Joe Farace

Any portrait shoot is a team effort so its important that you talk to your subject and discuss what you and they would like to accomplish during a shoot. Many times I’ve seen photographers shooting portraits but expecting the subject to do all the work. Sometimes that approach works and sometime it doesn’t.

When I went to the UPS Store to return these lenses to the manufacturer, I felt a sigh of relief as if a burden had been lifted from me. The three lenses along with shipping box and brown crunchy packing paper weighed 25 pounds.

What follows isn’t based on any scientific or statistical analysis but instead is a highly personal overview of the style of portraits I see on social media these days, especially Instagram.