5 Tips for Beautiful Holiday Photos

5 Tips for Beautiful Holiday Photos Photo by skynesher via iStock The holiday season is a magical time, where festive decorations, twinkling lights, and the warmth of togetherness create perfect backdrops for taking pictures. However, we understand that capturing beautiful images can be challenging. Lucky for you, that’s exactly...

Fall Family Portrait Ideas

Fall Family Portrait Ideas Photo by monkeybusinessimages via iStock It’s Fall! Photographically, the fall or autumn season is a prime time for all sorts of photography. Fall family portraits are one of the activities that we really love here at Photography Talk.  A fall portrait has a lot of options for making...

Best Portrait Lens: What Focal Length Should You Use?

Best Portrait Lens: What Focal Length Should You Use? Photo by adamkaz via iStock  What focal length, f-stop, and lens type makes the best portrait lens is a subject photographers love to talk about. If you saw some of us “discussing” portrait lens choices, you might think we’re arguing! We’re not arguing; we’re just passionate...

Essential Engagement and Wedding Photography Tips

Essential Engagement and Wedding Photography Tips Photo by peopleimages via iStock Engagement and wedding photography is a specialty field or niche that overlaps both portraiture and events in how a photographer approaches the job.  Wedding and engagement photography is similar to creating portraits in that you are dealing with images of...