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A Beginner’s Guide to Family Portrait Photography
Getting all your family in the same place at the same time can be hard enough. Add to that trying to organize them into a coherent group for their photograph to be taken, and it can be a nightmare. But in my experience, it’s always worth the effort.
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10 Ways to Effectively Light a Portrait Shoot
As a photographer, it’s essential that you understand how the light is working within your shots. Contrary to popular belief, lighting a portrait shot doesn’t have to be tricky or complicated. You don’t need a wealth of expensive equipment and it doesn’t take an expert to understand which lighting scenarios work and which don’t.
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The Best Way to Learn About Making Portraits
Portraiture can be a challenging subject, especially for newcomers to photography. There’s something about asking someone to be a model that’s a little nerve-racking if you’re not accustomed to it. Not only do you have to find a willing subject, but you also need to figure out where and when the shoot is going to take place, and how to direct your model once the shoot gets going. All without coming across like someone who doesn’t know what they are doing. Luckily, I’m here to help.
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10 Tips for Making Natural Light Portraits
Learning to use light effectively is essential for all photographers, there is no substitute for understanding how light works and appreciating how to use it to your advantage within your work. For portraits, I always prefer to use natural light, even if I am indoors. Working with natural light isn’t all easy sailing, there are plenty of aspects that need to be understood in order to avoid making mistakes.
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A Guide to Perfect Portrait Posing and More
As an aspiring-to-go-pro photographer or a casual shooter, it’s important to understand the basics of portrait photography, whether your posing a spouse, child, friend or a bona fide model. Not only will your images seem more professional and polished, your model will look more attractive.
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10 Tip Guide to Getting Started with Street Portraiture
Have you ever walked down the street, passing strangers who catch your eye. I’m not just talking about checking out attractive members of the public! The ones that have something interesting about them, to the extent that it would be great to capture it film?
Well, street portraiture is the answer. It may be daunting at first, but the opportunity to capture the residents of a city, the people that give the place its energy and vibrancy, that make it tick, is an incredibly exciting one. Hopefully, these few tips will set you on your way to stepping out the door and going to capture the essence of your town through it’s people.
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