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Maternity Photography: Backlighting Tutorial

Maternity Photography: Backlighting Tutorial

A maternity photoshoot is a wonderful opportunity for a photographer to help the parents document a beautiful turning point in their lives. After all, what’s hiding under that belly will become an inseparable part of their days to come. During a maternity shoot, a backlit shot of the mom is a great one that you […]

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How to Make Your Own Reflector for Outdoor Photography

How to Make Your Own Reflector for Outdoor Photography

A reflector is perhaps the simplest tool you can use to elevate the quality of photos or videos that you make. Cameras these days are so good that you don’t need high-end equipment to make proper content. It’s the lighting that really matters. For natural light shooters, light is freely available and is not a […]

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Teen Portrait Photography Tips

Teen Portrait Photography Tips

This article is based on concepts from The Photography Action Cards which are currently 88% off for a summer sale if you want to dig deeper for further training. Creating stunning portraits of teens is a super rewarding project – whether it’s your child or you are working as a portrait photographer. With a little […]

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Tips for Taking Family Portraits

Tips for Taking Family Portraits

Family portraits fall into three main categories: traditional family portraits, candid family portraits, and lifestyle family portraits. Most families have had their picture taken, but few have had a chance to have their portrait shot, because of the difference between the two. One is a quick snap, with little attention given to the technical aspects of […]

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Product Photography: How to Build a Set and Light the Scene

Product Photography: How to Build a Set and Light the Scene

There are many factors that you need to consider when doing product photography. It’s not only about taking a photograph of the product. There’s much more to it. While proper lighting and capturing the intricate details are main requirements, it’s also very important that you add value to the shoot by showcasing the product being […]

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Summer Fashion Shoot with Natural Light

Summer Fashion Shoot with Natural Light

When it comes to fashion photography, we immediately tend to think of high-end artificial lighting. In most cases, it’s true that fashion shoots have expensive studio lighting, since consistent lighting is what they usually need. But, it’s not that you can’t do fashion shoots using natural light. In this video, photographer Lindsay Adler with Adorama […]

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Garden Flower Photography Tips

Garden Flower Photography Tips

Short of ideas and inspiration when you want to go out and shoot some photographs? If you have a garden, then step outside your door and into a world of inspiration. There is just so much to shoot—and right on your doorstep. Here are some great keys to having fun as you learn digital photography […]

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False Beliefs Held by Too Many Photographers

False Beliefs Held by Too Many Photographers

In the course of developing ourselves as photographers, we might go through countless tips, tricks, videos, and articles. Knowingly or unknowingly, we are fed information that may not necessarily be true. This, of course, can be detrimental to our progress in the long run. It’s thus very important that we try to keep away from […]

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Repetition and Patterns in Photography

Repetition and Patterns in Photography

The root word of repetition is “repeat”. When you repeat a certain size or shape or color you add strength to the overall image. Repetition is a basic concept in the world of art. If you want to make a statement, you repeat certain elements again and again. If you repeat something once or twice […]

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Posing Wedding Couples: Things to Know

Posing Wedding Couples: Things to Know

How you pose your subjects plays a very important role when photographing portraits. This importance is amplified when it comes to wedding photography. It’s an extremely important day for your subjects after all. The catch with posing however is that not all poses work well with every individual or couple. You thus need to be […]

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