What can i do with portraits and figures for my photography assignment?

i have to take pictures of portraits but how and what should i do because i cannot keep doing the same over again of taking facial pictures. i need to do different things so any suggestions???and also any photographers related to portrait/figures photography?

i have to take pictures of portraits but how and what should i do because i cannot keep doing the same over again of taking facial pictures. i need to do different things so any suggestions??

any photographers related to portrait/figures photography? because i ahve to compare my work to theirs
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when you do portrait photography its essentially the same thing over and over. try doing different view points up right left all kinds. try also different moods, happy, sad, comical, laughing. all that.

Work on close ups on facial features, different angles, and lighting/shadows. Lighting and shadows could give you 37 different looks for the same face looking directly at the camera. Maybe play around with filters. Portraits are repetitive, the challenge is to be creative.

take pictures at different angles from the side looking down looking up then change lighting you could use a lamp if you have no studio lights again light from below from side the sun from behind shining through hair use fill in flash experiment and try any thing look to see what works best. i hope this is use-full

Look at some of the shots found on Model Mayhem and One Model Place

There are thousands of variations.

Have a look through http://www.redbubble.com/

Have a good browse through. Its free to join and upload. You have to join to comment and ask questions. Its a great site with many pros from worldwide on there.

Good luck.