You may want to play around with a home studio setup, but it’s far too common occurrence that students assume this is simply where portraiture starts.
You may want to play around with a home studio setup, but it’s far too common occurrence that students assume this is simply where portraiture starts. Before they know it they’ve shed their scene of any real contextual interest by hanging black paper or a bed sheet behind a subject. Remember, with a shallow depth of field, a background filled with shape, form and a change in tone and colour makes for a far more encapsulating environment in which to sit your muse.