portraits
How You Shot It: ‘New Beginning’ – Planning a Photo Shoot at a Train Station
How You Shot It is a series where you show us how you shot an image. Today's post comes from Andrew Bird from Pennsylvania, who tells us how he planned this photo shoot in a vintage town.
Muslin Backdrops for Artistic Portraiture: Silverlake Backdrop Review
I've got a few backdrop ideas to cycle through which I'll be sharing here as I try them out, but the first one in the experiment was the painted muslin backdrop.
Review: Why Every Photographer Should Use Contracts | The Law Tog Portrait Bundle
Making everyone sign a contract was a lesson I learned the hard way. Every photographer should use contracts. In this article, we review the Portrait Contracts Bundle from The Law Tog to help protect you and your business!
No Studio? No Problem! Part 4: Photography Lighting Tips for Shooting in Tight Spaces
Photography lighting tips for shooting in tight spaces. Don't be at the mercy of bad lighting just because you can't fit your giant soft box in the space.
International Man of Mystery: Balancing Wedding, Celebrity and Sports Photography with Kevin Jairaj
Just home from covering the Sochi Olympics, Kevin Jairaj, an award winning wedding and portrait photographer, traded in his winter snow jacket for Vegas party clothes at WPPI. With a background in fashion photography and a sports photographer with USA Today, Kevin's work and experience is well rounded and well sought after.
Father Of 6 Shares The Enchanting Youth Of His Children: La Famille
In La Famille, French photographer Alain LaBoile turns our attention back to the virtues of a simpler time; one of mischief, drama, camaraderie, imagination, and innocence. What can come across as a chronology of memoirs, can feel like a tribute to family, and a salute to generations past.
‘All Love Is Equal’ – Braden Summers Travels the World Photographing LGBT Community
A few months ago, photographer Braden Summers launched his Kickstarter project, 'All Love is Equal,' in an effort to showcase love.
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words – Famous Books Recreated by Babies
In honor of National Storytelling Week in the U.K., Venture Photography created a series of portraits that recreate some very famous children's books. Can you recognize what these books are?
Rosie Holtom’s Portrait Series that Humanizes the Homeless
At first glance it seems like a typical black and white headshot. A regular guy or gal, smiling and posing ...
The Profoto RFi Softbox System Review – Rapid Gear Review
In this review, we take a look at the Profoto RFi Softbox and Octabox to see how well they live up to Profoto's reputation for light quality and build quality.
Dani Diamond Reveals Personality of Fellow Photographers in ‘The Project’
Dani Diamond, a fashion, landscape and portrait photographer in New York City, has created “The Project,” a personal photography project ...
