portrait photography Archives

Light modifiers compared: when to use beauty dish, softbox or umbrella

Sep 18, 2018 Dunja Đuđić

There are different ways to modify studio lights and adapt them to your shooting needs. In this video, Manny Ortiz compares three popular modifiers: a…

Konseen Photo Studio is a pop-up light tent with built-in lighting for photographing people

Sep 12, 2018 Dunja Đuđić

Photographers mainly use light tents for capturing product shots. But have you thought of fitting a human into a portable light tent? Konseen Photo Studio…

How to use catchlights to make your portraits more powerful

Sep 11, 2018 Dunja Đuđić

Catchlights may be a small detail, but they’re very important in portrait photography. In this video from Light Club, you will learn why these little…

Sigma 135mm f/1.8 for Sony E-mount does an impressive job for portraits

Sep 7, 2018 Dunja Đuđić

When Sigma 135mm f/1.8 DG HSM Art lens was first announced, it was available in Canon EF, Nikon F and Sigma SA mounts. But, Sony…

Three ways to make the best out of your background in the studio

Sep 4, 2018 Dunja Đuđić

Portrait photographers pay a lot of attention to their subjects, but sometimes they don’t pay so much attention to the background. In this video, Jeff…

Learn these five basic one-light patterns to improve your studio portraits

Aug 30, 2018 Dunja Đuđić

You don’t have to be new to photography to be new to studio lighting. In this video, Jeff Rojas will help you learn some of…

How to use your LED modelling lamp for long exposure photography

Aug 29, 2018 Jake Hicks

Long exposure photography is tricky, especially in the studio when you’re trying to combine multiple light sources within a single frame that have very different…