beauty photography

    How to stop making these five beauty photography mistakes

    Feb 14, 2024 Dunja Đuđić

    In beauty photography, light, makeup, and expression come together to create fantastic portraits. And if you’re just starting out, you know how it goes: you’re…

    Use these two simple methods to remove skin shine from portraits

    Jun 6, 2023 Dunja Đuđić

    Even if your model has flawless skin, if it’s oily or combined, it will create unwanted reflections in your portraits. If you want to get…

    The way AI sees a “perfect body” says a lot about our society

    May 25, 2023 Dunja Đuđić

    With the recent boom of AI technology, it’s interesting to observe how artificial intelligence imagines things. After all, it was based on human knowledge but…

    The importance of retouchers in post-production of photos

    Apr 18, 2023 Andrew Souders & Sankha Wanigasekara

    Retouchers are commonly found behind the metaphorical curtain of the photography process. They operate as the hidden muscle behind a large quantity of the high-end…

    Law could soon force UK ads to label photoshopped bodies

    Aug 3, 2022 Dunja Đuđić

    After Norway, the UK could be next to tackle the issue of unrealistic and harmful beauty standards. The Health and Social Care Committee found that…

    Dove uses deepfakes to highlight negative impacts of social media on teens

    May 4, 2022 Alex Baker

    “You wouldn’t say that to your daughter, but she still hears it online every day”. That’s the message coming from Dove’s latest campaign to educate…

    The skin is the star in these make-up free beauty portraits by Pratik Naik

    Jan 5, 2022 Alex Baker

    The name Pratik Naik is probably already familiar with you. He’s become a bit of a household name for image retouching and if you haven’t…

    This beauty photographer took macro shots of her own lips and REAL BEES

    Nov 10, 2021 Alex Baker

    London based beauty and fashion photographer Tina Eisen is well known for her beautiful work, but these macro images of honey bees and lips are…

    If you want to learn the original art of negative retouching, this book from 1908 will teach you how

    Oct 5, 2021 Alex Baker

    We all assume that Photoshop and the art of retouching is a fairly new phenomenon. When you think of image retouching you automatically think of…

    How to shoot stylized beauty portraits with just one light and a reflector

    Sep 21, 2021 John Aldred

    Keeping the amount of kit you use at a low level can sometimes be down to simply a lack of availability. But it could also…