Stands to reason that if looking down changes a face, the looking up should change it too. As long as we're being obsessive, let's look at looking way up.
Bottom line: Tilting the chin way up is only for special situations.
100mm, f19, studio flash
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This is the same straight-ahead photo as the first in the looking down sequence.
"Tilt your head up a tiny bit." I like this shot better, though the difference from photo #1 is pretty subtle.
"Tilt up more." She seems more positive, more optimistic when she tilts her head up.
For Nicole, this seems too far up. It has gone a bit beyond optimistic into uncomfortable.
She now looks like a soldier at attention.
She is looking down her nose at the camera, but her expression doesn't feel superior.
She is tilted back quite a bit here. Her entire face is now compressed into a space that used to hold only her nose.
Finally, she gives up on looking at the camera and looks up. Full nostril disclosure. Strikes me as interesting that when she is looking up — towards heaven — she looks much less religious than when she looks down.
This is a strange way to take a picture of a person.
This is the same straight-ahead photo as the first in the looking down sequence.
"Tilt your head up a tiny bit." I like this shot better, though the difference from photo #1 is pretty subtle.
"Tilt up more." She seems more positive, more optimistic when she tilts her head up.
For Nicole, this seems too far up. It has gone a bit beyond optimistic into uncomfortable.
She now looks like a soldier at attention.
She is looking down her nose at the camera, but her expression doesn't feel superior.
She is tilted back quite a bit here. Her entire face is now compressed into a space that used to hold only her nose.
Finally, she gives up on looking at the camera and looks up. Full nostril disclosure. Strikes me as interesting that when she is looking up — towards heaven — she looks much less religious than when she looks down.
This is a strange way to take a picture of a person.
