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One of the most important aspects in creating portraits is knowing how to pose your subjects. You may be able to technically photograph a person but if their pose is awkward, it it will produce less-than-satisfactory results. That will be true even if you’re just making the portrait of a friend, just for fun,

Would there be any difference in the quality of my images if I had a newer computer with the latest hardware and software? Maybe. But I can only work with the hardware and software that I own and can afford and I suspect that’s the case for many of this blog’s readers as well.

Boudoir photography, or Intimate Portraiture as I prefer to call the genre, is typically shot using a moody interior or studio setting but there’s no reason you can’t shoot this kind of portrait outdoors.

There’s at least one reason why there’s a McDonald’s on every street corner in America and not a Ruth’s Chris Steak House: And that’s because Ray Kroc and maybe the McDonald brothers too wanted to sell lots of hamburgers to lots of buyers.

The AL-1 was Canon’s first attempt into autofocus and while far from being true AF, the AL-1 featured what Canon called QF focus-assist  (Quick Focus) system for focus confirmation. It used phase detection linear CCD arrays and in the viewfinder, red arrows indicated the direction to turn the lens to achieve sharp focus.

All modern cameras have some kind of built-in light meter and many even have spot meters but I still occasionally use a hand-held meter, especially when photographing people outdoors.