5 Essential Tips for Professional Looking Portraits
Today’s post is a guest post from Diane Stec, view more information about her at the bottom of the article. 1) If light is the most important element to a portrait, then the camera is one of the most important tools. Having an expensive camera is not the only way to capture great portraits. I [...]
You are only $3 from better skies in outdoor portraits
May 16, 2011 by Mark
Filed under Portraits, Shooting Tips & Inspiration
This post is a guest post from Bart Zoni who has the website www.leica-boss.com, see more ways to contact him below. Ever wonder how Sports Illustrated gets those awesome skies in their outdoor portraits? This easy and inexpensive trick will set you on your way to awesome vibrant skies in outdoor portraits just like the [...]
Photographing Portraits in the Sun
March 15, 2011 by Mark
Filed under Portraits, Shooting Tips & Inspiration
One of the biggest challenges photographing weddings can be shooting in the middle of the day with lighting that is far less than ideal. Sometimes you are photographing in open sun without any shade and have to find just the right way to get an amazing shot. I always think of it as one of [...]
Backlighting for indoor portraits
One type of light I am always looking for when photographing brides is a nice source of backlight. Normally if they are getting ready in a hotel there is always a nice big window in the room that I can use for some really beautiful bridal images. Why do I love backlit images? Mainly because [...]
Getting better portraits – include the enviornment
May 7, 2010 by Mark
Filed under Shooting Tips & Inspiration
One way to improve your portraits is to capture more of the environment in the shot. This can help tell the story of your subject and by working in the right background document a part of their life. Sometimes taking a few steps back and including more of the environment can really enhance a portrait. [...]
Show us your best portrait
This week we are going to have a little fun and run a friendly contest. We want to see your best portraits and have some great prizes for the top 3 images! Our generous sponsor Black River Imaging has given us some more $100 giftcards so send in a few recent portraits for your chance [...]
