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The purpose of The Portrait Group is to share, learn and discuss anything and everything about portraiture, including self-portraits.

Feel free to start discussion threads asking for feedback/critique of your work.

Only portraits of people and animals are acceptable to post here. All other types of photos will be removed from the group photo pool.

Here Portrait refers to any photo that depicts the face and/or adjacent part of the body, or the entire body, whether sharply recognizable ... or artsy, pushing the limits. Here, the face is paramount. Any other body part, by itself, doesn't qualify as a portrait.

Today I spent time digging through the Digital Photography School archives (there are now over 600 tutorials and articles) and noticed that we've covered the topic of Portrait Photography from a large variety of angles. I thought it would be useful to list some of the more popular portrait photography tips all in the one place.

Yesterday I shared 10 Ways to take Stunning Portrait Photography. We covered everything from altering your perspective as a photographer, to experimenting with lighting, to shooting candidly.

Today I want to continue on the same train of thought with 10 more tips for adding a little spice to your portraits.

Today and tomorrow I want to talk about taking Portraits that are a little out of the box. You see it's all very well and good to have a portrait that follows all the rules - but it hit me as I was surfing on Flickr today that often the most striking portraits are those that break all the rules.

I want to look at some ways to break out of the mold and take striking portraits by breaking (or at least bending) the rules and adding a little randomness into your portrait photography. I'll share ten of these tips today and a further ten tomorrow

Below are two photos by world-famous portrait photographer: Elsa Dorfman. Elsa has the same kind of studio, background, lights, and equipment as a lot of folks with more technical skill. Yet those folks aren't portrait photographers and Elsa is. What's the difference? Elsa cares about people. She is genuinely curious about people she has never met and can connect with them in just a few minutes. After a one-hour session, she knows more about her average subject's life than I do about my sister's.

http://www.good.is/ One-and-a-half million Americans have served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Not one of them came home unchanged. A video portrait of a veteran featured on GOOD magazine's issue 005 for July/August: Mariel Sosa, 26, Army.

This Web Highlight was made possible with a generous grant from the Smithsonian Women's Committee and the cooperation of participating owners. Permission from the owners is required for image reproduction.

Democracy 2004

A collection of celebrity portraits from Rolling Stone.