Portrait Photography How To

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Shutterbug Staff  |  Aug 04, 2025

Your expertise at creating compelling photographs and artwork can bring you richer rewards when you partner with the professionals at Lumaprints to handle the order processing, production and delivery.

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.

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.

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.

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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