Here is the absolute basic set-up in shooting professional headshots at home:
A camera/ phone
Access to diffused natural light
A white, reflective flat surface
An artificial light source (eg. phone flash light, camera flash)
A plain background
An extra pair of hands (optional)
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Here are the 5 main steps in editing urban portraits:
Slightly lift blacks
Blast highlights
Preserve skin tones
Create color contrast
Cool down overall tones
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Using concrete examples, I will share with you things that you can do to achieve a unique look in your photos:
Fight the temptation to copy
Borrow concepts, not contexts
Combine interesting concepts
Change one thing about a trend
Stick to your editing style
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Here is how to select your best shots:
Compare the colours across the photos and keep the one which has the most interesting colour combination.
Look for direct eye contact from your subject to the camera, as it elicits more powerful feelings in the viewer.
Decide on how well interactions between the subjects are depicted. The photo that does this more effectively should be kept.
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Freelance Photographers are legally self-employed, hired by various clients on a project, contractual basis. A wide range of clients and work can be involved, including weddings, fashion, products, events, and food etc. The photographer will be in charge of marketing his services, customer management, as well as administrative matters, alongside photography.
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To give you some ideas, here are 5 recommendations on vacation photography in Hong Kong:
Soho
Yau Ma Tei Fruit Market
Kowloon Walled City Park
Nam Shan Complex, and
Your own hotel room!
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The easiest way to get there is via MTR, exiting at HKU station, plus 10-15 minutes of walk. You can also get there via trams. To get to the eastern entrance, get off the tram at Hill Road Station; for the western entrance, get off at the station closest to the Kennedy Town Swimming Pool.
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In this guide, you will learn the essential steps to starting a freelance photography business with no experienced needed. First, understand the business realities. Then, organise collaborations like paid shoots. Curate a portfolio, and do omni-channel marketing. Take the time to legitimise your business as soon as possible.
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In terms of mindset, most photographers agree that it is most important to be patient, passionate, speak up, be present, and stop copying. In terms of techniques, the most important things agreed on include backing up, being always ready, learning manual exposure, master the art of waiting and picking a colour palette.
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Here are 5 things to do to improve your photography skills while stuck at home. re-edit old shots, practice styling skills - lifestyle or food, upload your work onto online communities for critique, learn how to set up a home studio and develop photography appreciation skills.
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To improve your Photoshop skills, pay attention to the below areas:
Think about how the light is hitting the subject in the photo, realistically.
Decide what the dominant colours are, ideally up to three per photo.
Create your own gradient map in Photoshop
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Here is how you can learn photography yourself fast and for free:
Learn to shoot on manual mode
Watch the behind-the-scenes of photographers you look up to
Read photography critiques
Answer questions in the photography community
Find a mentor
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Whether or not to use Auto ISO depends on how high the quality do you need your images to be and how you plan to use them. For amateur activity, such as social media sharing and for personal enjoyment, it doesn’t matter as much. For more professional usage, such as commercial work for clients, entering competitions and making prints, using Auto ISO is rarely a good idea.
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Here are a few tips to shoot good pictures in a dark room. Arrive at the venue early to prepare the following. Set up your speed light if you have one, and observe where is the source of the lighting in the room. Take the time to test the optimal ISO in that particular circumstances, which gives the best compromise between image quality and appropriate exposure. Make sure you are shooting on raw, and widen your aperture as much as you can.
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With a DSLR, you have an array of tools at your disposal to take great portraits. Shoot in RAW format, manually expose for the highlights, focus and recompose, and create framing using the depth of field. Preview your photos and check for defects.
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There are two parts as to how to evoke emotions in portrait photography. First, identifying the emotion in your subject, and secondly, internalising your emotions and translate that into an image. Here are some quick ideas for emotive photography. You can start with photographing children, elderly and relationships.
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Everything has a beginning, and your photography journey has to begin somewhere. In this series, I am covering considerations that beginner photographers should make before buying their first camera and in this post, I am sharing my thoughts on flip screens specifically. This is because flip screens expands what you can shoot on your camera. Read on to find out more!
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Communicating an idea of a pose clearly so that your model turns the idea into reality, is daunting to many beginner photographers seeking to learn how to take portrait photography. Check out this guide on how to improve your posing direction skills and be a better portrait photographer!
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You know you are moving one step away from a complete beginner photographer, when you start to ask questions about manual exposure. The theories and techniques might sound very hard to grasp at first. But after reading this guide, I guarantee that your confusions will be gone in no time. In this article, I cover some easy ways to navigate the manual exposure techniques in street photography, which will make you a much more versatile photographer.
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Hong Kong has absolutely lovely streets, which makes it perfect for street portraits. In this article, I am sharing 15 of my hand-picked all-time favourite spots in Hong Kong, that would make the best locations for street photography. Read on!
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