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.
The Modifier to Take Your Photography Lighting to the Next Level
Like many photographers, I’m always trying to find new ways to take my images to the next level.
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.
July 2022
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.
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!”
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.
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.
4 Tips to Creating a Successful Wedding Photography Business
When we talk about wedding photography, we’re always looking for our happily ever after!
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.
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.
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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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.
Simple One Light Setups // the Profoto A1 + Clic Softbox Octa
Often, when photographers think of “flash photography” or alternate light sources, they think dramatic, but sometimes, all we need is some lighting to fill and even out the skin.
Is your monitor color calibrated?
The process, as you will see in the video, is not complicated at all. However, the task itself proves invaluable to getting color right.
Tips For Adding Men’s Boudoir To Your Brand
As a genre of photography, boudoir is heavily female-run and even more so female-focused. But the boudoir industry is changing. We are seeing more and more men wanting intimate portraits.
Shutter Magazine
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 Shutter Magazine. 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.
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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.