portrait photography
Three one-light setups using V-Flats with three very different looks
Oct 8, 2019
John Aldred
V-Flats are one of those most underrated studio accessories, but one of the most useful and versatile. At their core, they can do two things….
Four easy and effective Lightroom portrait processing techniques in 4 minutes
Oct 4, 2019
John Aldred
Before we bring out photographs into Photoshop they have to go through some kind of raw processor. For many of photographers, that raw processor is…
This is what it looks like to shoot portraits at absurd 900mm
Sep 26, 2019
Dunja Đuđić
One would say that shooting portraits with a 400mm or 500mm lens is overkill. Absurd, even. But what shooting portraits at 900mm? Manny Ortiz teamed…
This photographer builds highly realistic miniatures for stunning movie-inspired portraits
Sep 26, 2019
Dunja Đuđić
It’s not rare that photographers are inspired by other types of art: it can be cinematography, music, painting – you name it. Photographer Nicholas Busch…
This website offers 100,000 AI-generated portraits for free
Sep 20, 2019
Dunja Đuđić
We’ve already seen that AI-generated faces can look so realistic that it’s sometimes difficult to distinguish them from real ones. And if you want to…
Comparing eight popular lenses and how they affect your portraits
Sep 20, 2019
Dunja Đuđić
Which lens you will choose for portraits depends on what you want to achieve, and there are so many options. Rachel and Daniel from Mango…
New Luminar 4 will use AI skin enhancer to automatically make your portraits flawless
Sep 17, 2019
Dunja Đuđić
Luminar 4 is only days from being released, and Skylum is gradually revealing the AI-powered features it’s going to offer. After automatic sky replacement and…
Portraits of Honor: photographing the last of the WWII veterans
Sep 14, 2019
Jeffrey Rease
This is a year for monumental anniversaries of events in American history—particularly the WWII 75th anniversaries of the D-Day invasion, Operation Market Garden, and the…
Follow these four tips when mixing natural light with strobes
Sep 7, 2019
Dunja Đuđić
Shooting in bright sunlight can be tricky, even though there are ways to make fantastic photos using nothing but natural light. Still, you may need…
Why shooting portraits at ISO 100 may not always be the best choice
Sep 5, 2019
Dunja Đuđić
Increasing the ISO value increases the amount of noise in your images. So, you may want to shoot at the lowest ISO possible. But is…