21 Soulful Portraits Shot Under Beautiful Light Using Creative Compositions

Portrait photography is one of the most popular genre and one of the most difficult one to master as well. Capturing portraits may seem very simple in terms of lighting, posing, etc., but you will need to take care of a few important factors to capture soulful portraits. Here are some stunning portraits that have been shot creatively while also making use of interesting light.

Portraits can be taken for a lot of reasons – professional, business, memories, events and so on. Depending on the purpose, you should be able to capture portraits that can be cherished for years to come. If you are new to portrait photography, it can be quite a nervous, challenging task and something a bit difficult to handle. If you would like to overcome the challenges and start capturing incredible and memorable portraits, we recommend you to check out this eBook, “The Art Of Portrait Photography” by Photzy.

Vitaliy Shevchenko
Mohammad Faruque
Mubariz Mehdizadeh
behrouz sasani
Andriyko Podilnyk 
Photo by Валерия Прокопович
Natalya Ukolova

In order to capture the best portraits, you need to choose the best location, look for stunning backgrounds and the right light to get the desired results. You don't need the most expensive gear and lighting setups to capture stunning portraits. A beginners' camera and an affordable 50mm f/1.8 lens will work just fine to shoot under natural or slightly low light situations. If you want to master the art of portrait photography, we recommend you to check out this eBook, “The Art Of Portrait Photography” by Photzy.

Dmitry Mineev
Ekaterina Krusanova 
Diyar Shahbaz 
Sebastian Mark 
Farrinni 
Howen
Vitaliy Shevchenko

Capturing the best portraits also depends on using powerful compositional guidelines and effective poses where you need to take care of the subject's hands, knees, elbows, and necks. This depends on the type of portraits and the purpose of the shoot – for example capturing environmental portraits of people doing their day to day tasks in their own space, etc. If you wish to learn a lot more related to portrait photography, and capture gorgeous shots, check out this eBook, “The Art Of Portrait Photography” by Photzy which contains 214 pages of fast easy learning, packed with illustrations, case-studies and assignments to verify your knowledge. 

Raphael Nast 
dariush radmand
Andriyko Podilnyk 
Andras Vas 
AnimGraph Lab
 Amanda Kelly

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Dahlia is a stock photographer and full time educator at Light Stalking. You can find her on Gurushots and see some of her more popular articles at The American Society of Media Photographers. Get to know her better here.

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