photo by dragana991 via iStock Providing professional headshots for clients is good for your bottom line as a professional photographer. You can offer the service as part of your portfolio of portraiture, you could specialize in it, or you may want to only dabble in professional headshots from... 
photo by DawidMarkiewicz via iStock I don’t know that there is a more intimate type of photography than portrait photography. When I’m taking photos of inanimate objects, or even when I’m taking photos of people from a distance, I can make it so that I blend into the background. The point... 
photo by Georgijevic via iStock Many of our portrait photography tips cover the technical aspects of the exposure, lighting, or composition. Interaction with our portrait subject or model, making them comfortable in front of the camera, is another aspect well within our ability to... 
photo by Prostock-Studio via iStock I had the opportunity to hear Miguel Quiles speak at a photography workshop a few years ago and have followed his YouTube channel ever since, hoping that he would publish videos with information I could share with PhotographyTalk readers. Well, he... 
photo by powerofforever via iStock Kristine Fernandez is a wildly popular YouTube photographer who has created a series of different self-help videos for photographers who are just getting started with their photography journey. Many of these videos include portrait photography tips,... 
photo by bernardbodo via iStock For many people, Thanksgiving is a time to get together with your family and friends to have a big ol’ feast. But this year, many of us will not be having gatherings due to the pandemic. It’ll just be myself, my wife, and our son this year. And... 
photo by Lisa-Blue via iStock When I was growing up, my grandparents had their home absolutely filled to the brim with family photos. Some of them had obviously been taken in the very early 1900s or late 1800s, while most of them were pictures of new and growing grandchildren taken much... 
When I think of photography lighting, I think of the studio setup our family photographer had in the 1990s. There were monolights and strobes. There were umbrellas and softboxes. There were stands everywhere too. I remember having to wait for what seemed like an eternity for him to adjust and... 