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Janeé Smith: Exploring a natural progression toward movement

Portraits are typically regarded as a depiction of stillness where viewers can read emotions and character on a subject’s face. Once in a while, however, we encounter photographers who are adept at exploring the possibilities of expression through movement. Their work encapsulates the idea of capturing a moment in time

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Free Course on Portrait Photography

Learn Portrait Photography: The Basics with Levi Sim This course is free until 6/1/17. In this course, you’ll learn simple techniques for creating great portraits. Join photographer Levi Sim as he shows you how to find and make great light with basic tools, and demonstrates the easiest methods for helping

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A Portrait Photographer’s Highest Responsibility

Weddings. Engagements. Pregnancies. Graduations. Professional portrait photographers are often invited into people’s lives at very special moments. Memorable moments. Moments of transition and transformation. As a headshot photographer, often my clients are involved in career transitions. Some are getting new headshots to mark a promotion. Others are launching a solo

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Photographer of the Day – Steve Lavelle

Category: Portraits Photographer: Steve Lavelle – Vietnamese Lady Since I’m a new contributor here at PhotoFocus, I’ve been perusing the Photofocus Flickr community in order to highlight some of the group’s fantastic portrait photographers. At our DC portrait studio, we shoot portraits every day, but this one totally stood out! Steve

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Photographer of the Day – Jeremy VanderMeer

Category: Portraits Photographer: Jeremy VanderMeer – Sad Man Calling this portrait ‘striking’ is putting it lightly! This portrait just stopped me in my tracks! While Jeremy VanderMeer seems to predominantly photograph babies and nature, he sure is a talent when it comes to portraits too. We can also see that

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Photographer of the Day – George Prapas

Category: Portraits Photographer: George Prapas – GP_MG_8774 Hey guys! My name is Kristina Sherk and I’m a professional retoucher and portrait photographer from Washington DC. At our DC headshot studio, we like to think we know a thing or two about photographing and retouching people, so I’m going to start featuring

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