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Three ways to cope with a distracting photo location

What do you do when you are stuck in a cluttered, ugly or distracting photo location for a lifestyle portrait session? Maybe it’s the only space you can photograph your bride and groom in a running-out-of-time fragment of the wedding day. Or, perhaps you can’t change angles because you’ll lose

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Easy Christmas setups for no-stress family photos

I love Christmas photos as much as the next person, but sometimes less is more. A playful, subtle approach to Christmas photos will get you what you need for your family Christmas cards and give you some shots to update the photo album at the same time. Plus, it’s an

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what is portrait photography

What is portrait photography? The importance of portraits

In this guide, I’ll be diving into portrait photography and its importance. More of a visual learner? Check out the video I made: What is portrait photography? Portrait photography is about capturing the essence, personality, identity and attitude of a person utilizing backgrounds, lighting and posing. While this definition may

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Tamron Recipes with Ian Jones: Commercial photography

We’re back bringing you another episode of the Tamron Recipes podcast, brought to you by Tamron USA and SkipCohenUniversity.com. In this episode, Skip Cohen and I get a kick showcasing photographic artists as our featured “chefs” and discussing their amazing images. Just like your favorite cooking show on tv (and who doesn’t

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Erik Valind – Commercial & Lifestyle Photographer

We are thrilled to add the fresh and talented, Erik Valind, to our list of excellent educators and experts on Photofocus. We can’t wait for you to get to know his work and understand the best equipment and processes he takes to get the best images for his clients. Erik

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Portrait Photography – Click With People

Guest Post & Photo by Stephan Bollinger Circle Stephan on Google+ From an early age, I’ve been on stage, acting, singing, having fun. Over the years, I got used to perform in front of larger and larger audiences, the initial pub gigs turned into musical theatre, eventually TV. With every

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