7 Simple Tips On Female Photography

Whether it's a wife, girlfriend, daughter, mother, grandmother, auntie or even a complete stranger - when you photograph a female, she expects you to make her look beautiful.

And you can do that - with the proper selection of clothing, lenses filters and lighting!

Here are some female photography tips you should try:

1. Ask your model to get plenty of rest the night before her portrait. It will produce natural fresh look that really important during the photograph process.

2. Photographic lights tend to wash out our faces and a touch extra make-up will help. Let her handle her own make-up but ask her to apply it a little heavy.

3. Stay away from turtle necks. V-necks tend to visually lengthen the neckline and upper torso and are slimming.

4. On clothing, stay away from prints and bold patterns. They will draw attention jut to the clothing but away from the face. Besides, we want her to be the star, not her clothing!

5. Shadows define shape - so darker colors that minimize the appearance of shadows are more slimming.

6. Have her turn about 45 degrees to the side so that she is not straight on to the camera. This can be the good position.

7. Shadows tend to recede in a photograph and brightly lit areas come forward - so whether you light the side of the face toward the camera (and have shadow on the other side), or whether you light the further side can make the face look thinner or wider as desired.

No matter who you are, amateur or professional, there are always new things to meet and learn and add to your knowledges. I hope my simple female photography tips can help you generate a fantastic reputation for many females around you.

Female Photographer Broke Ground At The Eagle

In the early 1950s, there were still many vocations without any women, including the photography department at The Wichita Eagle.

In 1952, LuVerne Paine changed that.

"She loved her work at The Eagle," said Charlie Rollins, retired chief photographer for the newspaper. "She was the only woman, but there was no conflict between her and the rest of the photo staff."

Mrs. Paine died Monday in a Wichita care facility. She was 91.

Mrs. Paine was born Jan. 21, 1918, in Lancaster and attended school in nearby Atchison. She began her career in photography in 1952, when she moved to Wichita and began work at The Eagle.

"She was initially hired as a lab technician, keeping an eye on the photo wire," Rollins said. "As time went on, her duties increased and she started doing a lot of our studio work."

When current Eagle photo editor Brian Corn was hired in 1979, Mrs. Paine had become a staff photographer.

"She did almost all the studio work when I started," Corn said. "Anyone who came in for an interview and needed a mug shot would be photographed by LuVerne."

Current Eagle staff photographer Mike Hutmacher remembered her as a cleanliness watchdog in the darkroom.

"She would find out who made the mess and make sure they were the ones who cleaned it up," Hutmacher said.

"She was like the mom and the other 12 of us guys were like her kids."

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Darien Photographer Faces Child Porn Charges

Detectives in DuPage County are trying to identify minors in pornographic photos seized Thursday at a Darien man's home studio following his arrest.

Robert L. Kozel, 64, who owns KOZ Digital Photography and Imaging, is facing possession of child pornography charges.

The sheriff's investigation into Kozel began when deputies stopped a vehicle in which the occupants were suspected of being involved in a drug transaction near Willowbrook.

Authorities said they discovered a 17-year-old female teen in the car had lewd photos of herself of a professional quality. The girl provided them with information that led detectives to search Kozel's business/home in the 8200 block of Woodland Drive in Darien.

Detectives seized photographic equipment, computers, electronic storage devices and a commercial copier printer that Kozel is accused of using to produce child pornography.

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