Here is a session with my kiddos from December in downtown Phoenix. We had such a fun time, and I was happy to get some great images of my girls. A special thank you to Erik for shooting the video with my Flip HD camera. I love urban portrait photography because of all the different colors, textures and backgrounds you can use. You can always find some great light downtown, too! All of the images you see in the video were taken with my trusty 20d and 85mm f1.8 lens. I did not use any flash, hand-held reflectors or diffusers. For more info on how to improve your natural light photography, visit www.naturallightproject.com. Enjoy the video!
When shooting portraits and you want to keep the focus on your subject (not the background), you’ll want to create a very shallow depth of field. This is actually quite easy to do. Here’s how: switch your camera to aperture priority, and select the lowest or next to lowest f stop number. This will allow your camera to select the proper shutter speed, and will give you a beautiful portrait with a nice out-of-focus background (and in some cases, foreground). Take a look at my examples below, and for more photography business tips and coaching, I’ll see you over at www.shuttermomuniversity.com. For more instruction on how to improve your natural light portrait photography, visit www.naturallightproject.com.
Read about how these two photographers push the boundaries of the law in order to find some unique photography opportunities.
From the article:
“To most people, they’re simply eyesores: abandoned buildings and cold, dark tunnels covered in graffiti and littered with trash and empty beer bottles. But through the lens of an “urban explorer,” the forgotten gems of the city become surprisingly photogenic.”
I liked yesterday’s video so much that I wanted to post another one from the same talented photographer. This time, she’s photographing seniors downtown. I love her style! Enjoy the video and then come by www.shuttermomuniversity.com for more photography business tips and coaching!
Here is a really great video showing a talented photographer at work along with the finished portraits. She is shooting an urban kid’s session in downtown Denver.
Next time you go on a shoot, consider bringing someone along to video it. Then you can have a video like this one to put on your website or blog!
Here is a session with my kiddos from December in downtown Phoenix. We had such a fun time, and I was happy to get some great images of my girls. A special thank you to Erik for shooting the video with my Flip HD camera. I love urban portrait photography because of all the different colors, textures and backgrounds you can use. You can always find some great light downtown, too! All of the images you see in the video were taken with my trusty 20d and 85mm f1.8 lens. I did not use any flash, hand-held reflectors or diffusers. For more info on how to improve your natural light photography, visit www.naturallightproject.com. Enjoy the video!
