We have all seen the standard portrait; face forward, smiling, soft focus maybe. While the standard portrait formula works well and produces nice images, it’s often a good exercise to think outside the box.

This grouping of unconventional portraits (including self portraits) is creative work by photographers willing to take the risk to produce something memorable. While you might not find them all pleasing, they do offer a fresh take on an old format.

Author: Peter Carey

Hello, my name is Peter West Carey and I am a freelance writer and photographer living in the Puget Sound region of the USA. Photography has been a passion of mine for many decades and I live by the motto Explore-Inspire-Educate. Photography and my love for travel are conspiring to take me to Africa, Nepal and Iceland this coming year and I encourage you to follow along at The Carey Adventures.Com where I also host a Photo Of The Day feed.

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his tutorial is a grab-bag of helpful ideas for photographers of any level. I’ve written them with the idea that once you master them all, you will have a bag of tricks at your disposal. Pull out one or combine several, and you’ll be able to quickly adapt to all kinds of lighting and subject situations and walk away with a wonderful portrait. Many of the techniques, however, work best with just one or two subjects. As a group becomes larger, you’ll find your available options becoming fewer. Such is the life of a portrait photographer!

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