That’s the way I like to take pictures best: relaxed together and hopefully with good results for all.

A portrait photo with a bright screen as background is a good way to convey content. Here the logo of the department in which the person depicted works.
A portrait photo with a bright screen as background is a good way to convey content.

If a photographer adds additional hardware to the picture, he or she creates a visual reference to the activity of the person portrayed, but is often criticized for this, because the software creation is the photographer's actual job.
Hardware in the picture creates a visual reference to the activity of the portrayed person.

An awarded award looks hopefully always so good in the photo.
An awarded award looks hopefully always so good in the photo.

For photos of people with little surroundings, the positive attitude and relaxed facial expression is all the more important.
For photos of people who show little of their surroundings, the posture and facial expression is all the more important.


If you are portraying two different people, you should not forget to provide a double portrait as well.
If two different people are being portrayed, a common double portrait is important.