Portrait Shoot Preparation: Makeup, Skin and Hair

When I was in my teens, I thought photographers were like magicians. You go to one and they magically make you look incredible.  Then I became a photographer and whilst I often feel a little like a magician, I know that much of the magic happens before anyone sits down in front of my lens.  This how to prepare your makeup, skin and hair ready for a photoshoot. Makeup You can add basic makeup to an image and smooth skin in post-processing and it's reasonably effective. However, you cannot add that sheen across the…Read more

9 Ways to Make Your Marketing Images Pop

Composition is the key to successful marketing images. No marketing campaign can be successful without great photographs. We all know that some photographs make us lust after whatever they're selling, while others leave no impression. When I first started taking photographs for the business I worked in, I was always disappointed with my images - they were never how I had visualised them and nothing like the images I admired. I finally went and studied photography and discovered composition. We're going to look at nine compositional elements that you can easily incorporate into…Read more