Get on your portrait photography A-game with Maria’s guide! Whether you’re a beginner or looking for a refresher, this tutorial is packed with tips on lighting, coaching, composition, gear selection, and settings.
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– Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II Lens:
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0:00 In This Video
0:22 Coaching & Directing People
1:41 Understanding Light
2:56 Framing & Posing Your Subject
4:23 Focal Length & Settings
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15 responses to “Your Guide to Perfecting Your Portraits | Outdoor Portraits 101”
Should Maria do a video on how she directs her subjects?
great tips
2:22 45 degrees, how? You are vague as you what this means. 3:20 great pic. 5:01 You seem to be saying "smaller number of your aperture" OK, weird phrasing aside, it's kind of wrong to suggest this gets you sharper images. Sure it makes the background less sharp, but it doesn't make your subject sharper per se. Does nobody check her scripts?
An unnaturally fast shutter speed? No motion blur at 1/250 is the same as no motion blur at 1/8000
Great advice. Now the diffuser part? Why two sets of hands? Won't a ND filter work the same?
Wonderful advice and very thoughtful explanation. LOVE it.
Framing are wrong
super cool!
Fits every shelf in the brain. Thank you lot, Maria
Maybe a dumb question, but you mention avoiding bright sun especially with wide apertures. While I get that overhead light makes ugly shadows, wouldn't a variable ND solve the brightness issue super easily? Especially with mid-telephoto focal lengths, you would have no issues with some VND weirdness you get on ultra-wides.
i would love to see videos with a canon all the time is see sony and sony lens.
Great tips
You should make videos about the stuff you mentioned could use a video
Hi Maria, nice video, thanks and yes ! I am interested in some ice breaking suggestions.
I said it before and I’ll say it again, more videos with Maria.
For portraits, I look for subdued natural light, talk to the person in a calm and cozy way to get them relaxed. I only use prime Lenses like 55mm, 65mm, 85,, 110mm and 135mm Lenses, never shorter than 55mm for portraits and never zoom !!! I use two cameras with 61 megapixels.