How to Arrange People for Portraits

Whether you are planning your family's portrait or you are a photographer yourself, arranging people for portrait photos is a creative challenge that requires attention to detail and to those included in the photo. Arranging people in portraits is possible with a few simple tricks that are available regardless of your skills in photography.

Instructions

Write a list of all of the people who will be in the portrait. This will allow you to organize and arrange each person based on height, age or any other way you would like to have everyone together in the photo.

Plan to have chairs or other seats (such as benches or stools) for those who prefer to sit in portraits -- or for children who are short (if you are having all of the adults stand).

Place adults in the back row when working with families. Enclose the family with a grandparent on either end and the children and grandchildren in the front.

Arrange by age, increasing from the left or right side. You can also arrange everyone by height, going from shortest to tallest (or vice versa).

Have those in the photo stand based on the color of their clothing, keeping analogous colors closer together (such as green, teal and light blue) while separating complementary colors such as red and green (unless you would like someone to stand out above the rest in the portrait).

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