You have promised yourself that your next portrait shoot would be “next level” for your abilities. You want a set of portraits that could be considered fine art, and perfect for gallery enlargements. You want to capture your subject well, but you also want to grow in your abilities as a creative photographer. Fortunately, fate [...]
Photo by swanky Should I use my camera’s Portrait mode when shooting Portraits or would I be better off manually setting my camera up? Unless you have a high end DSLR, most digital cameras these days come with an array of shooting modes (including portrait mode) for a photographer to choose from when out using [...]
Annie Tao from Annie Tao Photography put together the following tips on maternity photography. Maternity portraits can be slightly trickier than regular portraits – and by “regular”, I mean people who aren’t carrying 20-50 extra pounds around their belly, and experiencing indigestion and sharp kicks to the ribs! Here are a few keys to taking beautiful [...]
In this reader quick tip one of our forum readers CapturedinPrint shared this tip on breaking rules. My tip is to learn the rules of photography and the tools of photoshop and then don’t be afraid to break them. Creativity is going beyond the rules and creating something different and unique. I do this continually [...]
In this quick reader tip one of our forum members Brandon Price shares a tip on photographing kids. I recently made plans to take portraits of some friends’ two little boys — two and four years old — an age I hadn’t ever done formally. A couple hours before we were to meet, I took [...]
You step out of your car, camera is in one hand and equipment bag in the other. You look back at your two assistants and exchange glances, similar thoughts going through your minds. This is going to be interesting. You’ve never attempted what you are about to in this shoot. It’s not like you haven’t [...]
Today’s tip on lighting head shots with one light was submitted by forum reader sarahgirl777. Check out her Flickr Account here. You don’t have to have an elaborate lighting set up to get a great head shot, just one light and a couple of reflectors! Here are the steps I took to achieve the photos [...]
“What have I gotten myself into?” The thought struck my brain as I surveyed the scene before me. Up to this point, I entertained nothing but positive, reassuring self-talk about this situation. It was necessary for my own peace of mind. But as I stood there with my camera on my shoulder, the tiniest whisper [...]
Every person that you photograph is unique. As the photographer, you know that before a shoot you ought to do your homework to be able to capture that uniqueness. Of course you get to know them for a short while before the shoot, and you try to match location to their preferences. But there’s so [...]
Looking for a little inspiration and instruction in your photography of children? Today Kelsey Cook (see some of her work here) shares a few tips. More often than not, we all find joy in youth. There are little ones running around all over the place and one way to capture and preserve that energy is [...]
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