>>> People Photography Resources: Tips, Tricks and Tutorials
Is that skin-tone just a tad too chameleon-like? Can't figure out how to use your flash for portraits? Everyone needs some help every now and then. Here are some links to tips, tricks and tutorials. Please add to them by posting your link below. I will add them to the list.
Shooting tips & tutes:
Post-Processing & Printing tutorials:
The business-side (legal, releases, etc):
Other:
Well-known shooters, for some inspiration:
Shooting tips & tutes:
- Jeffreaux2's Tips for Great On Location Senior Portraits
- Strobist.com; Everything you need to know about small flash lighting
- Chuck Gardner's Portrait Class; Lighting, poses and facial angles
- Benji's Studio lighting and posing tutorial
- National Geographic's People and Portrait Photography tips
- Pages with posing examples
- Broad and Short Lighting in Portrait Photography video
Post-Processing & Printing tutorials:
- Skin Retouching Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 by Crawford Hart (Edgework)
- Lunacore Skin Retouching Tutorial
- Yuri Pautov's post-processing tips & bronzed portrait tutorial
- codiac2600's Portrait retouching tutorial
- SmugMug Help page: Pleasing Skin Tone
The business-side (legal, releases, etc):
- The Digital Grin/Dgrin Mind Your Own Business forum
Other:
- natural light portraits (monthly assignment thread)
- Jim Whitaker's Jigsaw Puzzle Project explores environmental photography in a NYC apartment building.
- Dgrinners' favorite shots of 2007, 2008
- * Theatrical headshots
- * Train track portraits
- * Joe McNally workshop report
Well-known shooters, for some inspiration:
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