If you want to direct your subjects to create better portraits, you need to understand how expression and gesture combine to evoke an emotion from your audience. Without those two elements, people will flip by your photos without a second thought. You need to create an engaging portrait, and the two best tools in your…
Using the right Luminar workflow can save you time and yield better results. In this video, I’ll demonstrate how I follow the TEXTURE – TONE – COLOR workflow while processing a portrait. Why spend time working on something that you’ll end up cutting out of your photo later. Even worse, why do re-work on something…
Why do you want to get started with Luminar 4.3? Luminar 4.3 is a great tool for photographers from Skylum. It has all the tools most photographers need without bloating the software with things you’ll never use. Luminar 4 has AI enhanced tools that are easy to understand and use. You’ll get great results and save…
Photographer excuses are how we fail. I’m as guilty as anyone else about making excuses to avoid making progress in my photography, at least at some times. In this episode, we discuss 5 of the most common photographer excuses that I’ve heard. If you’ve heard yourself making these excuses before, don’t worry. We’re here to…
We’re reviewing our home studio portrait session. Check out our article to create a home studio setup of your own. I’m happy to say that we didn’t waste a lot of time on this portrait session. We went in with a theme of keeping things simple. That worked for everything: Not only did this approach…
You can create a home studio for portrait photography on a budget. The key is to understand the elements you need to cover, and then start crafting portraits from the comfort of your home. We’ll share the things you need, as well as some items we use in our home studio to create portraits, product…