portrait photography
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
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 a few pieces of paper helped me recover more detail in my pictures.
Feb 12, 2017
Joseph Parry
I am aiming this week at those of you first getting into photography and looking for a budget friendly way of improving your photos! You…
How to quickly fix red skin in Photoshop
Feb 9, 2017
Dunja Đuđić
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
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
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…
3 tips to find portrait locations in the most unlikely of places
Feb 6, 2017
John Aldred
For me, finding portrait locations is fairly easy. But most of my shoots are in rural locations and I am able to pick locations well in…
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…
Do cameras really add weight to our appearance?
Feb 1, 2017
John Aldred
It’s a common saying that “the camera adds 10 pounds” (or 5, depending on how much you want to tell yourself). I’m sure most of…