portrait photography

    How to use V-flats to create three different beauty lighting setups

    Apr 25, 2019 Dunja Đuđić

    When shooting in a studio, you can use V-flats in a variety of ways. In this video, Lindsay Adler  shows you three simple setups you…

    Four things I hate about portrait photography in 2019

    Apr 17, 2019 Michael Comeau

    OnPortraits.com was built ​to fulfill a positive mission: I want to give you actionable tips and tactics so you can create the portrait photographs you want….

    Here’s a detailed guide to prepare you for your actor headshots

    Apr 4, 2019 Roberto Vivancos

    Your actor headshots, combined with your actor showreel, are the foundations of your actor profile. They are without shadow of a doubt a key marketing…

    Can you guess which of these faces is real and which is computer-generated?

    Apr 1, 2019 Dunja Đuđić

    NVIDIA’s researchers came up with an impressive algorithm that’s able to generate realistic faces. Some of them are so realistic that you may have a…

    Seven habits of boring street photography

    Mar 27, 2019 Forrest Walker

    Street Photography is hard to do well. Really hard. Even if you are great, most of your shots will not be. The internet is filled…

    How I did this pink & red studio shoot: a step-by-step breakdown from planning to post-processing

    Mar 25, 2019 Chris Ord

    Shooting for yourself is something I talk about a lot, I talk about it a lot but I have struggled to do over the last…

    Winning photo of $120K HIPA prize was allegedly staged

    Mar 20, 2019 Dunja Đuđić

    Prestigious competition the Hamdan International Photography Award (HIPA) recently announced its 2019 winners. Among them was Malaysian photographer Edwin Ong Wee Kee, whose photo of…

    This is how different softbox placement affects your portraits

    Mar 8, 2019 Dunja Đuđić

    When photographing portraits in a studio, you can create many different looks using only one light. Depending on how you place it and how big…

    I invented an octabox gadget for shooting street portraits on the go

    Mar 6, 2019 Brendan Burkett

    My name is Brendan Burkett, and I believe I have created an original device and street photography method. What I have done is attach a softbox…

    This is the actual reason why you may not like your own portrait

    Mar 5, 2019 Eric London

    As a general type, portrait photos are often disliked by the subject themselves. From the early formative years of grade school on into the advanced…