But at some point I had decided to take portraits of my mother.

Two portraits taken in 1815 show it even more clearly.

I'm sorry because I have made a living taking portraits.

I am trying to learn how to take portraits, do you have any suggestions for me?

The earliest portraits, taken in 1856, when she was 19, are more or less straight.

They took portraits of each other without a lens on the camera.

Into a little studio, Julie took him to have his own portrait taken.

I ask her if she'd rather get her portrait taken some other time.

"It cost money to take portraits like those," Cal said from over my shoulder.

Here is another portrait of him, taken a few years ago in Cairo.