
Light, angle, file size and the usual mistakes: what separates a good reference photo from a bad one.
Articles
Practical writing about portraits: how to choose a photograph, what a commission involves, the difference between a file and a print.
A portrait from an old or poor photograph
What can be drawn out of a family-album print or a blurred frame, and what cannot.
File or print: what you receive
A digital work is a file. Why resolution decides the print size, and how to choose between a file and canvas.
More than one person in a portrait
One shared photo or several separate ones: both work. What helps to bring a family into a single portrait.
Where to hang a portrait
Light, height, distance and neighbours on the wall: what to decide before choosing a print size.
A graduation album for a kindergarten or school
Who collects the photos, when to commission, and how a drawn album differs from a photo album.