Welcome to our video series on choosing the best lens for portrait photography! With so many options available, how do you decide? In this series, we’ll compare popular portrait lenses like the 35mm, 50mm, 85mm, 135mm primes, and the versatile 70-200mm f/2.8 zoom lens. We’ll explore their strengths, ideal use cases, and how they affect…
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In this video we will be seeing how to use a free AI tool that can turn a selfie into a professional headshot with a single click. We will also be using the AI Face Swap feature that this tool offers, to get the final result. Here’s the video: Link to the AI tool: AI…
If I had to start photography all over again, and choose only one lens, that offers the perfect balance between quality and budget, there is no doubt that I would choose the 85mm prime lens. And in particular, the 85mm f1.8. In this article, let’s try and understand why this is the ultimate lens for…
In this video we will learn the concept of filling the frame which can help us in improving our portrait photos. Filling the frame is an important concept in portrait photography because it helps in two things – Making the subject look more emphatic and increasing the blur in the background. Here’s the video: This…
In this video we will be learning how to improve our portraits by using a Prime Lens and a Lens Hood. A Prime Lens allows you to use a wider aperture, thereby resulting in a shallow depth of field, which is great for achieving a blurred background. The use of a lens hood increases the…
In this video we will be learning how to blur the background when shooting portraits. We will be learning about three important factors that go into effectively blurring the background. If you don’t pay attention to all these factors, then even with a fast lens, which allows the usage of a wider aperture like f1.8,…
In this video we will be learning the art of bounce flash photography by pointing our off-camera flash to bounce off the ceilings and walls in an indoor setting. You will realize that when you bounce the flash, it creates a really soft light and the subject looks much more flattering as harsh shadows and…
In this video will be seeing how to use cheap color gels to do studio portrait photography. These color gels are basically colored sheets that will be mounted inside the modifier, as shown in the video. Here is the video: This video is from our Studio Photography for Beginners Course, which has 31 videos and…