Who doesn't love a portrait with a nice, creamy shallow depth of field? It's certainly a look that I love and use often. While its application is fairly straightforward outdoors under natural light, in the studio things become a bit more tricky. Typically when shooting in the studio with strobes, we'll close down our f-stop to around f/11 to cancel out the ambient[...]
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Portrait Do's and Don'ts
Perhaps it's just me, but I often stumble onto local studio photographer websites and am saddened by what I see in their portrait portfolio's. I'm not referring to more arty or fashion oriented portraits as this is a different and much more subjective realm. I'm talking about a standard head shot that is meant to depict the person as they really are. The sort used by [...]
Shooting Beverly Hills Style
I've had several people ask about the lighting setup and details behind the Beverly Hills Style shoot that I've posted to 500px and Facebook recently. Rather than answer each one I promised that I would provide some details here on how the photos were taken.
The majority of people believe the photos are taken with natural light, which is partially true. While the r[...]