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One piece of living room decor has survived past the cross-stitched phrases, floral couches, and shag carpet: the family photograph. But just like those turtlenecks and coke-bottle glasses that you wore in those family photos growing up, stiff poses have gone out of style.

It can be many things to those who have not dabbled. It can be impressive, cumbersome, or frightening to learn about.

Portraits are a very traditional sub-genre of photography — but that doesn’t mean the contents of that portrait has to be that age-old fake smile against a plain backdrop. Today, more than ever, portrait photographers are shifting away from the norm and finding new ways to let their subject’s personality shine through non-traditional, creative photography.