Tips on taking creative portraits with an iPhone. Presented at Macworld 2014.

1. Creative iPhone
Portraitures
Michael Clawson,
Chief Fish, Big Fish Creations
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2. Challenge yourself to see the world
differently everyday . . .

8. Study the beauty of natural form.
Learn the secrets.
Discover the surprises.

14. Creating beautiful and artistic portraits
with your iPhone is something anyone
can do with basic knowledge, exploration,
and creative chance.

15. Relax your subject
so they behave naturally.
Build a rapport with them.
Sometimes humor works
best to break the ice.
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Pre-Shot & Preparation

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Pre-Shot & Preparation

17. Posing
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Help your subject find a
natural and/or artistic pose.
Study portrait poses. Google.
Instagram. Etc.
Use a book or posing app to
suggest a pose to your model.
Posing App

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Posing

19. Props
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Props can help relax your
subject.
Distracts them from that
“camera in their face.”
Helps them focus on
something else.

20. LIVE DEMO
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Props

21. Pay attention to the
subject and strive to
capture that so called
“perfect” shot.
Shooting
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22. Shooting
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Experiment with different angles.
Try taking a shot from different
heights.
Try: At the knees. Mid level at
the waste. At the shoulders and
head. From above. Etc.

23. Shooting
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Rule of Thirds
9-part grid to frame your photo for
dramatic impact.
Align your subject (or what you want
to emphasize on your subject) with the
intersection of the gridlines.

24. Shooting
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Close Up
Try shooting your subject
close-up.
Focus on the face,and in
particular, the eyes.
“The eyes are the windows of the soul.”
William Shakespeare

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Shooting

26. Accessories
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Lens attachments like
Olloclip Telephoto Lens
Tripod (Tripod Case Mount)
External Lights (LED)
Reflectors to bounce light

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Accessories

28. Shooting Apps
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Standard iOS 7 Camera App!
HDR, Burst Mode, Truetone Flash (5s) Tap focus, AE/AF
Lock, filters, non-destructive editing
Camera+!
Separate Focus and Exposure, plus focus and exposure lock,
timer, burst mode, stabilizer, continuous flashlight, Lightbox,
LAB, filters, non-destructive editing

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Shooting Apps

30. Post Processing
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After you capture your
‘Master Shot’ further
enhance the capture with
post processing.
Post-processing and
editing play a major roll
in your end result.
Before!
Camera App Burst Mode
After!
Facetune App + VSCO CAM App

31. Post Processing Apps
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Facetune!
Simple, yet
powerful tools for
Face Enhancement
+ Filters and Depth
of Field simulation.
Camera+!
Non-destructive
editing with a LAB
and Lightbox +
Filters
VSCO CAM!
Powerful, non-
destructive editing
plus film quality
filters.
Snapseed!
Powerful image
editing and
effects.
Big Lens!
Depth of Field
simulation app.
DSLR aperture
simulation.
Image
Blender!
Layer blending
and masking.
Just a few of my favorites for portrait photography

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Post Processing Apps

33. ThankYou
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Creative iPhone Portraitures - Michael Clawson