portrait photography

    How to overpower the sun and balance with strobes using ND filters
    Apr 26, 2017 John Aldred

    Trying to overpower the sun seems to have become a popular thing again lately. The go-to technique for these results is a fast shutter speed and…

    How zooming with your lens and your feet changes relationship between foreground and background
    Apr 20, 2017 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    Before you raise your torches and pitchforks, this is not another post about how focal length affects your subject, or whether you should “zoom with…

    How to find great portrait locations even in the ugliest neighborhood
    Apr 19, 2017 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    Sometimes even in the crappiest conditions you can make great photos. Although, I thought this was impossible in the part of the city where I…

    How I photographed Comic Con portraits using only one light source
    Apr 18, 2017 Jon Erlien

    Back in December my brother asked me if I would be interested in going to Comic Con in Indianapolis, IN, and I immediately said absolutely!…

    This campaign promotes pet adoption through brilliant optical illusion photos
    Apr 17, 2017 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    We all know that photography can be a powerful tool for sending a message. A recent campaign from an animal shelter in India is a…

    Simplified posing for beginners, breaking down the building & tweaking of poses
    Apr 11, 2017 John Aldred

    Posing is probably the most difficult part of shooting portraits for most photographers. The technical side can be learned relatively easily. Your style just develops…

    How to easily use gels to create virtually any color background
    Apr 9, 2017 Jeff Carpenter

    Here is a great tool to add to your lighting toolbox, controlling lights with gels. It’s not about making the light hard or soft, it’s…

    This is what photographers need to know about the modelling industry
    Apr 6, 2017 Jake Hicks

    I think it’s fair to say that most photographers will at some point in their career have to work with models at least once. Whether…

    These are three essential components for telling story in a single photo
    Apr 5, 2017 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    You know what they say: a picture is worth a thousand words. But telling a story with a single image is not an easy task….

    How I photographed the incredibly talented trumpeter Spencer Ludwig
    Apr 4, 2017 Chip Kalback

    Recently I had the opportunity to photograph an incredibly talented trumpeter by the name of Spencer Ludwig. You’ve definitely heard his song ’Diggy’ in all…