What Makes Beautiful Photography? Behind the Images that have Stood the Test of Time
From the photos that required several steps and chemical baths to the instant images from pocketable iphones and Android smartphones to powerful hdr cameras, the process behind the photograph has changed. But while the process has changed, the factors that make beautiful photography have not….
Lindsay Adler Shares Why Sitting Isn’t Ideal in Portraits (But How to Make it Work, Anyway)
Slouching isn’t flattering, especially in photos. Professional portrait and fashion photographer Lindsay Adler has tried a variety of seating options in her studio, finding that traditional chairs can be a bad idea for portraits. “If you have someone with a chair, they tend to sit…
Improve Any Photo with These Three Simple Editing Steps
I consider myself somewhat of a photograph gunslinger. I take shots from the hip, no look shots, hanging-out-of-the-window-of-a-moving-car shots. Some of them turn out great. Some of them don’t. Some just need work. For the images that aren’t solid gold straight out of camera, these…
The Big Lie About Lifestyle Photography
I wanted to share with you a common “lie” I hear about lifestyle photography. Hang with me? One thing I see all the time on social media, and from well known or talented Lifestyle Photographers at that, is they say things like “I just adore…
Lindsay Adler’s 3-Step Process for Retouching Fashion Portraits
This is a special guest post by CreativeLive instructor Lindsay Adler. Photoshop is an all-consuming world full of plug-ins and hundreds of retouching options, and the simpler you make it for yourself, the better. I use a three-step process when retouching fashion portraits –– eliminating unwanted…
Bokeh Effect Tutorial: How To Capture Photographs With “That Blurry Effect”
That background blur effect you see in photographs? You know, the one where the background is smooth blobs and the subject is in sharp focus? That’s aesthetic quality is called bokeh effect. More specifically, bokeh is the photography term used to define out of focus light sources…
7 Easy Photography Tips to Enhance Your Lighting
Even though I’ve been a full-time photographer for nearly eight years, it took me a good two or three to fully realize how important lighting was to the craft. It’s not about how many photography tips you know or what camera you use. What’s important…
3 Newborn Photography Tips For Better Holiday Baby Photos
Everyone with a decent DSLR knows: If you’ve got a camera, you’re going to be the designated photographer this holiday season. This is especially true if there’s a newborn in the family, because no one wants to miss baby’s first holiday. But between the colorful…
8 Tips To Master The Art of Architecture Photography
Architecture is art — but pretending that photographing a building is simple will only result in lackluster architectural shots. From slanting lines that should be straight to finding the right light, photographing architecture can be challenging — no matter if your capturing modern buildings or older buildings….
Sit, Stay, Shoot: 7 Pet Photography Tips For Better Shots of Four-Legged Family
Pets are members of the family — squirmy, energetic, over-eager members of the family that often can’t sit still and turn into a massive blur on camera. Pets make some of the most stunning family photos, but, frankly, the same nuances that allow them to…
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