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 · Scale, a comfortable seat, and discoveries together
Explore a size relationship, try a seated portrait, or bring a few pictures together to find your next experiment. Choose one idea and see where it takes you.
Noticing scale in a photograph
Explore how a subject and its surroundings share the picture.
Exploring seated portraits
Discover small variations from a comfortable seat.
Learning from a contact sheet
Compare related pictures and find your next experiment.
Credit: Gearstation Cosplay
Continue exploring: Sharpness · A small turn · Shared choices.
Explore earlier field notes
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