Outdoor portrait photography is so much more interesting than portrait photography in the studio. When you choose to photograph outdoors, the world is your studio and you have an endless variety of...
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Butterfly lighting is a portrait lighting pattern that has nothing to do with lighting butterflies. I thought I’d state the obvious from the start - only half joking. When you first hear about...
The first point to remember about low light photography is that it doesn’t have to be dark for low light camera settings to be necessary. Your camera doesn’t see as well as your eyes, so even...
We all know that to create a shadow you simply put something in front of a light. That’s all you’re doing with Rembrandt lighting in portrait photography. You’re putting a nose in front of the...
Using fill light in photography – essentials you need to know
Once new photographers wrap their heads around how light direction impacts an image, the next logical step is controlling light. And that’s where fill light comes in. It may sound like it, but...
Lately the sunsets have been showing off again, so it seems like a really good time for a sunset photography tutorial. Here in the UK sunset is now at a more reasonable hour, which is helpful, but...
