Make your subjects look their best with our professional portrait photography tips, covering lighting setups, location scouting and tips for working with models.
Professional photography is a fantastic way to celebrate important moments in your life. It also allows all of the family members to be in the image as well. Finally, it creates true custom works of art. However, those images will account for a tiny fraction of the photographs that will take place in your life. […]
Taking great photographs isn’t easy. It takes time, patience, and a little bit of knowledge! This article focuses on taking photographs of pets or animals, and the challenges this sometimes poses. What follows are a few tips I’ve learned over the years shooting animals and pets (but these tips can also translate for shooting other […]
Traveling is a journey of discovery, not just of places but also of people. Portraits can bring the faces, stories, and emotions of these individuals to life. Travel portrait photography combines the best of three worlds: portraiture, landscapes, and documentary. Here’s how you can master the art and take compelling portraits on your travels. 1. […]
Photographing your dog can be a terrific way to not only get amazing photos of a beloved family member, it’s also good practice and will sharpen your over all photography skills. Like any other portrait session, the first step is to mentally pre-visualize what you want the end result to be. Please don’t skip this […]
Imagine yourself, camera in hand, walking through a busy metropolis. The sights, the sounds, and the smells of a bustling city overwhelm your senses. People all around you are scurrying to and from work. Others are sitting in outdoor cafes enjoying lunch. You can see worn out shoppers, their hands filled with packages, moving from […]
In a recent tutorial video, photographer Clifford Pickett from Urban iPhone Photography takes us on an insightful journey into the world of ‘staged street portraiture’. A shift from the common candid moments often associated with street photography, Pickett emphasizes the value of engaging with subjects to create powerful, unique images: According to Pickett, there is […]
This article is based on concepts from The Art of Portrait Photography if you want to dig deeper for further training. There are three modes of non-verbal communication in humans. The first and most apparent is facial expression, including using our eyes and mouths. The second is body language—how we position ourselves. The third is […]
A frame within a frame is one of the most interesting composition techniques in photography. By enclosing your subject within a physical frame, you can direct the viewers’ interest to your subject. The following image by photographer Nathan Ackley is an amazing example of beautiful composition: Ackley took this image at a library in Shanghai, […]
Whenever I return from a shoot, I go through this process every time with each camera so that they are ready for the next time. 1. Camera bodies off. This is to remind me that I use a variety of lenses and if I remove them, I have to select an appropriate one for my […]
When you’re out on location for a portrait shoot, you’ve mainly got two options as far as lens choice is concerned. You can either go wide to cover the model and the location, or go tight with a telephoto lens and emphasize just the model. However, each of these choices has advantages and disadvantages. In […]
