portrait photography
How to create low key Rembrandt light portraits in the studio
Sep 22, 2017
John Aldred
Rembrandt had a wonderful way of simulating light in his paintings. So much so, that there’s a whole photography lighting technique named after him. Not…
Photographer captures a day in the life of four African Omo Valley tribes (nsfw)
Sep 22, 2017
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
One of the powers of photography is to teach us about the world and the places we may never see ourselves. Photographer Michele Zousmer traveled…
7 ways to improve your portraits with a reflector and white foamcore
Sep 22, 2017
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
5-in-1 reflector is a super-handy tool for both bounding and diffusing the light. Arron Nace from Phlearn shows you seven different setups you can create…
Shooting the same model with 3 different vintage lenses
Sep 21, 2017
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Photographer Mathieu Stern is crazy about vintage lenses, and his collection contains some pretty unusual pieces. For his latest video, he chose three vintage prime…
How I photographed Jennifer Lawrence
Sep 19, 2017
Clay Cook
We all have our dreams, some are simple while others are complex, buried with the overwhelming mountain of hurdles. I began my creative career in…
Lessons on properly lighting dark-skinned actors from “Insecure” director of photography Ava Berkofsky
Sep 15, 2017
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
How to properly light the model depends on several aspects, and one of them is skin color. Insecure’s director of photography, Ava Berkofsky, makes the…
Shooting through prisms at home or in the studio
Sep 13, 2017
Jake Hicks
In this tutorial we will be going over how to create gorgeous in-camera flared effects that can add a lot of depth and interest to…
7 tricks that will make anyone smile and give you more natural portraits
Sep 12, 2017
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
I’ve always found it challenging to capture a smile in photos so it doesn’t look staged. I’m still overcoming the feeling of awkwardness when photographing…
TIME issues a set of covers shot on the iPhone
Sep 12, 2017
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
“Phoneography” seems to be gaining in popularity when it comes to magazine covers. After Billboard, Sports Illustrated and Elle, TIME Magazine also went down this…
The photographer’s dos and don’ts of working with models
Sep 8, 2017
John Aldred
There are many rules in photography, but few of them are set in stone. When it comes to photographing people, though, there are a few…