portrait photography
How to use a polariser to remover glare from portraits
Jan 23, 2018
John Aldred
Polarisers are one of the few filters that still hold an advantage for digital cameras. Pretty much everything else can be done these days much…
Atmosphere and Light – How To Improve Your Outdoor Photography
Jan 20, 2018
JP Danko
This past summer I was camping with my family and one of the lakes we visited had a perfect jumping rock. I knew this would…
This is what happens when you shoot portraits with infrared cameras
Jan 16, 2018
Dunja Đuđić
Infrared photography can give some unique images with some kind of an unworldly feel. Mathieu Stern wanted to see what it would look like to…
This touching project reveals people’s scars and the stories behind them [NSFW]
Jan 16, 2018
Dunja Đuđić
I remember a thought I read years ago: “A scar is a tattoo with a better story.” Photographer Sophie Mayanne has created a wonderful personal…
Who really invented the selfie?
Jan 15, 2018
Dunja Đuđić
The selfie is a social phenomenon that probably won’t go away anytime soon. While many of us will recall the days before the Internet, and…
Here’s a tutorial on how to get great studio results with just one light
Jan 10, 2018
Dunja Đuđić
If you’re new to studio photography, you may want to take it one step at a time. Or literally one light at a time. You…
Photographers make splendid portraits of strangers they meet through Craigslist [mildly NSFW]
Jan 4, 2018
Dunja Đuđić
There are certainly several ways to find models for your photography project. But Los Angeles-based photographers Neil Kremer and Cory Johnson (KremerJohnson) decided to use…
You can now have Google Pixel 2’s Portrait mode on older phones, for free
Jan 3, 2018
Dunja Đuđić
Google Pixel 2 is currently taking the first place on DxO’s list of best-rated smartphone cameras. It’s a single-lens camera, yet it offers the Portrait…
7 common studio portrait lighting mistakes and how you can avoid them
Jan 2, 2018
John Aldred
We all make mistakes in photography. All of us. But these are things which help us learn and grow as photographers. We make mistakes, we…
Photographer Spotlight: Q&A With Magdalena M – Editorial and Commercial Portraiture Photographer
Dec 30, 2017
JP Danko
Next in our ongoing Photographer Spotlight series is Magdalena M. Magdalena is a Toronto, Canada based editorial and commercial portraiture photographer and art director. Her work has been…