Bridal & Women's Portrait Photography on Location

A brief discussion about camera bodies and what may be best for you.

Here's a look at an update of another possible camera system & format that you may want to consider for your wedding and portrait photography.

Here's how to benefit from the Mirrorless Fullframe/DSLR competition

Understanding fixed aperture versus variable aperture lens.

Here I go over several reasons on when you should use lenses of different focal lengths and why and what effect they have on your images.

Part 2 continues with a look at examples of images and settings at different locations using different focal length lenses.

See the exciting world of B&W infrared photography and why adding it to your bridal portrait sessions can help you to stand out from your competition.

This segment starts with a look at the Classic style pose and its' slight variations.

Mixing a classic style into a pleasing natural close-up portrait.

Here we start with a look at several profile portraits, then continue with an emphasis on using the S curve. The S curve can not only guide our eyes pleasantly, but also emphasize the beauty in our bridal portraits.

The adventure continues as we take a closer look at one of our popular fashion styles and another way for you to add more adventure into your bridal portrait session.

I discuss some of my favorite gear and its role in helping to get better photographs, eliminating much frustration with equipment.

A look at how you can improve and reduce contrast in your image with the addition of a flash.

Improve the quality of light by using an off camera flash. Here I show you my set up and also discuss several ways you can use it for more appealing portraits.

A brief discussion and closer look at the wireless radio control unit that fires my flash.

Most good camera bodies allow the built-in pop-up flash to be set to fire a compatible flash unit. Here's a closer look.

For softer diffused light, we look at another light source.

Here's a look at several other ways for you to rig your shoe mount flash into a soft light source.

Of the many light modifiers available, this is my favorite and why I use it whenever I can.

See the results as we look at several images taken with the use of a reflector. You'll also see how the camera settings have an effect on your images.

A look at several indoor images using a Q flash along with bounce lighting used as a fill light.

Here we look at several images using the Q flash outdoors.

Umbrella lighting is a good soft light source as we can see in looking at several images.

Doing a profile portrait is a good way to add variety to your portrait session. Here we look at several images taken in profile.

Here's an introduction to post processing and some of the things that can be achieved using simple post processing techniques.

You can organize, process and even do some image editing, using this software program.

We start out by discussing the image editing software I currently use, then look at one of the first things you should do to help save you time and be more efficient when using this and other similar image editing software.

Here we take an image straight from the camera, do a quick clean-up and adjust the brightness on part of the image, demonstrating how small & easy adjustments can greatly make improvements to a final image.

Here we look at some of the possibilities that you can do in one of the most popular image editing software available today.

Using one of the most powerful photo-editing tools available today; I show a short demo that can help you create even more beautiful portraits.

This software is so amazing that once you start using it, you may get hooked, like I was. Thousands of effects & enhancements that you can use and modify to create your own masterpiece portrait.

Here is a short demo of a very powerful image editor that allows you to add subtle effects such as vignetting or soft focus to more dramatic enhancements that could knock your client’s socks off!