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How to Create Natural Light Bridal Portraits // 3 Wedding Photography Tips
In this video I go over three things that will make your life as a professional photographer much much easier.
How to Become a Destination Wedding Photographer
So, you want to travel the world as a photographer? Want to travel to cities, make beautiful images and have someone else pay for it? Destination wedding photography could be for you.
How to Make Your Subject Stand Out From The Background Using One Light
how many times have you walked on to a scene dark and overcast and wished you could make your subject jump off the background.
Light & Airy Photography vs Dark & Dramatic Photography
For this video, my goal was to challenge myself to shooting the same location, model, camera, lens, etc and creating two completely different looks just by altering my lighting and style.
July 2022
Natural Light Portraits with the Tamron SP 35mm F1.4 for Canon
There’s just something about a 35mm prime lens that gives your images such a unique look and feel. This is a great focal length for so many types of photographers, from wedding pros to photojournalists, from beauty portraits to street photography.
Rooftop Fashion Shoot // Profoto A2 Light + Clic Accessories
What an amazing rooftop fashion shoot this was with the brand new Profoto A2. Make no mistake, this small light has some serious punch.
Photography Styles: Natural Light and Airy vs Dark and Moody
If you’ve been in the photography business for a while, you already know that mood is a huge component of any picture you take.
Editing Workflow for Painterly-Style Portraits
When it comes to creating my painterly-style images, I wouldn’t really say I have a crystal ball.
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Lighting Tips For Portraits
Light and story. These are the two most important factors in making great portraits. Not your camera, and although I get asked a lot, it’s not the focal length.
3 Steps to Automate Your Editing Workflow | Lightroom + Photoshop
Wedding season is rolling in as hot as the weather, and we are all stretching out the clock with time spent at the computer.
4 Tips to Creating a Successful Wedding Photography Business
When we talk about wedding photography, we’re always looking for our happily ever after!
The Photographer/Model Relationship: The Cold Hard Truth to Success
For sixteen and a half years I was a TACP, which falls under the Air Force Special Warfare Community.
What’s in the Bag of a Commercial Photographer?
If you’ve ever been curious about what’s in the bag of a beauty photographer, look no further.
10 Steps To Attract and Book Your Perfect Client
Then you daydream of your perfect client, who do you envision? Most people will jump to say “someone who has a lot of money to spend on my photography!”
Steps To Becoming a Brand Photographer
Commercial photography has been a long-standing pillar in the industry—encompassing everything from a simple headshot to huge marketing campaigns.
How To Create Competition-Winning Images For Photographers
At the start of our photography careers, making money and doing what we love is usually the primary focus.
Behind the Shutter
Photography training and education for the modern photographer
In today’s competitive landscape, quality online photography training and education is priceless to your growth. Unfortunately, most publications contain a ton of fluff. No real meat to their content. Not at Behind the Shutter. We are committed to the photography community and improving professional photography by providing current, insightful, and in-depth educational content.
Training topics include photography lighting techniques, photography off-camera flash tips, photography posing guides, photography business concepts and marketing strategies, Facebook for photographers, boudoir and glamour photography training, high-school senior photography concepts, IPS (In-Person Sales) strategies, family photography, Lightroom tutorials, Photoshop how-tos, and much, much more.
Sal Cincotta created Behind the Shutter to give back to the world of photography. As an up and coming photographer, Sal was struggling to find answers to basic questions. Most of the magazines out there were filled with fluff. Sal needed and wanted to create something that would challenge photographers, something that would educate them.
Sal, an active wedding and portrait photographer in the St Louis metro area, wanted to bring a sense of real world understanding to the magazine and photography education.
Our mission is to create and elevate the photography community by providing relevant and timely education. At Behind the Shutter, we believe that an educated photography community will raise the bar for all photographers around the world.