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Portraiture photographs are an ideal medium where the Rules of Composition can be broken and smashed.

The general rule is to have the subject off center, both vertically and horizontally.  The most pleasing is to have the subject in the left half of the field of view looking toward the right and slightly up or down.

Portrait Composition
Santa Claus

Portrait Composition
King of the Roost

Composition
Notice there is plenty of room to move the subject up, or down, left and right.  Sometime this rule can be reversed.  It all depends on the principle point of interest and what you want to convey to the viewer.

Portrait Composition
Yes, Grandma

Portrait Composition
Jonathan



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