Tuesday, January 24, 2012

A few Quick Portrait Tips for A Master Photographer!

Bambi Cantrell is an award winning photographer who works out of California.  I have met her twice and she is truly amazing.  Watch this short video where she give you a few tips.


Monday, January 23, 2012

Great Tips for Portrait Photographers

This is a great video on how to get better portrait poses!! Lots of great tips!


Thursday, January 12, 2012

A Strobist Tutorial!!

Really cool video on how to set up basic strobes for lighting. You can get this same set up for around 150 dollars.  I have a basic setup like this!! See some of my photos below.










Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Combining Strobes and Reflectors: A Lighting lesson.

An awesome video on how to use Strobes and Reflectors for amazing results!!  In this video They use a beauty dish and a reflector to light the models. You can buy a beauty dish for around 100 dollars on ebay that can be used with a flash unit. A reflector costs around 70 dollars or less on ebay. They are great invesments.
If you have questions please leave a comment below and I will do my best to answer it! Thanks, Brian




Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Top Five Key Things for Good Portraiture!!

Here is a short list and video on the Five key things needed for good portraits.


1. Communication with the subject.
2. Choice of lens.
3.  Aperture.
4. Lighting. Natural of Artificial.
5. Enviroment.

Watch the video to learn more!






Here is a shot of my wife where I used the backlight technique.  I used the reflection off the snow to add the fill light to her face.  Do you think this is a good way to shoot? Do you like the look that comes from shooting into the light?  Please leave comments below to let  me know what you think. Thanks, Brian


Monday, January 2, 2012

How to make the background blurry in your portraits!!!

How to blur you background in portraits!!

Do you want photos like this? Watch the video below!







I used a Rokinon 85mm f/1.4 lens to shoot the portraits above.  If you have any questions, leave a comment and I will get back to you!! Thanks!!
Brian