So now we're going to look at the facial angle and some of the things we need to consider about the face when taking portraits. So we're going to look at the angles which are the full face angle, the two thirds view in the profile, we'll discuss some facial features should you shoot into the partying or into the hair, how eyes looking up slightly as good for the ladies looking into the camera looking away from the camera, shooting men where they're looking for your eyebrows, there's some little tips we can give you on helping you just position the face when it comes to portraiture. So this is what is known as the full face view. And this is typically used for beauty portraits. You will also use this if your subject has quite strong knows, works very well for beauty shots on the lady. So that's known as the full base view.

This is a two thirds view As you can see, in this instance, the eyes are looking away from the camera. But this is another standard starting position, you can have the eyes looking away from the camera for a little bit of drama, you can have them looking back at the camera. And with the two thirds view like this, if you notice the eyes is really important when you set this up, I can see this side of the eyes and I can see this idea is and I've framed it with some skin there and I've framed it in the bridge of the nose there. We don't want to cross over so that our noses in front of the eyes and we don't want to turn so much that this eye is touching the edge here. So that's the typical two thirds view and the drum of the look changes as you change the direction of the eyes.

Either following the nose or looking back at the camera. And if you position it and allowed to space round nose eyes, the eyes will still look okay. You won't lose the white here. When they look back at the camera is very important, because you want to capture the highs. This is what is known as the profile view. So this is a side on shop.

And one of the things to observe is when you're watching high budget movies, you will see that the director of photography and this is a real life of film in my own company, the director of photography, they will be able to pick these and you will see them shooting these angles all the time, those three angles, it's really interesting how often they use those as their staple because they work. So this is a profile, we could do it as a silhouette we could do this lit completely on the on the side of the face like we have here. Obviously if the subjects are very strong knows this isn't gonna be that flattering, or if they have a heavy chin. This is not gonna be a double chin. This is not going to be that flattering, so use it wisely. But it can be a very powerful image with the right subject.

Now here, we discover Shooting into the parking so as you can see, the camera is actually shooting into the passing of the hair. Now different subjects it works differently and it's up to your discretion as to which you think works. But in this instance, it's really opened up the face a lot here. I've got a very strong brow line and cheekbones and jaw, then this opening this up is going to be quite flattering. And here we have shooting into the hair. Now, some people have quite large foreheads.

And if you could shoot into the hair, you can minimize that. So that's where you might use that. And then obviously, on this one, then what it's going to do is going to bring the eye a little bit more into focus because we're creating darkness, we're creating a bit more contrast around here. You're still gonna get the jaw line lifted as long as the hair is not covered obviously. So the jaw line Still exposed, but it just creates maybe a little bit more drama. Sometimes it's up to you, which you shoot into the hair or into the party.

And sometimes people not going to have partying. So it's only useful when you know the people have that longer friend or party. When we start looking at this, it also helps us to start looking, which side are their features strongest on? So which side are they most balanced on. So that's something really, really important. So here's the shot straight into the camera.

Again, we've got the full face, but this is known as posing into the camera. And now we're posing away from the camera, so important to understand those two concepts. And again, it really does depend on the features of the subject. So for instance, if I've got very large ears or is that stick out On the side, we're not going to want to shoot this way, if we shoot this way, you can have one as sinned against the face and the other ear hidden. So they're the sorts of things we need to look at. Another thing you need to watch for is the eyes, two eyes won't be the same size.

Not everyone has a symmetrical face. Very few people have symmetrical faces, in fact, so when you're shooting if one eye is larger than the other, one thing that can help to balance things out, is shooting the smaller eye closer to the camera and the larger eye away from the camera. So if you get someone who has a real difference in the eyes, quite strong difference, shoot the smaller ions of the camera and the larger IRA and you would not shoot them this way. Because then you will see that one is larger than the other and we want to bring the best out in our subject. Now with the latest we can get them looking slightly up at the camera what's going to happen is we're going to get those eyes to open up a little bit, and we're going to get a little bit more white sharing under here.

So that's why the ladies wear a lot of makeup, it's because they want the attention drawn to the eyes, which is often the strongest part of a lady's face. So in this instance, by just putting the camera a little bit higher, a tiny bit higher, you can lift their eyes up a little bit, ask them to keep this face in the same position and just bring their eyes up a tiny bit looking at the camera and you will get this look. So the simplest way to describe the technique is have them look at the camera frame it then ask them to keep the head in the same place. And then just take your camera up a little bit and ask them to follow the camera with your eyes and that will naturally create the open eyed look which is very flattering for the ladies. Now with the men, it's slightly different.

One of the things you can ask the men to do is just drop the head a little bit and then and then again, same technique. Just ask them to drop the head, bring the camera low, look at the camera, and then lift the camera up a little bit with the head tilt without until they're looking through their eyebrows. It's a very strong look for a man when they just looking and that just the eyes and the eyebrows are very, very close together. It's a very strong look in the gentleman so that's a little. Another little tip for the eyes there when you shoot in with the men