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You Don't Need Photoshop!: Why Photographers Should Focus on Getting Their Shots Right in Camera
Hernan Rodriguez  |  Nov 19, 2019  | 

Coming from an advertising and design background has trained me to shoot with the objective of the final print in mind. The agency I once worked for lived by the mantra, “garbage in garbage out."

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You Should Try This Simple Lighting Setup for Shooting Beautiful Portraits at Home or on Location (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Feb 28, 2017  | 

Daniel Norton is a NY-based photographer with a celebrated career in portraiture and fashion photography. He’s also a respected educator, and in the video below he illustrates a quick and simple setup for shooting portraits at home or on location.

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Your Photos Will Suffer if You Don't Understand How the COLOR WHEEL Works (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Oct 01, 2024  | 

The Color Wheel is a simple but oft-ignored tool that that enables photographers to visualize the interplay between various tones and how be they can be combined to increase the impact of an image. If you don't understand this important concept and how it works, today's video will get you up to speed.

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You’ll Never Doubt the Importance of Portrait Lighting After Watching This Fascinating 2-Minute Video
Ron Leach  |  May 19, 2017  | 

It’s sort of obvious that without light there isn’t a whole lot we can do with our cameras. But the fascinating two-minute video below provides an awe-inspiring demonstration of how light, in its various forms, dramatically changes the look of a simple portrait.

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Zoom vs Prime Lenses for Portraits: Which Does It Better? (VIDEO)
Henry Anderson  |  Jun 15, 2021  | 

Photographers never get tired of debating the qualities of zoom lenses vs prime lenses for shooting portraits. There are proponents of both camps and there's really no right answer (it's ultimately a matter of preference) but it's a fun optical debate, nonetheless.

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“Futuristic” Photoshop Tool Quickly Cuts Out Hair & Refines the Edges (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Aug 03, 2021  | 

There’s one challenge all portrait photographers face, whether they’re pros in the studio or a novice shooting family photos. This annoying issue is a subject’s flyaway hair that can make portraits look messy.

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