portraits
How To Match Skin Tones In Photoshop
One of the more challenging aspects of editing in post has to be matching skin tones. Getting it done right, without oversaturation, retaining highlights and shadows where they need to be, is an art, and this is a good way to do it.
Why I Choose the Leica M9 Over the Nikon D4S – My Leica Experience
My experience as a wedding photographer with the Leica M9 and explain a little about why I ultimately chose to not send the rental back.
How to Do High Quality Portrait Retouching With Lightroom
Don't let anyone tell you that high quality retouching is the reserve of Photoshop. While Lightroom doesn't have all PS' pixel bending capabilities, it's still a great tool to create brilliant portraits.
The Incredible, Dark, Strange, & Surreal Photographs Inspired By Children’s Dreams | Arthur Tress
In his "Daymares" images, Tress spoke to children about their dreams and nightmares, and asked to suggest ways to make their dreams into visual realities. Then he recreated them into dark and surreal portraits.
How To Masterfully Fix Skin & Hair Issues With Photoshop
If you really want to take your portraits and people pictures to a new altitude, you need to have a great understanding fixing skin in Photoshop. I can think of few free resources as suited for the job of educating as this.
A Guide On How To Photograph Fire | Behind The Scenes With Von Wong
How to photograph fire! Von Wong takes us behind the scenes of his latest creative project; portraits of the fire theater group Starlight Alchemy.
Two Sisters Battle [and Survive!] Breast Cancer Together
This moving portrait session shows the bond and strength of two sisters who have battled cancer together and survived!
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.
