Shana Martin

Excluding “snapshots”, portraits are what most people think of when they talk about “getting their picture taken”. Then their minds, invariably, drift to those photo stores in the mall, where you sit in under the bright lights, in front of the same boring backdrop that everyone in the history of photography has sat in front of, with a fake smile and a stiff pose. When you get the photos back, they really don’t look like you, but… hey… it’s a “portrait”, right?

Or… those hideous pictures they take for the yearbook at school…. Even the typical “hand-on-chin” senior class photos. UGH!

This is why people hate having their photo taken: The results are boring and repetitive and… well… not very appealing.

A portrait should say something about you. It should reveal a little bit about who you are–not just what you look like. Strong, shy, energetic, mysterious, adventurous, reserved…. what do you want to say about yourself? What’s your story? How many stories are there waiting to be told?

Let your portraits speak for you–in your own words.

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