Terminology: group-portrait vs group-photo

[DrTang]

group portrait / group photo

'portrait' is posed / 'photo' could be a pix of a bunch of people..


but 'group photography' sounds to me like a bunch of people running around with cameras

[tadler]

ok, thanks for your answers. if i find something else relevant about the terminology i'll post it here.

[Findingmyway4ever]

Going with your subject:

Group-Portrait sounds more "formal", meaning, is something that would be coined/termed when it involves a special event such as a wedding.

Group-Photo sounds more like a bunch of friends gathering together and having a 3rd party take a photo of them. In other words, it can be for fun, it can be just as formal as the group portrait, but it is more generalized, so it doesn't have to be a "formal" type of photograph as a portait based one would.

[unixrevolution]

I would say:

A group photo is a picture depicting a group of people, not necessarily all facing the camera.

A group portrait is a group photo where every person in the photograph can be positively identified by their facial features.

All Group portraits are group photos, but not the other way around. The Group Portrait may be more formally posed, but it's not a necessity.

I base this on the requirements a photo has to meet to require a model release form.

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[SMBooth]

LOL @ Ben, I got it.