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What Makes A Good Portrait?

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What Makes A Good Portrait Photograph?

I love portraits. When I look back through my best photographs a large proportion of them are portraits. I blame this entirely on my 50mm f1.8 lens which in my opinion is the best bang for the buck portrait lens available (i still can’t believe you can pick it up for less than $100).
Anyway recently [...]

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Tips To Help You Focus Your DSLR

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Focussing Your DSLR

Focusing is one of the most important aspects of photography. Without doing it correctly your pictures will not look good – there is no hiding a poorly focused photo, even with the help of photo shop.
As a general rule when taking photographs of people you should aim to focus on the subjects eyes. When using [...]

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Low Light Portraits – A Guide

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Low Light Portraits

If you are looking to make a dramatic impact with a portrait then so called low key lighting may be something you should try. This style of portraits focuses on using light sparingly, allowing much of the subject to be covered in shadow or fade into complete darkness. In addition the minimal light available seeks [...]

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5 Tips To Improve Your Portrait Photography

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Improve Your Portrait Photography

If your portrait photographs are lacking that wow factor there are several easy techniques you can implement that should yield an instant improvement. When we take portraits it is very easy to simply place your subject in the middle of the frame, put the flash on and shoot.
Using the above method will often get you [...]

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