portrait photography

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…



Here’s what happens when AI writes your photoshoot setup

Mar 9, 2023 Dunja Đuđić

Here at DIYP, we’ve had a lot of fun playing with ChatGPT and asking it all sorts of stuff. Udi asked it to make a…



Lighting Setup: How to build and use a DIY Scrim in the Studio

Mar 1, 2023 Jake Hicks

There are quite literally thousands of lighting modifiers on the market today, but which ones are good, which ones should you avoid and… can you…



How to shoot great one-light portraits in a tiny home studio

Feb 16, 2023 John Aldred

Learning to shoot portraits at home is often a struggle. Even when you can convince one of your family members to hop in front of…



5 location ideas to inspire your next outdoor portrait shoot

Feb 15, 2023 Alex Baker

If you’ve been shooting for a while, sometimes it’s easy to get a little bit bored with your local surroundings, especially if you’re stuck in…



Here’s how to figure out what size and shape of softbox you should buy

Feb 2, 2023 John Aldred

Very early on in the journey of a photographer’s transition to flash, particularly studio strobes, the first question we find ourselves asking is “what modifiers…