I ran across this very interesting post about portrait photography techniques and thought it would be a very inspirational post for everyone. I know it has been for myself. These are some very good photos as well. Check it out.
Below are the photos produced as result of these techniques
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Photo by Paul Moody [CC by-nc]

Photo by ArtWerk [CC by-nc-nd]

Photo by Mireia [CC by-nc-nd]

Photo by Saad Akhtar [CC by]










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