“How To Build” Studio Portrait Lighting

Posted by admin on April 3rd, 2010 and filed under portrait studio | 6 Comments »

A quick slideshow of how I Build my Studio Lighting setup for doing Portrait Photography.

Most of the time everyone throws on all their lights @ once which leaves room for the unknown.

Perhaps you have Hotspots or that unwanted look, Take a look @ this clip and give it a try. Let me know how it went.

Hope it helps!

http://www.sdphotoforum.com

Duration : 0:3:11

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The Art of Portrait Drawing with Joy Thomas

Posted by admin on March 18th, 2010 and filed under portrait painters | 11 Comments »

From ArtistsNetwork.TV: In this video, professional artist Joy Thomas reveals classical drawing secrets while teaching foolproof composition skills for a structured beginning.

Working your way through a portrait study from life, you will learn a number of techniques to improve your confidence and create a realistic likeness using massing techniques that establish form with a minimal use of line.

Develop your own skills as you watch this award-winning portrait artist explain and demonstrate comparative measuring, simplified shape-maps, the use of plumb lines and how to identify and correct mistakes.

While this unique drawing demonstration is a must see for portrait painters, it contains a wealth of valuable information for all artists of all genres. See the whole video at http://www.ArtistsNetwork.TV !

Duration : 0:3:25

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Sessions – Portrait Painting: Underpainting

Posted by admin on March 15th, 2010 and filed under portrait painting | 1 Comment »

Tutorial video from Sessions Online School of Fine Art’s “Portrait Painting” course.
Learn more at:
http://finearts.sessions.edu/

Duration : 0:3:16

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Studio Portrait Lighting Tutorial 2 ( Etiquette and the Rembrandt )

Posted by admin on February 13th, 2010 and filed under portrait studios | 17 Comments »

Presented by http://www.samys.com . Happy Friday, This installment of my Studio Lighting DVD covers a bit about etiquette and posing as well the ever popular Rembrandt lighting Technique. This series is designed to introduce essential concepts of shooting a studio portrait to beginners. Learn and enjoy. P.S. To learn more about the rental studio I am using visit http://www.rorschachcomplex.com

Duration : 0:9:0

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A Photoshop Reference: Portrait Retouching

Posted by admin on February 13th, 2010 and filed under portraits | 25 Comments »

A video tutorial that takes a look at enhancing portraits using tools such as Liquify, adding catch lights, and skin tone adjustments by the numbers. For more free tutorials, visit www.radiantvista.com!

Duration : 0:27:18

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Freezing motion in the studio

Posted by admin on January 31st, 2010 and filed under portrait studios | 23 Comments »

Even the best studio lights can struggle to capture sharp results on moving subjects. It’s got nothing to do with shutter speed and everything to do with flash duration.

For more background information checkout my blog at
http://gavtrain.blogspot.com

Larger image at http://www.flickr.com/photos/photogavin/4303772116

Strobist info:
Camera: Canon 40D
Lens: Canon 24-105L
Aperture: f8
Shutter Speed: 1/200th sec
ISO: 400
File type: RAW
Flash: Canon 580EXII
Flash Mode: E-TTL
Radio Triggers: Pocket Wizard Flex TT5 & Mini TT1

Duration : 0:5:34

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Sessions – Portrait Painting Preparing to Paint

Posted by admin on January 28th, 2010 and filed under portrait paintings | 1 Comment »

Tutorial video from Sessions Online School of Fine Art’s “Portrait Painting” course.
Learn more at:
http://finearts.sessions.edu/

Duration : 0:3:51

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Studio Lighting Photography Tutorial (Lesson 1)

Posted by admin on January 28th, 2010 and filed under portrait studios | 17 Comments »

This is the first in a new line of photography tutorials. Learn how to meter light, Some posing tips, and a solid one light set up. Presented by http://www.samys.com this video will help get you started in creating beautiful studio lit portraits.

Duration : 0:10:0

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photography tutorial how to setup a standard portrait studio by weAam sinjab

Posted by admin on January 28th, 2010 and filed under portrait studio | No Comments »

this is the first version of (( HOW TO… ))
thanks for all who helped me finishing it =)

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Messed up portraits. (boyfriend and girlfriend merged images, Gimp tutorials) by dom bower

Posted by admin on January 21st, 2010 and filed under portraits | 16 Comments »

http://www.dombower.com/

This is disgusting!!! but great way to have a unique facebook profile pic where everyone will be “like totally OOOOHHHH”

Duration : 0:8:14

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