portrait photography
How to shoot wet portraits in a home studio using high speed flash
Mar 1, 2017
John Aldred
Water is one of the most versatile subjects one can photograph. The very nature of water, though, means that it’s wet, so it can be…
How to avoid glare when shooting portraits of people wearing glasses
Feb 27, 2017
John Aldred
Whenever I see people posting questions about how to photograph people wearing glasses, they usually receive the same response. “Don’t, have them take their glasses…
How to use gridded strip softboxes as your main light source
Feb 16, 2017
John Aldred
When it comes to setting up flash for a portrait, one might usually grab a big octabox or beauty dish. Normally, we wouldn’t consider something…
How to shoot great portraits with flash in a tiny space
Feb 15, 2017
John Aldred
We all get short on space sometimes. Perhaps you’re just starting out and don’t have a huge area to shoot in. Maybe you’ve been asked…
This video explains linear perspective and geometry when shooting portraits
Feb 14, 2017
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Remember the animation showing how focal length impacts the portrait? When you shoot with different focal lengths and your subject takes the same space in…
How to quickly fix red skin in Photoshop
Feb 9, 2017
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
It’s still winter here in the Northern Hemisphere. So, if you shoot portraits outdoors, your models may look a bit like Rudolph the Red Nosed…
Watch: How to truly make the eyes “windows to the soul” in your portraits
Feb 8, 2017
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Catching the mood and the spirit of the moment may be one of our primary tasks as photographers or videographers. Yet, we may also be…
How focal length AND subject distance affect your headshots
Feb 7, 2017
John Aldred
We’ve all seen the animations showing “how focal length affects your subject“. Whenever one gets posted, the smart ones chime in with “It’s nothing to do…
Taking selfies before it was cool: these may be the first selfies ever made
Feb 7, 2017
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Selfies are a 21st-century thing, right? Well, they certainly got popular in the 2000s, but the first selfies were taken way back. Before it was…
This Indian “Photographer Prince” made his harem pose for photos over 150 years ago
Feb 6, 2017
John Aldred
As the Maharaja of Jaipur, Ram Singh II was famous for many things. It was during his reign that slavery, infanticide and other cruel customs…