Make your subjects look their best with our professional portrait photography tips, covering lighting setups, location scouting and tips for working with models.
Mastering light means enabling yourself to get fantastic images by making conscious changes to your lighting setup and camera settings. By understanding light, you can extract amazing results to make yourself stand out from the rest. Photographer David Bergman from Adoroma demonstrates how you can add a punch to your regular portraits by using on-axis […]
With a little creativity, even the smallest of homes can become a great location for portrait photography. Photographers Lucy Martin and Lizzie Peirce give a few tips on how to take creative portraits at home: 1. Use Angles Whether you get up high or go down low, look for a perspective that you don’t typically see. “It’s just […]
Taking stunning portraits is one skill that can be easily mastered if you understand the concepts and have had lots of practice. There are four factors that determine the success of your portrait shots, and they are composition, depth of field, lighting, and your subject. Let’s take a look at each of the factors and […]
Want to spice up your location portraits? This tutorial from Adorama instructor Gavin Hoey takes us through a simple setup, shoot, and post-processing session that will get your creative juices flowing. Take a look: Great location portraits generally need just three things: a good model, a beautiful location, and a proficient photographer. But that doesn’t […]
A good portrait photographer can make anybody look amazing. While equipment and camera settings contribute to the end product, there are other important factors involved. So much depends on how the subject is posed, how the photographer communicates with the subject, and where the photograph is taken. Photographer Chris Hau discusses eight simple tips and […]
Photos taken in beautiful places easily look awe-inspiring. But not everyone can afford to travel for every portrait photography session. A good photographer doesn’t have to depend on amazing locations for their photos to come out well. They have the skills to make the best of what’s available. Tajreen and Scooter Chloe show you how […]
Overhead portrait photography isn’t just about laying the subject on the ground and taking photos from above. You can achieve some great overhead portraits by controlling the light and paying a little more attention to the background. In the following video, photographer Gavin Hoey from Adorama shares his tips for taking great overhead portraits on […]
If you pay close attention to portraits taken by professionals, you will notice one thing they have in common. The subjects’ eyes sparkle. Catchlights are the lights reflected off of the subject’s eyes. They’re important because they add life to an image. Without catchlights, a portrait looks dull and lifeless. Michael Corsentino discusses everything you […]
Film noir is stark and often menacing look adopted in 1940s and 1950s Hollywood movies. In this video, Gavin Hoey from Adorama explains how you can set up a film noir look with speedlights and some easy-to-find props: Film Noir Lighting Setup First, Hoey sets up a speedlight behind Venetian blinds and aims it to light up […]
One of the greatest hurdles any street photographer has to overcome is learning how to approach strangers. In fact, the prospect of talking to new people can be so overwhelming that some photographers avoid it at all costs. While it’s natural to feel anxious approaching someone that you don’t know, gaining the confidence to do […]
