Tag Archives: portrait
Where to Focus for Portrait Photography
Figuring out where to focus when shooting portraits may seem pretty straightforward, but there are a few basic things you should know. In the video below, award-winning photographer David Bergman tells us where to focus and why: One thing that’s … Continue reading
Basic Portrait Post-Processing Workflow Tips to Help You Save Time and Stay Organized
This article will walk you through some tips for how to set up a basic portrait post-processing workflow that can help you save time and stay organized. The problem When you’re new to photography, everything is exciting. Every time you … Continue reading
The Top 3 Basic Portrait Photography Settings
In portrait photography, one of the main differences between a happy snapper and a professional, besides the number of years of experience and accumulated skills, is that the professional takes control of the camera settings and has a good knowledge … Continue reading
Tips for Taking Portrait Photos of a Friend
Perhaps you can no longer count on your two hands the number of times you have been asked to take a friend or relative’s portrait…gratis. Maybe you are visiting someone for a few days and it comes up that your … Continue reading
How to Relax a Client During a Portrait Photo Shoot
If there is one thing I’ve learned over the years of photographing people, it’s that the response to candid photos versus posed is distinctively noticeable in my clients. That “aww” or “ohhh” I seek to produce and long to hear … Continue reading
How to Make a Low Key Portrait Step by Step
What does low key mean? In a world where the crisp, clean, high key shot dominates, it’s great to see a return to the low key portrait. In comparison to the high key image, where most of the tones are … Continue reading
New: The Art of Portrait Photography at 80% Off
Do you know what subject generally scares the daylights out of new photographers? Photographing people! This eBook is designed to help you become a master of portraits with insider secrets used by professionals and more. It contains 214 pages of in-depth easy … Continue reading
18 of the Most Popular Portrait Articles on dPS in 2016
Earlier this week we shared some other popular articles from 2016. Check those out here: Top Gear Related Articles of 2016 15 of the Most Popular Landscape Photography Articles of 2016 To continue on with the best of, let’s take … Continue reading
How to Create a Dark and Moody Rembrandt-Style Portrait In Lightroom
Dutch artist Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn is known for his dark and moody portraits, characterized by a single lighting source falling across a subject placed in front of a dark background. It’s an interesting, evocative style that is easy enough … Continue reading
A Quick Sigma 85mm f/1.4 Art Lens Portrait
What would a Sigma 85mm f/1.4 Art Lens review be without a sample portrait? The problem was that the schedules of my most-potential subjects were crazy and the weather had been mostly not very nice since the lens arrived. When I … Continue reading
Octabox Size Comparisons for Portrait Photography
Did you know that when it comes to your light source, size really does matter? While bigger isn’t always necessarily better, there’s no doubt that individual sources impact the look of a subject in vastly different ways. Francisco Joel Hernandez demonstrates how … Continue reading
3 Video Tutorials – Portrait Retouching Tips Using Lightroom
Many of our readers use Photoshop to edits portraits, but what if all you have is Lightroom? Or you don’t know Photoshop as well? You can certainly do most of your portrait retouching using Lightroom. Here are some video tutorials … Continue reading