Portrait photography has to be one of the most slept-on art forms in the world today. The simple-sounding name of the medium drums up memories of standing against a wall in some office, staring awkwardly ahead while we pose for what will surely be an embarrassing piece of government ID or a badge that will dangle on our office lanyard for years to come. However, Taking corporate headshots has come a long way from leaning against a cubical while someone in HR dusts off an ancient digital camera. Experienced photographers like these professional headshot photographers in Phoenix have managed to make the corporate side of things a lot less painful and provide us with photos that won’t have us grimacing on the inside every time we have to pull them out. On the other end of the spectrum, we see creative masterworks emerge. Artists for whom photography is the medium and people are the subject manage to capture and convey a stunning amount of story, atmosphere, and emotion in a single shot. The art of portraying people with your camera is not simple, a good portrait has to balance several things: originality, good composition, quality picture,… It’s hard to capture the personality of your model, which I think the 20 photos in this collection did.
![theodora theodora](https://www.designer-daily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/theodora-3.jpg)
Photo by Patrick Shaw.
![miss lulu miss lulu](https://www.designer-daily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/miss-lulu.jpg)
Photo by Miss Lulu & The Teaspoon Shortage.
![the bath the bath](https://www.designer-daily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/the-bath-portrait.jpg)
Photo by Inutopia.
![marina marina](https://www.designer-daily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/marina.jpg)
![say bla say bla](https://www.designer-daily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/say-bla.jpg)
Photo by Guillaume Kayacan.
![floreat floreat](https://www.designer-daily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/floreat.jpg)
![michael clements michael clements](https://www.designer-daily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/michael-clements.jpg)
Photo by Michael Clements.
![grin grin](https://www.designer-daily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/grin.jpg)
![everlong everlong](https://www.designer-daily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/everlong.jpg)
Photo by Note Worthy.
![gallows gallows](https://www.designer-daily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/gallows.jpg)
Photo by Derek Bremner.
![spring finally spring finally](https://www.designer-daily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/spring-finally.jpg)
![kevin polaroid kevin polaroid](https://www.designer-daily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/kevin-polaroid.jpg)
Photo by Patric Shaw.
![no turning back no turning back](https://www.designer-daily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/no-turning-back.jpg)
Photo by Gabrielle Hennessy.
![come on vampire come on vampire](https://www.designer-daily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/come-on-vampire.jpg)
Photo by Paulia.
![condemned condemned](https://www.designer-daily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/condemned.jpg)
Photo by Sator Arepo.
![litbutoldshang litbutoldshang](https://www.designer-daily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/litbutoldshang.jpg)
![156 156](https://www.designer-daily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/156.jpg)
Photo by Ellie Niemeyer.
![forecrossed forecrossed](https://www.designer-daily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/forecrossed.jpg)
![mistery portrait mistery portrait](https://www.designer-daily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/mistery-portrait.jpg)
![street portrait street portrait](https://www.designer-daily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/street-portrait.jpg)
Photo by Ivan Constantin.