Portrait Photography How To

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Ron Leach  |  Mar 17, 2021

If you’ve ever photographed a model or an animal against a busy background, you know how difficult it can be to make precise selections around fine details like flyaway hair or fur. Fortunately, there’s a remarkably easy way to get the job done, as you’ll see below.

Ron Leach  |  Jan 15, 2021

If you want to shoot better portraits without expensive lighting equipment, this quick tutorial is for you. In just five minutes you’ll see how to create a simple and effective natural light studio in your garage that delivers professional results. And you can use this setup for more than just portrait photography.

Ron Leach  |  Dec 16, 2021

High-key photography is popular among portrait and wedding photographers and involves properly lighting a scene to achieve a bright, airy and unique look. While getting it right in the camera can be complicated, and may involve special lighting equipment, the effect is easy to mimic in Photoshop.

Henry Anderson  |  May 11, 2022

You’ve probably noticed there’s been a trend for editing portraits lately that favors a bright, high key look. While there is some visual appeal to processing portraits this way since it gives them an eye-catching, ethereal color palette there are some trade-offs to this method.

Ron Leach  |  Aug 17, 2016

Shooting in the rain is a great way to capture some very impactful images, but without the right equipment it’s also a great way to ruin your expensive gear. In this instructional video from Matt Granger, however, you’ll learn how to get dynamic “rain” portraits on the cheap—without getting yourself or your equipment wet.

Ron Leach  |  Nov 07, 2025

If you're serious about nature and landscape photography and looking for a quick post-processing trick that will take your images to the next level, you've come to the right place. That's because the video below from expert Austin James Jackson reveals "the pro masking secret that most people don't know how to use, and how you can use it to transform your images."

Ron Leach  |  Apr 01, 2021

When it comes to photography, there’s color and then there’s COLOR! In other words, sometimes you want to take a subtle approach while other times the goal is to create eye-popping images—either by choosing vivid subjects, using certain camera settings and shooting techniques, employing a bit of editing wizardry, or a combination of the above.

Ron Leach  |  Aug 06, 2025

If you want to expand your repertoire by trying something different, in-camera multiple exposures is a great place to start, and this 10-minute tutorial from the Hamed Photography YouTube channel walks you through a step-by-step workflow that can be easily accomplished by beginners and experienced shooters alike.

Henry Anderson  |  Feb 02, 2021

Which is better: cropping your photos, zooming in with your lens, or zooming with your feet? It's another one of those age-old questions from photographers and one that Matt Granger tackles in the below video.

Ron Leach  |  Aug 02, 2023

Curves are a fundamental component of Photoshop's editing toolbox, and one pro says, "if you're not using them you are seriously missing out." These tools have the ability to significantly enhance dull photos, accentuate mood and drama, and fine-tune color balance with precision.

Ron Leach  |  Feb 16, 2017

Russian model Viki Odintcova has created quite a firestorm for a recent Dubai photo shoot in which she is seen hanging off the roof of the 73-story Cayan Tower skyscraper with no means of protection.

Sponsored  |  Dec 05, 2019

No human being is created perfect, and photographers probably know that firsthand. Still, everyone wants to look best in their portraits. That desire usually translates into hours of tedious retouching with Photoshop or the likes of it. Whether you are a fashion, an event, or a wedding photographer, you probably wish to make portrait enhancing a breeze. Well, there is software that can grant you that wish.

Ron Leach  |  Jun 02, 2025

Today's helpful beginners guide on the crucial topic of depth of field comes to us from the experts at Grest Big Photography World, an instructional YouTube channel staffed by expert instructors whose goal it to help inexperienced shooters improve their skills.

Ron Leach  |  Apr 17, 2025

The concept of depth of field describes one of the most important determinants of how your outdoor photographs will appear. If you've ever captured the identical scene with two different f/stop settings, you at least have an inkling of how this works.

Ron Leach  |  Jun 21, 2024

The thoughtful use of depth-of-field (DOF) techniques is a key component of every image you capture. And this holds true for landscapes with maximum sharpness throughout the frame, portraits with soft backgrounds, and clean street scenes with a minimum of clutter. Do it right and you have a successful image but make a mistake and the photo will suffer.

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