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95 Most photographers, at some point in their career, make a decision to begin photographing people. Your decision may be simply to include people in your  landscape photography  (for the purpose of establishing scale). But many of you will want to begin, or advance, your skills in the area of portraits. Humans, as subject matter for your photographic art, are one of the most interesting, rewarding, and challenging subjects that you’ll ever take on. The reason is that each and every one of us is unique: unique in the way we look and unique in our personality. As a portrait photographer you can simply place someone in front of a background, light them appropriately, and create a portrait. Head Shot 04  by  Andrea Sugden , on Flickr This type of portrait will suffice for some uses. It’s technically fine. But, it doesn’t have the “Wow” factor. But, as a portrait photographic “artist”, you will want to take some time to study your ...