Portrait Photography

Wikipedia defines a headshot as: “A head shot is a photographic technique where the focus of the photograph is a person’s face”.

It would seem to be a simple project for a photographer. After all, you are only worrying about a persons face, and just maybe part of their shoulders. Seriously, how hard can it be?
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How to Take the Perfect Headshot: Six Tips

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We’ve all heard it from clients before. “I don’t like formally posed pictures of myself. I always look so stiff. Can we get pictures without being formally set up?”

Fortunately for our clients – and for us – the world of formal portrait and people photography is now coming to a new era: Portrait Photojournalism.
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Poser: Achieve Perfect Portrait Expression

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They say never work with animals or children but who can resist those cherub like faces? Here are a handful of hopefully helpful pointers that one can try when it comes to framing tots and toddlers:

Most children will have the patience of a fly so start by netting the ‘safe shots’ first, such as a [...]

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Photographing Tots and Toddlers

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Sometimes its good to shake up your photographic routine a bit. It’s perfectly acceptable to be pleased with your current standard of technique and ability, but once in a while, everyone needs a push to greater achievement. Finding a newfound style can revolutionize everything about the way your style.
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On Location Portraiture: Flash Style

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The following guest post on capturing personality in portraiture was submitted by Christina Dickson, a portrait photographer and photography instructor from Portland, Oregon. Her work can be seen at: www.christinanicholephotography.com.
Question: What’s the difference between the generic “take your pictures in 20 minutes” portrait studio’s in every mall, and the portrait artists who make hundreds of [...]

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Capturing Personality in Portraiture

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At DPS we get a lot of questions about working with Photographic models. In this post reader Andrew Mills from www.andyphoto.co.uk shares some tips on finding and working with models for the first time.
Hiring a model for the first time can seem quite daunting, possibly even scary! There’s nothing to worry about though, they are [...]

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Working with a Model For the First Time

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Few things are more enjoyable than traveling in a foreign country and using your camera as a bridge to connect with locals. Especially in countries and areas which are under developed, you may find that many people have not had pictures taken of them – and certainly not by one with an SLR camera. With [...]

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How to take International Street Portraits

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Today I’m really excited to announce the official launch of the first ever DPS downloadable ebook – The Essential Guide to Portrait Photography.
Whether it be casual photography of family or friends or more formal portrait work – it is people that are often what our cameras are focusing upon.
This guide is all about helping you [...]

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The Essential Guide to Portrait Photography – 25% OFF This Week Only

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Butterfly Lighting is one of the most flattering and artistic ways of lighting the face. As it’s name would denote, Butterfly Lighting is created by the way in which you angle the light to fall on the face of your subject. Often used by celebrity photographers, this style of lighting can be achieved by a [...]

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How to Achieve Perfect Butterfly Lighting

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The world of wedding photography is becoming more and more competitive as time goes on. New techniques are discovered. New shots are developed. The envelope continues to be pushed. As a result, it’s easy to rely on the creativity of others rather than finding your own originality.

The most notable wedding photographers are the ones who [...]

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Wedding Photography: Be Imaginative

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