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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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Landscape & Nature

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...

Ben Lucas • 28 Aug 2014
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:...

Simon Plant • 25 Aug 2014
Light

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...

Ben Lucas • 18 Aug 2014
Compositing

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...

Ben Lucas • 29 Jul 2014
Light

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...

Zach Sutton • 27 May 2014
Portrait

Smoothing Harsh Highlights with Photoshop

Tutorial • Intermediate

Today, we'll be looking at a technique for blending in the harsh highlights that can be caused by flashes when shooting portraits. It can be best to control...

Simon Plant • 8 Apr 2013
Portrait

10 Ways to Shoot Stunning Portraits With Only One Light

Tutorial • Intermediate

We're here today to talk about shooting high quality, lit portraits with only one strobe or flash. Maybe your budget doesn't allow you to purchase multiple...

Cameron Knight • 26 Sep 2012
Portrait

45 Amazing Animal Photos

Tutorial • Beginner

How could we not love animal photography; those cute faces, the human-like expressions... It's not always easy to capture them but with time, patience and...

Marie Gardiner • 15 Nov 2011
Portrait

50 Magnificent Male Portraits

Tutorial • Beginner

Over a year ago, we featured a collection of beautiful female portraits. Today, we flip the switch and showcase some striking male portraits. Hopefully they...

Harry Guinness • 24 May 2011
Portrait

70 Imaginative Examples Of Conceptual Photography

Tutorial • Beginner

Conceptual photography - as a part of conceptual art - is a photography genre in which the artist makes a photograph of a concept or idea. In this type of...

Prakash Ghodke • 12 Apr 2011
Portrait

100 Stylish Examples Of Fashion Photography

Tutorial • Beginner

Fashion photography is a genre of photography devoted to displaying clothing and other fashion items. It's often an incredibly experimental medium, and...

Prakash Ghodke • 31 Aug 2010
Still Life

The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Shooting Low Key

Tutorial • Intermediate

Recently, we took a look at how to create stunning high key images in a studio environment, producing bright images with an emphasis on beauty and clarity....

Josh Johnson • 15 Jul 2010

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