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How to Use a Light Meter
Struggle using a light meter? Well in this video, I show you how to use a light meter and how simple and easy it is to use for in-studio portraits.
09/06/2023
Inspirations
Best Natural Light Images of the week // Featured Inspirations #044
Looking for some new posing ideas for your next natural light session?
Check out these images submitted by our readers.
09/04/2023
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Corrective Lighting for Boudoir Photography
Corrective lighting can really set your portrait photography apart from other photographers and make your clients fall in love with the way they look.
As a portrait photographer, in general, you need to know how to use corrective posing techniques to make your clients look their best on camera.
in this photography tutorial video, I show you a step-by-step process to using lighting and posing techniques to make your clients look their best. These techniques are perfect for in-studio portraits.
In this video, Im using the Westcott L60Bs with various light modifiers , but you can use whatever lighting you have.
08/31/2023
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Long Exposure Portraits Using Rear Curtain Sync
In this lighting portrait tutorial, we play with long exposures using rear curtain sync. This helps to achieve a unique fashion portrait style for your images. I’ll show you how we did this and what off camera flash lighting we used.
08/30/2023
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Use Composition to Create Better Photography Portraits // Photography How-To
When it comes to photography there is more to it than just releasing the shutter. You have to learn how to use the elements around you to create a more interesting and more compelling portrait.
In this photography tutorial, I will cover how to use composition to make your fashion, beauty, and other types of photography more interesting by framing your subject in various ways.
08/30/2023
Inspirations
Best Fashion Images of the Week // Featured Inspirations #043
Looking for some new posing or lighting ideas for your next fashion session? Check out these images submitted by our readers.
08/28/2023
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Westcott Pro Light Mods Hollywood Glam Portraits
On this particular photoshoot, I used the perfect photography lighting kit to create a glam Hollywood style portrait. In addition, we added some canned aerosol to the shoot to create a little more texture in the background, and I used gelled photography and lighting to add to the mood of the shot.
08/22/2023
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Is f1.2 better than f11 for portraits?
As a portrait photographer, every choice we make has an impact on the final image. In this photography training tutorial, we show the differences between shooting at f1.2 and f8/f11 and the impact it will have on your final portraits.
08/22/2023
Inspirations
Best Fashion Images of the Week // Featured Inspirations #042
Looking for some new posing or lighting ideas for your next fashion session? Check out these images submitted by our readers.
08/21/2023
Inspirations
Best Fashion Images of the Week // Featured Inspirations #041
Looking for some new posing or lighting ideas for your next fashion session? Check out these images submitted by our readers.
08/14/2023
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