Working together
A little room to reset.
Try a pause between poses, then notice what changes in expression.
Photographs · Practice · Perspective
A world worth
looking at.
A way of seeing.
Portraits, imagined worlds, and the art of paying attention.
Photograph: Yenra · Credit: SunsetDragon
A small photographic story
A walk.
A detail.
A connection.
Building a small photo story →Explore a wider view, a small surface, and an echo of color from the Frederick walk.
City Hall · Photograph: Yenra
Fairy-tale Princess, Yellow Gown, Tiara · Photograph: Yenra
Try three nearby viewpoints, compare what surrounds the person, and find the relationship you enjoy.
Inside the frame
The setting is part
of the portrait.
The blue dress, the sweep of the shore, and the space above the subject all belong to this photograph. Follow the composition, read its camera settings, and try a small exercise in choosing a viewpoint.
Read the wide-angle portrait lesson →Ways of seeing
Look. Notice. Try.
Perspective
Between the real and imagined.
Read Yenra’s thoughts on finding the ethereal in light, color, and everyday places.
Composition
Give the place a part to play.
Explore how a wide view connects a portrait to its surroundings.
New field notes · Everyday details and a change of pace
Notice numbers as shapes, explore tabletop photography, or give an everyday detail a place in an event story.
Noticing numbers in a photograph
Explore how a familiar numeral contributes shape, contrast and meaning within a photograph.
Photographing a small dessert at a table
Explore a familiar tabletop subject through viewpoint, surrounding objects and a chosen point of focus.
Including an everyday detail in an event photo story
Give a small non-portrait photograph its own place between portraits, and explore how it broadens a short view of an event.
Continue exploring: Busy and quiet areas · Portraits among plants · Process photographs in a collection.
Explore earlier field notes
Continue exploring: Bows in a portrait · Handbag portraits · Individual and group portraits.
Continue exploring: Following your attention · Costume-ear portraits · Playful group sequences.
Continue exploring: Repeated motifs · Column portraits · Color and black-and-white portraits.
Continue exploring: Curls and spirals · Pom-pom portraits · A sequence that moves closer.
Continue exploring: Contrasting textures · Staff portraits · Costume records.
Continue exploring: Trails of light · Gazebo portraits · Light-to-dark sequences.
Continue exploring: Dots and spots · Lights behind a portrait · Contrasting pairs.
Continue exploring: Checks and grids · Portraits on a bench · Composition sketches.
Continue exploring: Dappled light · Portraits with a flowing skirt · Small color palettes.
Continue exploring: Beams of light · Portraits at a table · A subject index for a collection.
Continue exploring: Soft edges · Portraits beside murals · A timeline for a collection.
Continue exploring: Converging lines · Gestures on stage · Viewing questions for a collection.
Continue exploring: Horizontal lines · A portrait with an instrument · A cover photograph for a collection.
Continue exploring: Sheer layers · Focus in a mirror portrait · Facing pages for a photo collection.
Continue exploring: Spaces within a pose · Portraits with a lantern · A short label for a photo display.
Continue exploring: Light along an outline · Portraits with headphones · A small wall display of photographs.
Continue exploring: Points of connection in a portrait · Portraits with a plush toy · Alternative selections for a collection.
Continue exploring: Decorative borders in a photograph · Portraits with a cup · A credits page for a collection.
Continue exploring: Fabric folds in a photograph · Portraits in a doorway · A visual contents page for a collection.
Continue exploring: Related colors in a photograph · Including a camera in a portrait · Writing an afterword for a collection.
Continue exploring: Rectangles in a photograph · Portraits with a book · Organizing a collection into chapters.
Continue exploring: Symmetry and small differences · Portraits with a cape · Reviewing photographs at different sizes.
Continue exploring: Silhouettes · Portraits with a folding fan · Planning a portrait together.
Continue exploring: Shine and surface · Portraits with costume wings · Choosing between similar portraits.
Continue exploring: Tilted framing · Portraits with a scarf · A sense of place.
Continue exploring: Striped shapes · Portraits with a parasol · Useful feedback.
Continue exploring: Circular shapes · Portraits with a hood · Notes for the next session.
Continue exploring: Bright accents in the dark · Portraits on steps · A flexible portrait shot list.
Continue exploring: Horizons · Portraits beside water · Two settings, one portrait story.
Continue exploring: Patterns around a portrait · Portraits beside a window · Alternative text.
Continue exploring: Vertical lines · Portraits beside a wall · Collection introductions.
Continue exploring: Shadows · Portraits with glasses · Two photograph orders.
Continue exploring: Radiating lines · Portraits in busy places · Practice ideas.
Continue exploring: Diagonals · Portraits with flowers · Connections across days.
Continue exploring: Foreground layers · Portraits from above · Collection titles.
Continue exploring: Catchlights · Portraits beside a tree · A fresh look at older photographs.
Continue exploring: Reflections · Portraits with a mask · Small detail collections.
Continue exploring: Triangular shapes · Portraits beside a railing · Portrait and detail.
Continue exploring: Curved shapes · Portraits with a hat · Gesture sequences.
Continue exploring: Overlapping shapes · Profile portraits · Event variety.
Continue exploring: Beyond the frame · Light and dark backgrounds · Three-picture study.
Continue exploring: Centered compositions · Standing portrait · Return visits.
Continue exploring: Scale · Seated portraits · Contact sheet.
Continue exploring: Sharpness · A small turn · Shared choices.
Continue exploring: Warm and cool colors · Frame edges · Pace.
Continue exploring: Clothing · Hands · Closing photographs.
Continue exploring: Color accents · Place · Opening photographs.
Continue exploring: Balance · Gaze · Visual echoes.
Continue exploring: Depth · Props · Small photography projects.
Continue exploring: Light and dark · Vertical and horizontal compositions · Writing captions.
Continue exploring: Finding rhythm · Photographing details · Planning a photo walk.
Continue exploring: Making space · Changing your viewpoint · Choosing a small set.
Continue exploring: Following lines · Noticing texture · Exploring movement.
More ways to explore: Finding frames within a photograph · Photographing people together · Exploring portrait framing.
Color studies
Follow a color.
Find another world.
A color can connect a costume, a landscape, and a moment from a different year. Begin with a color from Blue Fairy, then follow it through the archive.
Explore the color index →The full archive
Were you there?
Return to a convention, a place, or a familiar character. The complete galleries are here.
A photographer’s perspective
Beauty begins
with attention.
“Beauty is always inner first, never outer only; more felt by the heart than seen by the eye.” — Yenra
Photography grows through collaboration: the person in front of the camera, the imagined character, the place, and the moment.
About Yenra Photography →From the notebook: Lenses I Own and Love · Matthews Apple Boxes · Zoom H6 as an Audio Interface