portrait photography

Florida photographer offers gender affirming portraits to trans community

May 12, 2023 Alex Baker

  A Florida-based photographer is supporting the trans community in a Pay-What-You-Can portrait project. The initiative is part of the TruID portrait project that photographer…



Westcott Pro Light Mods make your subject look like a rock star

May 12, 2023 John Aldred

Westcott has announced its new Pro Light Mods range (buy here). These are softbox covers which simulate the Hollywood-style light banks as well as stadium…



Photographer takes portraits of people in 50 US states in one day

May 4, 2023 Dunja Đuđić

Before 2020, remote portraiture was still an experiment few people played with. But when the pandemic hit, taking photos remotely became a thing. While it’s…



Lighting setup: Simple long exposure LED portraits

Apr 28, 2023 Jake Hicks

Long-exposure photography has been around as long as photography itself, but it’s had a tentative relationship with its audience over the years. 20+ years ago…



All About Photo Awards 2023 winning shot is literally a winning shot

Apr 10, 2023 Dunja Đuđić

All About Photo (AAP) magazine has just announced the winners of its All About Photo Awards 2023. As the name suggests, the magazine is all about…



How to create intelligent presets to add a realistic background light in Lightroom

Apr 5, 2023 Alex Baker

There’s no denying just how incredibly powerful Adobe Lightroom has become in the last year. Lightroom’s AI tools and clever single-click masking can take your…



Clay Cook’s trippy portraits are the perfect combination of AI and real photography

Apr 1, 2023 Liz Wolf

When conceptualizing an abstract set design for a photoshoot, a photographer might come up with several backdrops and light techniques that they’ll cycle through over…



Lighting Setup: How to light your portraits with £50 LED tubes

Mar 29, 2023 Jake Hicks

In the last year or so, I’ve experimented with and tested a huge range of LED lights. From the $15,000 Panalux film production monsters to…



Create a beauty-light portrait with nothing but speed lights

Mar 27, 2023 Alex Baker

Why would you choose to use speedlights when so many other, more powerful options are available? Well, several reasons, actually. They are small, portable, and…



Three easy portrait posing techniques for seated subjects

Mar 14, 2023 John Aldred

Posing for portraits is always a tricky topic. There are a lot of variables to consider, including many defined by the appearance of the subject…