Photo by Parker Whitson on&nb Portraits in landscape orientation? What is this madness? Yes, you should take portraits in landscape orientation, and you should do it a lot. In fact, there are a whole host of reasons why landscape-oriented portraits are the way to go. Learn more...

photo by CoffeeAndMilk via iStock  Softbox Position Not to state the obvious, but photography is all about light and how it falls on the subject. That means when you create portraits, you have to pay just as much attention to the type of lighting you use and its positioning...

Photo by Scott Broome on Unsplash Not every person you photograph in your life is going to be an experienced model, right? This means you need to develop some strategies for working with real people who may or may not have any idea what to do in front of the camera. Not only...

Backdrop: Blue Corrugated Steel If you've never used a strip box light for portraits, you're missing out... What's so great about strop box lighting is that it lights the model's entire body all at the same time with the same light. The result of that, as you can see above, is a gorgeously lit...

When I first started out in photography many years ago, I thought that portraiture would be easy. I was wrong! It’s not that creating a beautiful portrait is impossibly hard, but man, I was in for a shock when I realized how much is involved in creating the final look you see in gorgeous...

Photo by Marco_Piunti via iStock If you had your druthers, would you shoot portraits with an 85mm or a 135mm lens? Personally, I like the 85mm option, but I know plenty of photographers who would never take an 85mm over a 135mm for portrait photography. Of course, I know many other...

 Photo by Mel Elías on Unsplash I love a good portrait. Who doesn’t?  Of course, the hard part of taking a portrait is taking a good portrait. There are a lot of elements involved, and if one thing is off - be it the lighting, the posing, or the settings on your...

 Photo by A L L E F . V I N I C I U S Δ on Unsplash Portraits might seem straightforward - just aim your camera at a person, have them say cheese, and press the shutter button, right? Wrong… To get the most impactful portraits, you need to focus on composing a compelling image. You also...