From the course: Storytelling through Unconventional Portraiture

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Photographing a trapeze artist, posed and candid

Photographing a trapeze artist, posed and candid

From the course: Storytelling through Unconventional Portraiture

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Photographing a trapeze artist, posed and candid

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- Gloria performs on the trapeze, so I knew that I wanted to get some pictures of her actually up in the air, on the trapeze. Unlike the rope or the silks, it sort of lends itself to portraiture, because she's essentially just sitting down. So I actually started with her right there on the trapeze. For her, I wanted to get her up in the air and taking those pictures right off the bat. The biggest problem is how high up in the air she was. I tried photographing her a couple different ways, with a long lens, with a wide lens, up close, and way far back. This is pretty basic photo stuff. Use your legs, walk into the frame, walk out, look all around different angles, and I'm glad I did this because the cool thing about her portrait is how small she looks way up in the air, and when she looks small in the frame, the tent looks huge. And again, the tent is one of the main characters in this story. So when she finished her routine, she did a cool move where she was actually upside down…

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