Boudoir photography is a delicate subgenre of portraiture. Besides having to care about lighting, composition, and camera settings, you have to help your model pose in a way that’s both visually pleasing and natural. Stiff, awkward, and overly complicated poses usually don’t work. Boudoir poses can be a little tricky indeed, especially for portrait photographers […]
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Here are 24 portraits that are shot using a lower perspective, so you can get some inspiration to use a different perspective during your next portrait session.
Portrait photography tips are essential for any portraitist no matter of the current level of knowledge and skills. Capturing a unique, dynamic, emotional portrait isn’t easy. While some portrait photographers may have a certain “knack” for the craft, that doesn’t mean they haven’t dedicated numerous hours to shaping and refining their skills. You know how […]
Self-portraits are by no means a recent invention — painters have been doing them for centuries and it didn’t take photographers long after the invention of the camera to start immortalizing themselves in photo form. In more recent times (the social media era, specifically), the self-portrait has sort of morphed into the more colloquially recognizable […]
Natural light portrait tips are probably the most sought-after tips in portraiture because many portrait enthusiasts rely on natural light only. Well, at least in the beginning. I occasionally get asked some variation of the question, “What’s the main thing I can do to get better at photography?” Depending on who’s asking I might give […]
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