Last month, Stina asked me for some tips and suggestions on how to make good portraits of her relatives at an upcoming reunion (I say "make" because with a portrait you're not just taking the picture, you're directing the whole thing). She had asked for specific pointers so, naturally, I replied with general rhetoric (because I'm a helpful one, I am). I did, however, promise to share a few of the tricks I keep up my sleeve, so here they are.
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