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3 Simple Ways to Hang a Portrait Backdrop
Setting up backdrops need not be a gladiatorial fight unto death with C-stands, clamps, tape, and the backdrops themselves. There are easier ways to set these up and enjoy the fruits of a professional...
View ArticleA Portrait of an Offbeat Portrait Photographer
Once a year, photographer Andy Reynolds takes his camera and lighting gear to Alki Beach in West Seattle, Washington, to shoot portraits on the street. Justin Lapriore of LetsMakeMedia spent an...
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20×24 Polaroid Portrait Photographer Elsa Dorfman is Calling It Quits
Pin It Of the 6 existing Polaroid 20×24-inch cameras, one has long been in the possession of Cambridge, Massachusetts-based portrait photographer Elsa Dorfman. After more than 3 decades of shooting...
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These Two Selfies Show the Power of a Well-Prepared Portrait
Pin It Kansas-based hair colorist Ursula Goff recently shared these two selfies side-by-side to show the same things can be presented in drastically different ways with a carefully planned photo. “So...
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Selecting a Portrait Lens With Correct Focal Length
Pin It I know this topic is covered here and there and everywhere: in school and online, in workshops and lectures, on street corner posters and graffiti under freeway overpasses… However, one way or...
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How to Achieve Three Portrait Styles With One Flash
So you’ve got a speedlite. Now what? A lot of photographers only use their flashes in one particular way, switching to different lighting rigs for different effects. But with one flash, you can...
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Bernie vs. Trump: A Portrait Experiment
Pin It Mounting frustration with Washington politics has outsider candidates surging in the 2016 election. The obvious examples across the partisan divide are Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders. Although...
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Family Portrait Photography Tips & Tricks
Family portrait photographer Me Ra Koh didn’t pick up a camera until she was 30 years old. After taking a film photography course to improve her photography of her two year-old daughter, she discovered...
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Dear Portrait Photographers
Pin It Dear Portrait Photographers, You do not cure cancer. You don’t have the power to stop the path of a tornado or make rain fall on a land covered in drought. You take pictures of people. And...
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3 Light Portrait Tutorial
So you’ve purchased some lights and you have a bit of studio space. Now how do you set up your lighting for a flattering portrait? In this video, photographer Karl Taylor teams up with Urs Recher to...
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How to Create Soft Portrait Lighting
Studio lighting isn’t as difficult as it may seem. In fact, with just two lights, you can create several different types of shots simply by repositioning them. Here’s how: The first step, according to...
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How to Create a Cinematic Black & White Portrait Effect in Photoshop
Despite all the wonderful real-world advantages of digital photography, once in a while the typical grainy film look just feels so enchanting. So much so that we actually seek out ways to post-process...
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Tips for Setting Up Your Own Home Portrait Studio
Your studio is not only your place of work, it’s your zone—the place where you can be yourself. It’s a place where nothing distracts you, leaving you submerged in your creativity. It’s also the place...
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Check Out These ‘Pro’ Portrait Posing Tips from the 1980s
Pin It Everything is Terrible found a couple of cringeworthy photography instructional videos from decades ago. “When you have a client with a problem such as prominent teeth or teeth with a wide...
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Tipsy Portrait Project Captures People After 1, 2, and 3 Glasses of Wine
Pin It Brazilian photographer Marcos Alberti‘s ‘Wine Project’ portrait series is dead simple: give your subjects some booze and photograph them between drinks. But the resulting portraits are taking...
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Capture an Elegant Portrait with an Octobox, Styrofoam, and a Plastic Bag
Pin It I love capturing one light photos for my studio shoots, and I recently bought a 120cm octobox to add to my set of diffusers. I’ll be sharing with you a simple but elegant lighting setup only...
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How to Capture Multiple Portrait Styles Quickly in Studio
Imagine you have to photograph a team of football players or a group of very busy corporate executives and you’re given less than half an hour. Sound impossible? Well, let’s make the challenge even...
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National Portrait Gallery Accused of Infringement Over Prince Portrait
Pin It Copyright infringement isn’t just perpetrated by evil corporations and people knowingly breaking the law, laughing as they do. Even the Smithsonian Institution National Portrait Gallery messes...
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The Anatomy of a Newspaper Feature Portrait Shoot
Pin It I had a great opportunity to do a “behind the scenes” of a recent portrait feature shoot which my very good friend Daniel Hambury was doing for the London Evening Standard. In fact I was mainly...
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How to Create a Beauty Style Portrait With Just One Light
Sometimes, less really is more. That’s the philosophy behind this simple beauty shoot, hosted by Miguel Quiles, which features just a single light and some remarkable results. Here’s how he does it:...
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