Portrait Research

Well ive started doing the portraits and i must admit, im finding it hard not to turn the pictures into fashion shots or not be to creative in the poses that i do, as there is such a great atmosphere in the group and the studio its hard to keep the face serious. Soon as i started to get the hang of a more serious way of doing portraits i decided i wanted a close up image of the face where the top of their head may be clipped, But i am now figering out if these pictures i am are doing are still classed as portraiture. They are starting to look like this photo below of Zombie boy by Terry Richardson.