People are the No. 1 subject for most photographers. You can improve your portrait photography dramatically by following a few simple rules. With a little practice, you`ll even be able to produce ...

When shooting a portrait, you are effectively translating a three-dimensional face into a flat plane of space. Positioning the camera in a way that complements the subject’s features and using ...

Don't be lazy with your compositions. Too often photographers stand back, thinking it's best to include all, or at least the top half, of their subject. Zoom in instead to fill the frame for a more ...

You don't need to use a fast prime lens to capture great portrait photography. In this tutorial we'll show you how to take amazing people pictures using simple 18-55mm lenses and a reflector. In ...

IT has been much discussed recently, whether the reflector is preferable to a portrait lens in celestial photography. It may be known to the readers of NATURE that I am interested in this subject, ...

To take a good portrait, you need to understand lighting. Good lighting can accentuate a subject’s best features while minimizing flaws. Bad lighting will do just the opposite. How you harness the ...