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A couple of words of caution; Some businesses will display a fake camera in their place of business with idea that this will deter shoplifting, robbery or employee theft. In light of some recent court case this practice should be discouraged, it has been successfully argued that presence of a "dummy" camera can provide patrons or employees with a false sense if security that is not there. This false sense of security has led to injury.

Buying your security system as an all in one set from a "big box store" can save some money, however you will almost surely end up with equipment that is inferior and not specified correctly for you needs, and when you need service or adjustment, you may not be able to get service.

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If you want to flatter your subject, you'll probably want to minimize their nose. Stand about twelve feet from your subject, so that their nose isn't significantly closer to you than rest of face. However, at such a large distance from camera, if you want to fill frame with just your subject's face, then you need a high magnification lens. Typical "portrait" lenses are therefore between 90 and 135 millimeters long when you are using a 35mm camera.

Whilst a lot of portrait photography is completed inside a studio, prospect of natural light can be very flattering. This can be achieved inside by positioning your subject in front of a window. Environmental portraiture presents different challenges. These portraits are best enlarges, otherwise subjects face gets lost in background. Slow film and use of a tripod; help to keep your images sharp. There are a number of professional photographers who argue that a portrait is not shown to it’s best advantage when it is clinically sharp and they use a filter, but with modern digital cameras, you can make an adjustment in Photoshop at a later time. However if you are using a digital camera you will achieve best results with a camera with a true single reflex lens.

Natural light or umbrella lighting can achieve soft lighting; both of these reduce shadows and show face in a “better more attractive light”. However there is another type of portrait photography, which is high impact photography. This is a very dramatic type of portrait photography, which uses very strong light with a high contrast of tonal color. This technique is more effective indoors, as it is achieved by controlling light, and their is too much light to control out of doors. Position your subject at different angles to light, from one side, or from underneath. This lengthens shadows, rather than muting them, and gives a distinctly dramatic effect. You can achieve this in varying degrees, but if light source is placed at 90 degrees to face, it will throw whole of opposite side of face in shadow. If you are using a digital camera you can also manipulate contrast later to achieve a more dramatic effect.

You can also improve your photographs if you include some motion shots, as well as traditional stills. Just make sure that you use correct film speeds.