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Shooting for HDR Portraiture
Posted by Darren Rowse
- Portrait Photography
Apr16
Few kinds of photography have a more dynamic power than the area of Portraiture. Portraiture is the medium through which we photographers endeavor to tell the stories of our friends, our family, and our clients. Through this art, we have the ability to capture a likeness of someone that will last for generations to come. So, is your portraiture worthy of this calling? Developing the art of portraiture requires a great deal of time and effort. Developing relationship to perceive the true pers... more »
How to Achieve Perfect Butterfly Lighting
Posted by Christina N Dickson
Apr14
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 single off camera light and a reflector. Image by Kathleen Thomas Photography Here’s a step by step guide of how to achieve perfect butterfly lighting: 1. Face your subject at 7.8 v... more »
How to Achieve Perfect Butterfly Lighting
Posted by Christina N Dickson
Apr14
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 single off camera light and a reflector. Image by Kathleen Thomas Photography Here’s a step by step guide of how to achieve perfect butterfly lighting: 1. Face your subject at 7.8 v... more »
PORTRAITS: Weekend Photography Challenge
Posted by Darren Rowse
Apr14
Image by JOHN CORVERA This weekend your photographic challenge is to take and share a portrait. Early next week we’ll be launching our first ever e-book here at DPS – ‘The Essential Guide to Portrait Photography’ and in anticipation of the launch and to get a little practice in – I thought it’d be fun to set the challenge to take a portrait over the weekend. If you’ve not participated in our weekend challenges before – they’re pretty simple. ... more »
PORTRAITS: Weekend Photography Challenge
Posted by Darren Rowse
Apr14
Image by JOHN CORVERA This weekend your photographic challenge is to take and share a portrait. Early next week we’ll be launching our first ever e-book here at DPS – ‘The Essential Guide to Portrait Photography’ and in anticipation of the launch and to get a little practice in – I thought it’d be fun to set the challenge to take a portrait over the weekend. If you’ve not participated in our weekend challenges before – they’re pretty simple. ... more »
Mastering the Zoom Effect
Posted by Darren Rowse
Apr14
Photo by GoGoJingo If you want to have a little fun with your digital camera next time you go out with it have a go at experimenting with the zoom effect. In essence what the zoom effect is is a picture which look like the subject is either moving towards or away from you with motion lines. There are a number of ways to get this effect some are done while shooting the image and some afterwards through zoom blur post production techniques. I’m not going to talk about post production te... more »
Mastering the Zoom Effect
Posted by Darren Rowse
Apr14
Photo by GoGoJingo If you want to have a little fun with your digital camera next time you go out with it have a go at experimenting with the zoom effect. In essence what the zoom effect is is a picture which look like the subject is either moving towards or away from you with motion lines. There are a number of ways to get this effect some are done while shooting the image and some afterwards through zoom blur post production techniques. I’m not going to talk about post production te... more »
4 More Tips for Photographing Children
Posted by Elizabeth Halford
Apr14
My first post ever here was on being a Momarazzo and my tips for aspiring parent photographers (trying to invent a nickname for us). Parentgraphers? Photogrents? Still working on that….watch this space). My tips for photographing children aren’t isolated to those few I shared with you in that first post. I’d like to continue to share as I continue to discover. {1. Playground reflections} I wrote a post recently about the use of reflectors. Before I ever dreamed of being a R... more »

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