Use framing in a creative way

Have your model look through a window or have them lean up against a door frame and your portrait composition can look much stronger and more interesting. I like using this technique to take pictures of babies and toddlers by placing the child in a crib and having them peer through the bars of the crib at the camera. Always makes for a great shot. I ve tried doing the same thing with people looking through prison bars, but it s never been quite as flattering.