In response to multiple requests from MasteringPortraitPhotography.com subscribers, we’ve created a video showing you how Paul captures his famous dog portraits. Paul’s expertise in canine photography stems from his ten years’ experience as lead photographer for the charity Hearing Dogs for Deaf People. In this role, Paul has taken hundreds of thousands of images of puppies and older dogs, as each of the charity’s hearing animals passes through the charity’s training process. JOIN NOW to view this and hundreds of articles, videos, …
Award-Winning Portrait Of A Modern-Day Explorer
When an extreme adventurer came into our studio for some commercial clothing shots, my favourite picture happened when we ventured outside of the brief… Alex Bellini is an adventurer, speaker and ‘mental coach’. He’s rowed 35,000km solo across two oceans, walked 2,000km through polar routes and ran for 20,000km on different terrains. He’s an absolute legend, and an all-round nice guy, too. Alex booked in for some images earlier this year, but little did I know that they would turn …
Generating Genuine Expressions
I love talking. My wife says that all I need is a budgie mirror and I’ll happily chatter away all day. Thankfully this characteristic is pretty handy when it comes to generating expressions like this one. I invited Sophie into the studio to model for some images that could potentially be used on the cover of our book, Mastering Portrait Photography In the end, our publishers opted for this image, but nevertheless we managed to make use of this one …
Image Critique 3
Welcome to Image Critique #003! More of your work under the magnifier. Three images from three different photographers. In this episode we have a long exposure (a dragged shutter), beautiful lighting and perfect eye contact. Enjoy! If you’re one of our members and would like your images critiqued, please use the ‘image critique’ menu option above to submit a file (or more than one of you wish.) Your image will then appear in one of the future episodes! JOIN NOW …
Image Critique 4
Welcome to Image Critique #004! More of your work under the magnifier. In this episode, we have three images from three photographers and we’re going to be discussing thumbs, cropping and cloning. JOIN NOW to view this and hundreds of articles, videos, critiques and discussions dedicated to the art, passion and business of portrait photography! JOIN NOW! LOGIN BackgroundsCatchlightsCloningCroppingDepth Of FieldDogsExpressionsVignettes >