Three tips to create more bokeh in your photos
Michèle Grenier
Want to get a shallow depth of field in the background of your images? Follow these three tips to create more bokeh in your photos!
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Portrait Tips: Instant variety with PortaScreen
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Close-up liberation: How to maximize your macro setup
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Easy ways to create bokeh
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Portrait photography tips: Three ways to hide a messy background
Joy Celine Asto
Do you have no choice but to shoot portraits at home or in a small space? chances are you’re also going to work with less than ideal backgrounds. But, don’t let messy backgrounds stop you from doing your projects. Today’s
Portrait Tips: Just get your knees dirty to get a good background
Levi Sim
There are many times when your choices for locations are very limited. You may be meeting a client at a park you’ve never visited, or you may be photographing an event or wedding at a specific spot. The trouble with
How to control your background
Joy Celine Asto
One of the things that noticeably separate novices from pros is how the background looks. This is especially the case for portraits and close-up shots, which often look so much better with out of focus backgrounds. It effectively eliminates distracting
Four ways to photograph white backgrounds
Scott Wyden Kivowitz
Sometimes the simplest things can produce the most results. Sometimes the least expensive things can open up more doors than you ever thought was possible. Sometimes photography feels like magic. White backgrounds are such things. Below, I will be sharing
Portrait Tips: Pretty leaves don’t make a good portrait
Levi Sim
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Portrait Tips: Instant variety with PortaScreen
Levi Sim
If your clients are like mine, they usually don’t know what they need or want. They need a headshot, and they want it outside in a natural setting, but they’re definitely going to need one on plain white for an
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Levi Sim
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Easy ways to create bokeh
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Bokeh is a word you use to describe the effect of the blur or out of focus background that you get when shooting a subject. Simply put, bokeh is the pleasing or aesthetic quality of the out-of-focus blur in your
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Quick Tip: Use an inexpensive pegboard for a creative portraits
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