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Portrait and fashion photographer Irene Rudnyk has been shooting a lot more with film recently. This has prompted numerous viewers to ask questions about the process and how film compares with digital. When digital cameras are so good and it's not necessarily difficult to give a digital file a "film" look, why opt for...
A little bit of fill light can go a long way. In a new episode of Two Minute Tips with David Bergman, the photographer and educator shows off how you can utilize on-axis fill light to enhance your images without drastically changing the lighting in the rest of the scene.
If you have a portrait lit just the way you...
When processing portrait images, there's often a delicate balance between retouching the image and maintaining good detail and sharpness. Just as it's very easy to make skin too soft, it's also easy to make aspects of your photo too sharp, leading to unnatural edges around eyes or with hair.
To help you sharpen smarter...
Photographer Manny Ortiz utilizes off-camera flash for many of his portraits. For photographers new to flash and off-camera flash in particular, it can be daunting to try to get everything set up and working correctly to produce the desired results.
In only three minutes, you can learn how to set up an off-camera...
Irish photographer Michael Meade is a commercial photographer and videographer without a singular genre focus. In fact, Meade shoots landscape, travel, wedding, music and dance photography. That's quite the variety! As part of their Spotlight series, Adorama has turned their focus toward Meade to show off his work and...
If you're a photographer, chances are you're at least somewhat familiar with the word "bokeh". Originally a Japanese term for how lenses render the out-of-focus parts of an image, it's rapidly turning into the latest photography buzzword.
Most people have little idea of what bokeh really means, though, thinking...
Yesterday, we saw the first episode of the newest season of Adorama's "Through the Lens." The second episode is now available in the new Canada-centric season.
In the video below, we follow Toronto-based photographer Jamal Burger. Burger has a very distinctive look centered around monochromatic images and much of his...
Ed Gregory of Photos In Color has gone through rigorous testing to look for the perfect portrait photography angle. Using a controlled environment, Gregory shot portraits of the same model from 16 different positions. He shot the portraits using a Nikon D800 and Nikon 85mm f/1.8 lens at f/8 in a scene consistently lit...
Bring out the champagne and unleash the confetti! The new Sigma 135mm f/1.8 Art lens is one of the sharpest, if not the sharpest, lens we've tested so far. We're still in the process of gathering real-world photos and notes on what it's like to use this lens in...
Photographer Manny Ortiz has a number of excellent tutorials on his YouTube channel to help budding portrait photographers get better results without breaking the bank. His videos showcase how to achieve excellent results with only speedlights rather than large, expensive studio lights. He even has videos geared toward...
We recently covered a collaborative video featuring Joe McNally and Daniel Norton which discussed using the radio-equipped Nikon SB-5000 speedlights for a portrait. The duo are back with more from McNally, this time focusing on how he creates athletic portraits, a type of portrait he is particularly famous for.
When...
So you’ve got yourself a new Nikon DSLR -- congratulations! You’ll be shooting great pictures for years to come.
Many folks purchasing a new camera pay little heed to lenses, treating them as an afterthought. But with the right lineup of lenses, you'll be able to capture wide-open landscapes, gorgeous close-ups of...
It's become increasingly evident over the last few years that smartphones are capable cameras, but they have very rarely broken into the professional photography industry. However, Michael LeBrecht has made history by capturing a Sports Illustrated cover with a smartphone.
This first for the long-standing publication...
Olympus' highly-regarded Zuiko Pro line of lenses added a couple of new members back at Photokina this year, the ultra-bright 25mm f/1.2 Pro and versatile 12-100mm f/4 IS Pro. Today, we've just completed our full in-depth review on the former, and boy is it...
With today's release of iOS 10.1 to the general public, Apple has unlocked the Portrait Mode exclusive to their dual-lens iPhone 7 Plus model. The mode has been in beta testing since September 21 and I have been experimenting with it since receiving my iPhone 7 Plus in early October.
A little bit of background on the...
When you're talking about lenses, a focal length between 85mm and 135mm is a go-to range for portraits -- and 105mm is the sweet spot used by many portrait photographers. Historically, Nikon has invested a significant amount of time and effort into lenses designed for portraiture, so it's no suprise that the latest...
Six years after releasing the 85mm f/1.4G lens, Nikon is back with another intriguing proposition for portrait photographers in the 105mm f/1.4E ED AF-S Nikkor. Aimed right at heart of what many consider to be the sweet spot focal length for a portrait prime, this lens is the first at this focal length or longer ever...
Defining photographic genres can be quite difficult, and street photography is no exception. It’s not always clear what it is, nor how it overlaps with other types of photography such as photojournalism, documentary photography, or even portrait and architectural photography. Eric Kim is a prominent street photographer...
As part of SLR Lounge's Unscripted Series, they have shared a video showing how to light dramatic portraits at night using different off camera flash techniques.
The video shows photographer Pye Jirsa working on wedding portraits. The segment opens with him utilizing gels on his flash, which can add creative color to a...
You don't need a lot of fancy lights to capture great, well-lit portrait shots. In fact, oftentimes you can utilize natural light and capture excellent results. But what about around sunset when you want to shoot against the late-day sky? Achieving good results when only using natural light is very difficult with the sky...
