101 Portrait Photography Tips Hover over this picture to pin this article on Pinterest! This is the largest collection of portrait photography tips ever assembled on a single page of the Internet. To write this portrait photography article, I asked members of the Improve Photography community to submit their favorite portrait photography tips. This article is a combination of my favorite tips, mixed in with the tips from the community. If you’d like to join the Improve Photography community, LIKE our Facebook fan page! 1. 2. 3. Window light 4. 5. I call it a “macro portrait.” 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Especially where brides are wearing white dresses, the bride’s teeth need to be perfect. 12. 13. 14. 15. Backlighting is great for hard mid-day light. 16. 17. 18. 19. Bubblegum can be a fun prop to help the model get a few casual shots. 20. 21. 22. Have the expert editors at Improve Photography review your photography portfolio in-depth and send you an audio feedback file for just $39 Check it out 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
40 More Portrait Ideas: part 2 of our free downloadable posing guide Recently we shared with you our free posing guide with 54 different portrait ideas to try at home. It was so popular, we decided to share some more portrait ideas from that shoot! Our latest photography cheat sheet is another visual posing guide that you can download and use as inspiration for your portrait photography. Sometimes we can get too bogged down in the technicalities of lighting (check out our 3 stupidly simple lighting techniques that will transform your family portraits) or exposure that if we don’t get it right the first time, we lose the ambition to shoot. We may find ourselves paralysed in our home photo studio (find out how to master your home photo studio – setup, settings, accessories explained). Often, though, a simple, new pose you’ve never tried before can give you the burst of inspiration you’ve been needing. We’ve also explored how different hair styles can add different moods to your portraits. 6 weeks to go!
Articles - iStockphoto Photography Standards: Lighting iStockphoto Photography Standards: Lighting Lighting is probably the single most important aspect of photography, and is a huge topic. Every picture you take depends on good light. Mastering the basics of photographing a well-lit subject will help make your images useful for designers in everyday applications. When you know the basics, you can begin to explore the more dramatic possibilities of light: how the angle, power, and warmth of light effects your subject, stimulates emotions, and expresses your creativity. Understanding light is a lifelong project. Proper exposureUsing and adapting to different light sources (natural and artificial)White balanceUnexpected problems: Lens flares, reflections, and chromatic abberation Let's explore these topics by looking at a few examples that aren't acceptable for our standards: shots that cannot find their warm home at iStock and need more technical improvement before being accepted into collection. Exposure Exposure is controlled by 3 variables:
Réussir vos portraits comme un pro Cet article est un article invité écrit par Samir du blog Studio Photo Numérique. Tout comme moi, Samir partage des astuces pour débuter et progresser en photo simplement et sans prise de tête. Le portrait est l’exercice le plus connu et pourtant l’un des plus difficiles en photographie. Pour être dans les meilleures conditions il est essentiel de préparer correctement sa séance, il faut que vous gardiez à l’idée que le temps perdu à préparer sa séance sera du temps gagné à shooter. Trouver le bon endroit La première action pour de beaux portraits c’est de choisir avec soin le lieu où vous ferez vos photos. Crédit photo : Dan Foy Le bon matériel La réussite d’un portrait tient aussi au matériel utilisé, pour cela privilégiez un objectif à focale fixe, avec un bon piqué et une grande ouverture.En général un 50mm ou un 85mm feront l’affaire, gardez à l’esprit qu’il vous faut une grande focale qui offrira un meilleur recul et limitera les déformations sur le visage de votre modèle. Samir
Articles - Are You Taking Snapshots? We’re sorry, but we did not find this file suitable as stock. With the rapid growth of the iStock collection, we give valuable consideration to each file but unfortunately cannot accept all submissions. This is called the "Subpar" rejection. Perhaps you're familiar with it? It means there's a certain something lacking from your image that is holding it back from the collection. To clear away the mystery, we sent our Inspectors out with some homework. We don't reject every picture of a dog. Let's start out with a little black and white. Now the kid is into it. Everyone likes to take pictures of their pets. A snap shot may be technically just fine... no noise, no compression, balanced and exposed and all the rest of it. Throw up a nice background that makes the image more than a snapshot. The snapshot is really a snapshot, with poor lighting and poor everything, really. The real shot has been thought through much more.
50 Tips on Choosing Poses for Stunning Portraits 50 Tips on Choosing Poses for Stunning Portraits Brings You Everything You Need for Portrait Photography. You have learned about composition, you know to choose the right equipment, know the best light, even the post-production has no secrets for you. Yet, your subjects still do not appear as they would like and how you would like. Can not enhance their quality and they always seem a bit out of place. The presence of human subjects is both the strength and at the same time is the difficulty in a portrait. Even when working with a model professional, directing the subject in order to obtain the best pose is primarily yours responsibility. 50 Tips on Choosing Poses to Get Stunning Portraits Head and Face Head and face are definitely the most important elements in a portrait, no matter how much of the frame is – that is why it is portrait ! Arms and hands The hands, after the face, attract the viewers’ eye too much, here are the tips to portray them correctly. Torso Legs General Notes Expressions
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20 accessoires pour des portraits photo ultra créatifs ! Salut les amis, en portait photo il y a de nombreux éléments “techniques” à prendre en compte pour réussir ses images, mais on pense rarement à l’ajout d’accessoires ! De petits objets simples peuvent littéralement booster vos portraits photo, en voici 20 qui vous donneront d’excellentes idées créatives : Un grand classique, la cravate en plus de donner un coté sérieux peux être utilisée en mode “décalé” pour ajouter un peu de fun à votre portrait. crédit photo : Mr Fibble Vous pouvez : Jouer sur la couleur (faire ressortir les yeux du modèle par exemple)Jouer sur les motifs : rayures, carreauxMettre en scène le modèle, en train de mettre/retirer la cravate par exemple crédit photo : Samir – Studio Photo Numérique crédit photo : Michael Connell Le chapeau est un accessoire très pratique pour ajouter un peu de style à votre modèle. Faites attention à bien laisser le visage de votre modèle visible et dégagé. Vous pouvez user de créativité avec : crédit photo : Phamster Crédit photo : Eric Sturdivant