Learn about Portrait Photography

Learn to take compelling portrait photos with these tutorials. Get tips on posing, lighting, composition, and other aspects of portrait photography.

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  1. No Light, Low Light, No Problem: Environmental Portraiture at Night

    No Light, Low Light, No Problem: Environmental Portraiture at Night

    Tutorial Beginner

    Image making at night can be very difficult. If you photograph weddings, news, documentary, or creative portraits, these tips on how to make portraits at...

  2. Lindsay Adler: Bending the Line Between Fashion and Fine Art

    Lindsay Adler: Bending the Line Between Fashion and Fine Art

    Tutorial Beginner

    On International Women’s Day, I considered the role women occupy in photography. Inspired by the women I profiled, I wanted to share more. In this article,...

  3. What Is Street Photography?

    What Is Street Photography?

    Tutorial Beginner

    The first in a series of articles and tutorials about street photography, this article discusses the art of street photography, the challenges and benefits...

  4. Quick and Easy Three Light Portrait Setup for Photo and Video

    Quick and Easy Three Light Portrait Setup for Photo and Video

    Tutorial Beginner

    A simple three-point light kit is the most popular lighting setup for creative professionals of all fields. Learn the basics of how to use three point...

  5. Balancing Skin Tone and Creating Skin Tone References

    Balancing Skin Tone and Creating Skin Tone References

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Skin tone varies widely between ethnicities and individuals. This tutorial teaches you how to use a precise method of colour management in Adobe Photoshop to...

  6. Essential Makeup Tips for Every Portrait Photographer

    Essential Makeup Tips for Every Portrait Photographer

    Tutorial Beginner

    Makeup applied well can correct most skin imperfections, saving time in retouching portraits after the shoot. Having a makeup artist on set is ideal, but...

  7. What We Expect to See: When to Crop Limbs in a Portrait

    What We Expect to See: When to Crop Limbs in a Portrait

    Tutorial Beginner

    Deciding where to crop a portrait can be a challenge. This quick tip explains how we see and how those principles can help us make good cropping decisions.

  8. How to Bounce On-Camera Flash for Better Portraits

    How to Bounce On-Camera Flash for Better Portraits

    Tutorial Beginner

    On Camera flash isn't ideal, but sometimes you just have to make do with the flash you have. Here are some tips to help bounce your on-camera flash for...

  9. 3 Natural Portraits With Window Light

    3 Natural Portraits With Window Light

    Tutorial Beginner

    Photographing portraits with available light has many advantages. In this tutorial, we'll explore one of the best ways to photograph with available light:...

  10. 6 Creative Ways to Shoot Portraits in a Tunnel

    6 Creative Ways to Shoot Portraits in a Tunnel

    Tutorial Beginner

    Tunnels are great landscape features with a lot of photographic potential. In this tutorial, you'll learn different ways to take advantage of this setting...

  11. Creating a Realistic Composite Photo with Displacement Mapping

    Creating a Realistic Composite Photo with Displacement Mapping

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Photographing people on location sometimes just isn't possible. In this example, I'll show you how to get your subject realistically composited into a...

  12. Quick Tip: How to Take Great Portrait Photos at Night

    Quick Tip: How to Take Great Portrait Photos at Night

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Through my career as a photographer, I've been to many strange places at even stranger hours of the night—or should I say morning? In this tutorial, I'm...