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“Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.” ― William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

The next part is knowing how to pose your subjects comfortably (key word) and is one of the most critical elements in creating saleable portraits. You may be able to photograph a beautiful woman but if her pose is awkward, clumsy, or  unattractive, it reduces your ability to produce usable portraits.

When learning how to previsualize infrared imaging possibilities, I suggest the first thing you should do is forget everything you think you know about photography with visible light. That’s because when shooting infrared images everything you know about visible light is wrong.

I think it’s a pretty obvious thing to say but I’ll say it anyway: camera equipment doesn’t make photographs, people do.

The ring light aka ring flash is generally considered to have been invented by Lester A. Dine in 1952 for use in dental photography but many people use ring lights for all kinds of photographs ranging from portraits to macro photography.

Film Friday is on a temporary hiatus as I make the time to shoot some of the different black & white and color film emulsions that I picked up over the winter. In the meantime, here's my take on creating a fun headshot. Today's Post by Joe Farace I said I loved...